There are many ways to become a coach. But regardless of which path you take, here are the top 5 questions you want to answer for yourself before starting a coaching business:
1. Do you have any specialized knowledge, experience, or expertise?
Most coach training organizations will tell you that you don’t need to be an expert on anything, and that having coaching skills will be enough to be successful. The reality shows that every successful coach is also an expert on something else in addition to coaching. Whatever you are currently …

In this audio, I am interviewed by Mary Scott, who coaches business owners, executives and professionals, looking to achieve more success in their lives. Her Web site is: www.executivecoach-outlook.com.
Mary asks me the following questions about the use of silence within coaching.
1) What happens in a session when a coach remains silent for longer than s/he normally would, allowing the client to think longer than s/he normally would? (I give a remarkable example here, of the power of silence in a coaching relationship.)
2) Do you use silence in most of your …

Ask any coach if they’re worried about competition, and you may get a variety of interesting responses.
Some will tell you that they’re the only life coach in their area, so they’re not worried. Others will say that they’re abundant thinkers and worrying about competition just isn’t a part of their mentality.
But with at least 40,000 coaches and hundreds of new ones entering the field every year, how do you not “drown in the sea” of such a fast growing industry?
The truth is, coaching is an extremely competitive field. Most coaches …

In this audio, I am interviewed by Rosemary Davis, who is a student at International Coach Academy. She asked if she could interview me for her research paper.
Rosemary is a future mentor coach and had some great questions around the subject of spiritual coaching.

What is your definition of “Spirituality”?
What inspired you to use it as one of your coaching tools?
I noticed that you use breathing and visualization techniques as part of your coaching sessions. Why?
You have been a coach for 5 years. Can you share with me two examples of …

In January of 2007, I was interviewed by Henry Grossek, during his radio program entitled “Viewpoints”. “Viewpoints” airs on 3SER 97.7FM, from Australia, and can also be accessed online by logging on to www.3ser.org.au. and following the links.
Henry wanted to give his listeners some insights into the nature and value of coaching, and how it differs from other approaches to self-development.
During a very fun and informative 20 minutes, some of the additional topics we discussed were:

the value of a quality coach
the challenges that befall us all in our quest to …