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Coaching Information and Services For Coaches
I love the young profession of coaching, and believe coaches do really important work in the world. To help build this profession I have always volunteered a big chunk of my time (at the ICF, coaching schools, coaching groups, etc.) to help raise the professionalism, impact, commercial success and public profile of coaching. I have also reserved a portion of my volunteer time (and my coaching practice) to write, speak, teach and coach other coaches.
Whether you are an aspiring coach, a new coach, or an established coach, I have lots of useful (free) information, programs and products to help you find your way and fill your practice.
Aspiring Coaches
If you are thinking about becoming a coach, I bet you are a bit overwhelmed. There are a lot of programs (some great, some not) and quite a lot of confusing information out there.
To help you get the information you need, I have written an article that describes the process of becoming a coach and gives you my best advice how to do it well. It will save you a lot of time, money and suffering. You can read it at How To Become A Coach.
New Coaches Wanting More Clients
Most new coaches love coaching, but struggle to fill their practices. The challenge is that even though coaching is extremely powerful, few potential clients have experienced it. To save you time, effort and struggle I offer the following:
Free Recordings
Talk On Finding A Profitable Niche You Love
This is one of my most requested talks, because it takes coaches through a step by step process of finding their "sweet spot" or "calling". (That place where your greatest gifts meet your ideal client group's greatest needs - where clients start to come to you and marketing is much easier.)
This is an excerpt from a free teleclass I gave to the North Texas ICF Chapter in the fall of 2006. (I apologize for the telephone-level sound quality. My dear wife says it sounds like I have had a drink or two prior to leading the class - I didn't, it is just the line quality.)
If you click on the first link, it will download a mp3 file that you can play on your default audio player, just like you would a song. When you finish with the first part, go on to part 2, and then part 3. In each segment there is are a few seconds of overlap so you don't miss any of the content. (The spreadsheet I refer to in the talk can be seen at http://www.acoach4u.com/nichetool.htm) Enjoy.
Niche Talk Part 1
Niche Talk Part 2
Niche Talk Part 3
Note - for all these recordings you can also highlight the link, right-click, and save them to somewhere on your computer. (Sometimes this is a more reliable way to access and play the recordings.)
Talk On The Future Of Coaching
Is coaching a fad? How big is the market for coaching? Why do so many coaches struggle? What are the biggest challenges professional coaching faces? What can we do about it? These are some of the many questions I address in this keynote delivered at the GTA Coaches fall conference.
In my answers, I draw on the wonderful experience of my years volunteering at the ICF where I had the privilege of talking to thousands of coaches, and hundreds of trainers, researchers, academics, legislators and clients, from all over the world.
This talk is also broken into 3 segments. Simply click on part one to download a mp3 file to play on your default audio program, then move on to segments 2 and 3.
Future Of Coaching Part 1
Future of Coaching Part 2
Future of Coaching Part 3
Note - for all these recordings you can also highlight the link, right-click, and save them to somewhere on your computer. (Sometimes this is a more reliable way to access and play the recordings.)
Free Newsletter
I write a free, almost monthly, newsletter full of valuable information for coaches. You can subscribe in the gold box to the right. To read valuable tips and articles from previous editions, click here Newsletter Archives
E Books
Marketing Essentials For Coaches - (An Industry Best Seller) - This book, which benefits from the collective marketing wisdom of over 100 successful coaches, has sold thousands of copies. (When I was at the ICF I donated all the proceeds to support initiatives to promote coaching around the world.)
Search Engine Optimization For the Technically Timid (This link describes a course I lead which includes the book. You can buy it separately.)
Affordable Marketing Courses For Coaches
The SICK OF STRUGGLING Teleclass - Affordable support for coaches in their first year - who want to benefit from the collective wisdom of over 100 successful coaches.
The FIND YOUR DREAM NICHE Teleclass - For coaches wanting to find that place where their passions and strengths meet a genuine need in their market. (So they can quickly and easily attract large numbers of their ideal clients.)
The WEB MARKETING MAGIC Teleclass - For coaches who want to a web site that pulls in thousands of their ideal clients.
Help For Established Coaches
Mentoring
For coaches who want fast and individualized attention from an experience Master Coach, I always reserve a portion of my practice for 1 to 1 coaching. Like all my coaching, there are no contracts, you should get a ton of value out of each session, and you can spread the sessions out as long as you want. If you are serious about getting much better results in your practice contact me at Steve .
6 - Figure Mentoring Program
In addition to 1 to 1 mentoring , I have developed a year long program to help established coaches break through the predictable plateau they reach. (Where they have some clients but are not fully and authentically alive and expressed, and are nowhere near a full practice working with people they love.) You can learn about this program at The 6-Figure Practice
Why Work With Coach Steve
Master Coach Steve Mitten
B.ApSc, CPCC, MCC
Author of MARKETING ESSENTIALS FOR COACHES
2005 ICF President.
2007 Canadian Coach of The Year
Years of Experience - Steve is of the most senior, well-known and trusted
professionals in the coaching industry. Steve has a multiple 6-Figure coaching practice working with executives, entrepreneurs and independent professionals. (He also enjoys a very balanced life.)
Fully Trained and Credentialed
- ICF Master Certified Coach*.
Leadership, coaching skills, positive psychology
and emotional intelligence trainer to individuals
and some of the world's most successful organizations.
Great Business Knowledge - 26 years in business, management, marketing
and leadership positions, started 5 companies,
taken 2 public, served on many boards, angel investor, author
and speaker. Steve has written, and spoken all over the world, about masterful coaching and marketing a coaching practice.
Proven Leadership - 2005
President of the 10,000 plus member International
Coach Federation, years of volunteer work
helping to build and raise standards
in the young profession of coaching.
Coaching for Results - Steve
has one of the busiest coaching practices
because his clients consistently get great
results. He applies the best of the science
and art of optimal human development to help people
get very clear on what they most want, create
a plan that features their unique strengths,
and take the necessary action to achieve their
most meaningful outcomes. (Steve loves to help people find and live their calling, or highest purpose.)
Satisfaction Guarantee - 100%
satisfaction from each call.
Called to Serve - Coaching
is Steve's calling. He loves to engage individuals
in more compelling conversations that inspire
them to play much bigger games, and live more
full, meaningful, and happy lives. He
believes engaged, fully expressed people leading
purposeful lives have a big impact on the
world. (Also, as he believes coaching is the
most powerful agent of positive human change,
Steve donates large amounts of time to, speaking,
writing, and mentoring to help other coaches
succeed.)
Personal - Married 28
years, 3 daughters, 2 dogs, 2 cats and a life full of people and places he loves and is very grateful
for.
Other Sites Of Interest
If you are seriously considering working with a coach,
please feel free to contact me. I would love to talk with you, get a feel for what you want to achieve through coaching, give you a feel for how it works, and answer any questions you might have. Then you can decide if there is value for
you in coaching.
You can best reach me by email at steve@acoach4u.com
1-877-212-1922
or
604 538 8318
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