You’ve had the idea of starting a coaching business on your mind for a while. It goes around and around in your head, but you’re not really sure where to start. …

There is a strongly held belief amongst coaches that if your coaching is good enough, your clients will find you. — This belief comes from coaches being told this by some of the people who trained them. Smart, highly experienced coaches (MCC in some cases) who train other coaches for a living have told them this. It becomes a passionately held belief, one which they will defend indignantly if challenged.

Coaching Is Client Focused Coaches are all about the client. We’re all about not inserting our knowledge and experience into the coaching conversation. We understand that each client is unique and that holding space for one is a different experience from holding space for another. It’s the main reason that when I ask coaches…

When We Are Employed When we are employed, those who are good at staying visible, progress. We know the people I’m talking about — the ones who without any qualms whatsoever, make sure that their contribution to the workplace is both visible and acknowledged. …

Yes! You can be a good coach and a good marketer (This is the complete answer and the shortest article I’ve ever written!) Seriously though, there is some utter nonsense floating around in the shape of the beliefs of some coaches around what marketing is and what it isn’t. What Good Marketing ISN’T Lying …

Take Your Focus Off The Process And Move It To The Outcome — Coaching is a Superpower Really, it is. If it was possible to get a prescription drug that not only helped to to figure out what you actually want in life, but also how to get it, there would be a rush on doctors’ surgeries all over the globe. Everyone would want that drug. However, for the most…

I’ve been running a 4-day challenge this week, about niching, and it’s the first time that I’ve ever done such a thing. It’s been amazing too. Ok — the sticky bit was when I had a power outage on Monday (day 1 of the challenge) which started at 11:30 and…

*contains the odd bit of profanity. I can’t stand bullshit (BS). I hate it with a passion. Sadly there are those who operate in the same industry as The Coaching Revolution who peddle it. I recently had a chat with a fellow northern-Englishwoman about how we just can’t tolerate nonsense…

Hearing lots of chatter amongst groups of coaches and my ears always prick up when it comes to marketing chatter. The most recent to reach my ears was something that was said by a coach who had attended one of my workshops around why coaches need a niche and how…