There is much more to coaching than simply picking up the phone at a pre-arranged some connecting with your client for a 30 minute chat! The old axiom “You only get through it, what you set in it” was never more true than for your coaching session. The client must receive maximum value from the session, while the coach receives maximum service fees.
If you want to facilitate the successful achievement of your client’s Desired Outcome, every one of one’s coaching sessions must be purposeful, results-driven and goal-oriented! If you want to charge top coaching fees, you better be to be able to go the extra mile and turn your coaching session into a coaching experience.
There are many elements that formula a properly executed coaching session. A couple of the 10 session criteria that I consider essential for creating a coaching experience!
Preparation
Before I get in touch with a client, I usually allow myself fifteen minutes to properly prepare for the session. This can be a time when I do all of the following:
I review all my notes.
Every time I conduct a coaching session, I take detailed notes on everything that happens during the procedure. I am always amazed at just how many coaches rely on memory from one session to the subsequent. If you don’t take notes, you are not much of a credible and professional coach! Winging every person for the wild birds!
I check my Coaching Timeline.Every Coaching Program that I get ready for a client uses a 3 – 6 month schedule. I use this timeline to hold both the client and myself in command of achieving measurable progress toward a Desired Outcome.
I read the “Prep Sheet”.
Prior to every session, my clients submit a Coaching Prep Sheet where they write a quick summary of the progress they made since the last session and where they want to waste some extra time during the next session.
I prepare a Session Agenda.
Based on the notes, timeline and prep sheet, I create a simple agenda that I’m going to use to make your coaching session in order and on precious time. Now I’m ready to make the email!
Maintaining Control
When you go a coaching session with your client, it is crucial for you to are in associated with the conversation all the!You are the conductor of the “coaching bus” with your client is the passenger! While your client may have an itinerary of places your puppy wants to go, you’re the individual that is driving the actual bus that will bring them there!
This is very true if you’re releasing a free initial coaching session! You’re passenger hasn’t even paid for the actual bus ticket yet, so don’t let them grab the controls! If they can drive the bus themselves, why would they need you? Yet so many coaches allow their clients to “hijack” the coaching bus and take control on the session.
If you to be able to deliver a quality coaching session, you’ve got to be in control! How do you maintain control? By asking questions!
Asking Questions
Lead the conversation by asking challenges! These questions must be targeted and focused on the wanted Outcome. Listen intently to your client’s answers!
Ask more fears! Maintain control! And then wait for that “Coaching Climax”!
Creating Coaching Sexual climaxes.
A Coaching Climax is the ‘mental trigger’ that validates and authenticates a pivotal point within a coaching session.I deliberately chose the word ‘climax’ as a metaphor for personal training the powerful impact it on a coaching client.A skillful Coach can achieve multiple Coaching Climaxes for a client during a coaching session.
If your client does not experience at least one coaching climax cons 15 minutes of coaching, your coaching session did not measure up towards rigorous standards of a Coaching EXPERT!
Achieving Milestones.
A sure-fire technique keep your clients motivated and to normal is to provide measurable accomplishments during and following each coaching session.Recognize the progress the client has made considering that last session and point out any recent ‘milestones’ that he/she has reached.A ‘Success Formula’ is created when a string of ‘milestones’ are recorded within the path to achieving a Desired End.
Keeping focus through the Desired Outcome.
If you don’t keep focus on Desired Outcome, the client may start to wander in different directions. While you certainly do not want to stifle any opportunity for your clients accomplish a Coaching Climax, you must guard against any random deviations from the session agenda. A person don’t don’t, the session will miss its objective and get difficult to record in your notes in the context of the overall Desired Outcome.
Turn Your Coaching Session In to a Coaching Experience