Whether or not you feel you’re ready to go out and get clients for your new coaching practice, you first need to ask yourself a very important question. This question will determine whether you’re truly ready to coach; it really is a make-or-break question. Interestingly, this is also a question you’ll be asking of your…
To be an executive coach, you need a process. In this post, I’ll share a simple and solid process to use in your coaching sessions. By following this process, you’ll find you’re able to guide the client through a conversation that moves them towards the goals they’d like to achieve by working with you. A…
Measuring the ROI of executive coaching has bedeviled many coaches. How can you prove to a skeptical prospect, or current client, that you’re well worth the investment they’re making by hiring you as their coach? The key is to prove how intangible benefits such as better decision-making ability, better communication skills, and improved emotional intelligence…
This is the first in a series of posts designed to help you succeed as an executive coach. To begin, I want to cover a fundamental requirement for success in any endeavor: get yourself properly trained. Coaching is a unique professional vocation. The government doesn’t require that you get any coaching education or be licensed…
Executive coach and author Teri Citterman likes to shape great thinkers into great leaders, and she’s been successful doing just that for almost a decade. Teri coaches CEOs, executive teams, and high-level managers on the path to becoming industry shapers and thought leaders of the future. Recently, our own future-thinking Michael Neuendorff sat down with…
James Pagano is a business performance coach based in Charlotte, NC, whose passion is working with small business owners. James’ client engagements are collaborative and holistic, with a focus on such areas as strategic business development, relationship management, and the ever-elusive goal of time management, also known as prioritization. Recently, Bay Area Executive Coach’s Michael Neuendorff caught…
There’s a plethora of books covering literally every aspect of executive and leadership coaching. In fact, this popular topic has been written about by eminent authors for decades. With so many books to choose from it’s easy to feel overwhelmed when selecting the best books to read for advancing your skills and coaching career. To…
What are your people looking for in a leader today? Optimism in the face of great difficulty? Yes. Clarity of vision even when things seem muddled? Yes. A passionate interest in engagement and well-being? Yes. You’ll need to work on the first two, but we can help with the third. Coaching employees increases engagement and…
Why is coaching becoming so commonplace in companies large and small around the world? Because it works. Coaching is powerful. Coaching helps people at any level – whether they are self-employed or gainfully employed – learn and grow to become better versions of themselves. The key reasons why coaching seems to be so powerful are…