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We often spend a lot of time on program design, but not so much time on marketing. Yet filling seats can be a big challenge in running your group coaching program, workshop, webinar or retreat. Which means...

Plus a 5 minute video sharing a 3 Step NLP Technique to calm down the inner critic! As a coach, you work with clients on a number of challenges, but if you don't address the one issue that rules them all,...

This is a new feature - a podcast on our featured monthly topic to help you boost your coaching skills! These are recorded "Coaching Skills Forum" calls from Ben Dooley's Archive. Ben is a Master Certified...

Are You Being Bullied? Let me tell you a little story that I shared in a blog post for an online magazine, called Platform 505. I used to be 4 stone heavier than I am right now. I had a friend that...

When our thoughts are dominated by our inner critic, it's hard to get it off center stage. Here's how Byron Katie's "the work" can help both you and your clients!

Sometimes as coaches we look like we have it all together, but there are lots of things going on under the surface that we're working on too. In particular when we start out as coaches, many of us struggle...

Whether it's the complexities of working with more than one coaching client at a time, or just not knowing how to approach working with groups and teams, lack of confidence in group and team coaching is...

Every time we bring more than one person together there's the potential for conflict. So against the backdrop of group and team coaching, it's likely we'll come across conflict in our work. Conflict is...

The skill of questioning is crucial in coaching, as it is your questions that move clients into deeper and deeper levels of awareness. But what is it that makes a powerful question powerful? After all, a...

Editor's Note: This article was entered into a writing competition at The Coaching Tools Company, and our newsletter readers voted it their favourite! Enjoy. Coaches are a unique breed, equal...