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Do You Make An Assumption (Instead Of A Confirmation)?

Do You Make An Assumption (Instead Of A Confirmation)?

Is It Easier To Make An Assumption? Our beliefs drive our expectations and lead us to make an assumption about most situations. That’s a reasonable perspective until you reflect on what you might be missing. We know that many enter a situation with pre-conceived...

I Can’t Work With You Yet, Because….

I Can’t Work With You Yet, Because….

I talk to coaches a lot. In fact, I usually talk to 6 or 7 coaches a day, 5 days a week. If we work on a 20 day working month, that means I talk to well over 1000 coaches a year. What I'm trying to say I suppose, is that I understand the issues that coaches have both...

Mental Health, Worth A Thought

Mental Health, Worth A Thought

Mental Health In The Workplace What about mental health as an independent coach or consultant? It was world mental health day last week and the press pumped out the usual stats. So how do those stats relate to individuals working on their own? Probably the same, in...

What Do Coaches Actually Get From Us?

What Do Coaches Actually Get From Us?

The Coaching Revolution is awesome! It started as a visceral response to coaches being ripped off and it's become a movement that we couldn't have dreamed of. That lead me to think about what coaches buy from us.... What Coaches Buy At the lowest point of entry,...

It’s November, It’s Thanksgiving!

It’s November, It’s Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving Comes But Once A Year Thanksgiving is a bit like Christmas I suppose. In that religion (with maybe the exception of the Easter choc fest) comes but once a year for many Christians. We make the preparations, buy the presents, exchange goodwill and then...

As Your Client Changes, Do You?

As Your Client Changes, Do You?

Who Drives Change? Change is an interesting subject. Change for the better we like, change for the worse, not so much. Sometimes we think we can ignore it and maintain the status quo. To me status quo is that rock band started by Francis Rossi all those years ago....

I Want To Take Action But I Don’t Know What To Do!

I Want To Take Action But I Don’t Know What To Do!

How Am I Supposed To Know? I had a great conversation with a lovely coach recently, in which we talked through all of the things he'd done to grow his coaching business. It included LinkedIn University and Google Adwords. He'd had a measure of success with Adwords,...

No Coaching Clients? No Business!

No Coaching Clients? No Business!

What Do You Do In A Day? What do you spend your working day doing? If you take out the time you spend coaching clients, what do you actually do from when you ‘clock in’ at the start of your working day, until you close the office door? I was reading an article by the...

Is The Coaching Industry Saturated?

Is The Coaching Industry Saturated?

The Background Yesterday I gave a talk, via webinar, to a large group of coaches from The Association For Coaching. One of the things I agreed to was that anyone could ask any question that they wanted to and I'd do my level best to answer it. I anticipated that...

Monday Morning Motivator

Each week, we send out a little missive. It’s not arduous to read, in fact it’s light-hearted and it’s perfect to keep you up to date with what’s going on a The Coaching Revolution HQ.