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Lately I've been writing about resources that contribute to the start up of a coaching business - time, workspace, finances, and business skills. Today I'm writing about what I suspect is the most important resource (after your relationship with...
“Business” is not optional
If you are like most life coaches, you are a coach because you love to coach! However, key to your success is not only your passion for coaching, but also your willingness and ability to do business. At first, new life coaches sometimes...
Smiling While You Work
As you envision and plan for your Christian life coaching business or ministry, consider your technology and space resources. You may want to follow the lead of many life coaches and work with clients almost entirely by phone and via e-mail. If...
Choose freedom
The next resource up for discussion is finances. Specifically, how are you going to financially support yourself until your new life coaching business is established? The standard reference for how long it takes to establish a new small...
Time…it should be simple
To start a life coaching business, you need a few resources (obvious, I know). Begin by assessing your resources in the following areas: time, finances, technology, space, community, and your business skills/interests. I'll talk about each of...
Christian Life Coach Training
My recent posts have been regarding life coach training and life coach certification. Those of you looking for Christian life coach training that is ICF accredited can find it in two programs, as follows: INSTITUTE FOR LIFE COACH TRAINING -...
Training…in light of your mission and vision
If you've been reading my last few posts, you may have concluded that I think you should only consider ICF accredited coach training and you should pursue ICF credentials. No. That's not what I think. What I think is that decisions are best...
Why CCN Aligns with ICF
With permission, I am republishing the following article, written by Judy Santos. Judy is a Master Certified Coach and the founder and director of the Christian Coaches Network (CCN). This article was originally published in the Christian...
FAQ’s on Certification
Why is certification important? If no states require licensing for coaches, why does certification matter to you? Yep, it's true that there are practicing life coaches who have never had professional life coach training. They may be...
Accredited vs non-accredited training
If you came back last week for a discussion here about making the training decision - sorry. I was sick and decided blogging had to wait. This is a great time for me to encourage you, if you haven't done so already, to look to the right of...
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