Is Your Integrity Better Than Mine?

Is Your Integrity Better Than Mine?

“My integrity goes beyond marketing I’m afraid” A coach just said this to me in a DM, and I’m blown away. We were conversing because he had asked me about a judgement he perceived in something I said in a comment on a coach’s post. There was no judgment. It was simply...
How To Build a Coaching Business

How To Build a Coaching Business

If you’re a coach who markets their coaching business by posting inspirational quotes, or ‘humble brags’ about success, may I invite you to rethink your strategy? (And for the record, inspirational quotes and humble bragging isn’t marketing, it’s posting...
The Weaponisation of ‘Soul-Led’ Marketing Training

The Weaponisation of ‘Soul-Led’ Marketing Training

Terms like soul-led and heart-centred are used by marketing trainers targeting coaches. Far from being harmless spiritual language, these terms are deliberately wielded to exploit coaches who believe marketing is inherently unethical. The coaching profession labours...
Coach Supervisors – How Do You Handle This Question?

Coach Supervisors – How Do You Handle This Question?

I’ve been talking with several coach supervisors recently. Many (most?) of them have a similar issue with a question that is asked regularly in supervision. The question is this – how do I find coaching clients? There seem to be a few issues about this...
Don’t Rely On Referrals!

Don’t Rely On Referrals!

“Don’t Rely On Referrals!” – Did This Title Make You Angry? Ok, I know that some of you have landed here, incandescent with rage because you absolutely do rely on referrals and you think others can too. If I’m talking to you, I know that...
Why Not You? Why Not Now?

Why Not You? Why Not Now?

There’s never a good time, is there? 🤔 There’s always the busy-busy to be getting on with, so now is just not the right time. 🤔 It’s back to school in September, then before you know it – Christmas preparations, parties, Nativity plays at...