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Can You Be a Coach?

How many of these things are already true for you?

• People seek you out for your advice. Whether it’s after church, at a Chamber of Commerce meeting or at a social event, people are always asking for your advice and opinion.

• You value personal growth. You set and accomplish your own goals in multiple areas of your life.

• You see great potential in people. And it frustrates you when they don’t exercise that potential.

• You build strong relationships easily. You relate well to others personally, in business and just in the ordinary encounters in life.

• You don’t need anyone to motivate you or schedule your time. You exercise discipline in your own life and want others to know the freedom that comes from reaching new goals.

• You recognize you’ve already been coaching – you just need a way to formalize what you’re already doing. Now you’re ready to schedule sessions and charge for your expertise.

Over the last 20 years of my own coaching, I have had hundreds of people ask me if I thought they could be a “coach.” These are the kinds of questions I have always asked in return.

If these feel right for you, the steps required to actually become a professional coach are probably closer than you think.

I want to assure you, the world is waiting for people to step up and provide coaching to navigate the inevitable and relentless changes we are all confronted with in today’s volatile environment. People are eager for guidance in careers, relationships, health, finances, spiritual vitality, and personal development. Coaching is a growing field where those who can positively impact the lives of others are in increasingly high demand.

If you’re like others looking at this exciting new field, you are probably wondering about “certification” and “licensure.” We live in a culture where academic degrees have been highly valued and given with the expectation that success will then follow. However, real life does not support that expectation. We see people who have sacrificed time and money in exchange for a degree, only to discover that real opportunities require characteristics other than a piece of paper. People pay for competence and results – not for the privilege of looking at a diploma.

Coaching clearly falls in this new arena of opportunities. We are seeing successful coaches emerge from years of successfully running a business, from being a pastor of a church, from being an effective homemaker and Mom, or after having transformed one’s own life through discipline and determination. Yes, there are many reputable training institutions that are offering certification in coaching and I recommend many of those highly. But be very clear, the person in the street does not recognize the merits of licensure or certification; what he/she is looking for is a person who can produce results. Training programs seldom have an accurate measurement of competence – they, like most any program of academics, reward people who pay tuition and regurgitate printed information. The person in need of coaching is expecting someone to come alongside, help clarify options and then provide the gentle for firm encouragement to execute those best options.

Coaching success requires two major elements:

1. Understanding of the dynamics of “coaching.”

2. Understanding the principles of “business.”

We’re seeing too many new coaches who have studied the dynamics of personally engaging with a client. They know how to clarify options, to encourage, to confront when necessary and to guide the client to new levels of success. Unfortunately, many of those same coaches know little about running a business. They struggle with how to market their services, how to find that first client, how to fill their schedule with paying clients, and how to add residual income to their normally expected linear income.

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