Core Competency

Coaching competencies as recognized by the International Association of Coaching.

Core Values: How Clear Are Your Core Values?

Core Values Alignment

Core Values Exercise: How clear are your core values? Clear values motivate us. Clear values help us make decisions. Clear values are the foundation for growth. Clear values bring greater inner peace. What are your Top 5 Values?  Start By Selecting 15 Values, and Then Narrow Your Selection Down To 5 Values. If one of …Read More

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Is My Client Coachable or Not Coachable?

ClientCoachabality

 How do you know when a client is ready for coaching?  Sometimes a potential client may appear to be ready for coaching, and a few questions right up front can help answer  “how coachable” is the client?” Here are a few questions for you to consider.       1. I can be relied upon …Read More

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Are You Clear About Your Niche?

NicheMarketingforCoaches

Do you feel that if you narrow your focus, you will lose potential clients? Remember the golden rule of marketing: “If you try to appeal to everyone, you end up appealing to no one!” Here are 7  Tips for How to Be Clear About Your Niche: 1) Know your own experience, credibility and contacts 2) …Read More

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Are You Living in Your Sweet Spot?

Sweet Spot

   How do you coach your clients to live in their “sweet spot?” At Christian Coach Institute, we train our coaches on how to help clients understand, and embrace their personality traits, life and career experiences, talents and strengths, spiritual gifts and core values.  The convergence of all of these is your client’s “sweet spot.”  …Read More

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A Passion That Motivates

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He hit the table with his closed fist, making my glass of water splash and the other diners pause for that brief moment.  “I’ve got to reach younger men and help them grow in their  deeper in their walk with God,” he said through clinched teeth, “or I just won’t be able to live with …Read More

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I’m Stuck!

Coaching to Get Unstuck

I’m Just Stuck! Todd Blake, Kunming Coaching Coaches are motivated people.  They get things done and they help their clients “get it done,” too.  So, sometimes, it can be difficult to understand why a client is stuck where they are.  There are a lot of reasons, but here are a few taken from Gary Collin’s …Read More

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Coaching Agenda: Yours or Mine?

Christian Life Coaching and Client's Agenda

You have a new client who has asked you for coaching in overall health and  wellness.  You received the “Getting to Know You Packet” and Pre-Call Coaching Form back from the client, and you notice the client has rated their relationships as a 3 and health as a 5 on the initial health assessment that …Read More

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Can I Coach Outside My Area of Expertise?

Coaching Excellence

Newer coaches can experience self-doubt as they begin their coaching careers. “Can I coach those in a profession other that the one I have credentials in?” Yes, you can. …Read More

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What Do Great Coaches Listen For?

Coaching Skill Listening

What do the “Great” coaches listen for? Perhaps few other professions are more familiar with the art of active listening than professional coaches.  One of the highest compliments paid to great coaches by their clients is, “He/she hears me and isn’t just waiting for their turn to say something.”  But for what, exactly, are the …Read More

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Christian Life Coaching – Heart of a Coach

Christian Life Coach Training | Heart of a Coach

How do you develop the heart of a coach? One of my favorite books on coaching is Leadership Coaching by Tony Stoltzfus and we list several of his books on our resource page.  I believe that developing the heart of a coach is THE core competency of a Christian Life Coach, and this is the …Read More

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