Hi there, coach.
It's Carolin here and today it's time for some real talk.
Now, I usually teach you strategies and tips and tricks to build and grow your coaching
business, but today it's all about you and it's all about our clients.
I want to talk to you about how to become an amazing coach and get your clients the
results they deserve.
Stay tuned until the end of the video because I want to talk to you about some of the biggest
mistakes I made along the way, to help you avoid them, and how to become that amazing
coach you're meant to be.
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All about helping you go from passion to profits in your coaching business.
If you're anything like me, you want to be a coach because you want to help people, you
want to serve people, and you want to know that your work is appreciated and you're making
a real difference in the world, right?
Now, you might be looking at how to brand your business and you're probably studying
marketing and sales and you're building a website and you're building a coaching program,
but if you don't know how to become an amazing coach and if you don't know the art and science
of coaching, the clients won't get results no matter what you do, no matter how good
your marketing is, and your business simply won't last.
Are you ready to find out how to master the art of coaching?
Well, let me show you how it's done.
Coaching is something very different than teaching.
As a teacher you tell your students what to do, you tell your clients how to do something,
and then they go on and they actually do it and implement it.
As a coach, our role is to bring out what's already inside of our clients.
It's to bring out the best of them and it's to help literally transform themselves and
transform their lives.
And over the years I've adopted some very specific coaching strategies that have helped
me personally get better and better results with my clients.
And I know you'll want to make a big different too, so today I want to show you exactly what
I do to help my clients break through and transform in front of our eyes, and create
an amazing client-coach relationship that supports them even more.
Tip number one is to ask questions, don't tell.
Treat your coaching clients in a way that allows them to discover their solutions on
their own, because we already know that these big transformations are within them.
Their talents are already within them and the answers are already within them, and we
as coaches want to help them bring that out and draw out these insights and these a-ha
moments so that our clients can actually get tot the solutions on their own as much as
possible.
Step number two is to actually ask their permission before giving feedback.
Now, in some situations it's important that you actually teach your clients something,
right?
If they don't know what to do it is necessary for you to tell them how to do it and what
their next steps should be.
But in those cases, always ask their permission and say, "Do I have your permission to tell
you what I'm seeing?
Do I have your permission to give you some advice?
Do I have your permission to tell you what I think you should be doing right now?"
Always ask their permission and get their cooperation when you coach them, so you're
not just telling them what to do and you're not giving them those steps just straight
up.
You actually get them onboard, you invite them in, and you ask them if it's okay for
you to give them a suggestion and go from there.
When you do that you'll have clients that are much more likely to take those steps because
they feel like they were consulted and you respected them enough to ask for their permission
first.
Step number three is to always keep your promises.
As a coach, you are working with your clients on some very personal things, they're opening
up to you.
They're really letting you into their world and they have to feel safe and they have to
feel like you're always on their side.
Now, I'm not talking about overstepping your boundaries and you don't have to pick up the
phone at 10:00 at night, but you should be keeping your promises so that when you say
you'll show up, you will show up.
When you say you'll do something, you actually do it, when you say you'll send them an email,
you'll send the email.
That is very important to give your client the sense of security they need to open up,
to become vulnerable, and actually trust you so that they can have those big transformations
you want them to have.
Tip number four is to be direct and tell the truth.
Now you might be wondering, "Well, Carolin, of course I'm not going to lie to my clients,"
right?
But quite honestly, not being direct is also a way of not being really truthful with your
clients, right?
Sometimes your clients might be stuck, they might be confused, they might be insecure,
they might be resistant to things, they might be lying to themselves about something.
And you, as a coach, it's your responsibility to actually tell your clients when you see
that happening.
There is a point where we have to say, "You know what?
Enough is a enough.
We are working together to get you to these goals and right now I'm seeing that you're
spinning your wheels and you need to move forward and take the next step even if you
don't feel like you're ready."
It's very important for you to be honest with your clients and be direct with them if you
want to continue to guide them towards the results that you both want.
Tip number five is really important and when I really learned and embraced this my whole
entire coaching business changed, and that is understanding and believing that you're
not responsible for your clients success.
Yes, I said it.
You, as a coach, are not responsible for your clients results and you also shouldn't be
guaranteeing results.
Let that pressure go and understand that you're only responsible for about 50% of what your
clients are actually doing, and here's why.
You can't control their actions, you can't control what they do every single day, you
can't control their thoughts, you can't control their emotions.
You can help guide them, you can be there for them, you can be a mirror for them, but
you can't do it for them, right?
As coaches, we don't produce products, there's no manufacturing process that we can quality
control.
We're not building computers or we don't manufacture things, we work with people.
People have their own hats, they have their own minds, and they take action in their own
very specified ways and that's why we as coaches can not control or feel responsible for all
that our clients do.
Let go of that pressure, let go of this sensation or this feeling of, "Oh my god, I have to
have the answer for everything and if it's not working it's my fault," because it isn't.
You're there to help your clients and you go halfway and they come in halfway, and together
you go on that journey of transformation.
And tip number six is to be ready to comfort some strong emotions.
We're dealing with some of the most important things in people's lives, right?
Their livelihood can be at stake and that's why fears come up and stress comes up.
And people might be changing their relationships, they might be changing their entire life situations,
maybe they're moving, maybe they're taking on a new job, maybe they're launching a business,
and that is scary and that's difficult sometimes and your clients can break down.
And your job as a coach is to literally catch them and let them fall in that net and be
that strong shoulder that actually helps them step through it.
In my coaching sessions I've had clients cry, I've had clients break down, I've had clients
tell me they can't do it anymore, they want to give up, and it's my role, as a coach,
to be able to help my clients and comfort strong emotions.
Get ready to help your clients step through these important situations and times and be
on their side, and that's going to help you get your clients the results they really want.
And now I want to hear from you, let me know which of these tips from today's episode really
resonated with you.
And if you have more tips on how to become an amazing coach and really master the art
and science of coaching, let me know below in the comments and let's have a conversation.
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