Within this volume will cover the fundamentals of setting up a coaching business and share tools and techniques that will help you launch and run a thriving coaching business.
Coaching conversations leave clients invigorated, inspired, and ready for action. Life coaching inspires clients to live the life they want and live through the parts they don’t. Coaches draw upon the lessons the client has already learned and their strengths to achieve positive and lasting change. Coaching conversations help clients identify how to live their very best life, the one that taps into their full potential, strengths, and gifts.
Life coaching is a process of developing the questions that lead to the answers that are right for you. Fundamentally coaching does not assume the answers aren’t out there for you; you already have all of your answers. The coach facilitates the exploration of how and where to find them.
Coaching encourages deep reflection about yourself and your life to increase personal insight and awareness. Apply this new understanding to make clear, informed, and fresh choices.
Finally, coaching is about committing to actions that will create real, lasting change and move you towards a more meaningful, happy, and fulfilling life.
The coaching alliance is truly designed as a partnership in the service of a particular client's goals and desires—these are co-created with the client and coach.
This textbook covers the fundamentals of setting up a coaching business. I share tools and techniques that will assist you in launching and running your thriving coaching business. I approach this topic from coaching, psychology, counseling, marketing, and corporate management perspectives. The following foundational coaching resources are covered in this handbook:
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PREFACE
WEBSITES
THE COACHING PROFESSION
COACHING BUSINESS FUNDAMENTALS
THE WELCOME PACKAGE AND COACHING AGREEMENT
CORE COACHING SKILLS
RECORD-KEEPING, NOTES, AND PRIVACY
FOCUSING AND MINDFULNESS
FEELINGS
COPING WITH THE IMPACTS OF THE PANDEMIC
CHANGE
LIFE TRANSITIONS
WHEN COACHING IS NOT APPROPRIATE
STRESS AND WORKPLACE TRAUMA
MAINTAINING MENTAL HEALTH
INNOVATION FUNDAMENTALS
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND TRANSFORMATION
FINAL THOUGHTS
APPENDIX A: INTERNATIONAL COACHING FEDERATION CORE COMPETENCIES
APPENDIX B: INTERNATIONAL COACHING FEDERATION CODE OF ETHICS
APPENDIX C: INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COACHING MASTERIES
APPENDIX D: INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COACHING CODE OF ETHICS
APPENDIX E: THE COACHING INSTITUTE PRIVACY POLICY
REFERENCES
INDEX
THE WORKPLACE MENTAL HEALTH SERIES
EFFECTIVE COACHING SERIES709
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PREFACE
WEBSITES
THE COACHING PROFESSION
COACHING BUSINESS FUNDAMENTALS
WELCOME PACKAGE AND COACHING AGREEMENT
CORE COACHING SKILLS
FOCUSING AND MINDFULNESS
FEELINGS
COPING WITH THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
WHEN COACHING IS NOT APPROPRIATE
CHANGE
LIFE TRANSITIONS
RECORD-KEEPING, NOTES, AND PRIVACY
FINAL THOUGHTS
APPENDIX A: INTERNATIONAL COACHING FEDERATION CORE COMPETENCIES
APPENDIX B: INTERNATIONAL COACHING FEDERATION CODE OF ETHICS
APPENDIX C: INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COACHING MASTERIES
APPENDIX D: INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COACHING CODE OF ETHICS
APPENDIX E: THE COACHING INSTITUTE PRIVACY POLICY
REFERENCES
INDEX
THE WORKPLACE MENTAL HEALTH SERIES
EFFECTIVE COACHING SERIES