Buyer Beware: Choose A Business Coach Carefully To Get The Results You WantWritten by Jim Jenkins
Consider this scenario. A colleague suggests you get a business coach. Via Internet, you find one close-by. The woman says she’d love to help. She charges $300 a month for two 30-minute calls. It seems like a good deal, so you eagerly sign on dotted line. Next, you are sent to a website to learn your Enneagram type. This personality quiz doesn’t seem to connect with marketing your business. You call coach. She says that you rank a “two” and that you’re trying to please everybody. She says that you should take better care of yourself. She says you need to take nature hikes, yoga lessons, and long bubble baths. You have yet to get real business coaching. Sadly, this scenario plays out often, usually resulting from a lack of understanding on how to choose best coach for your business. In past several years, coaching has become one of most effective ways to cultivate professional and personal skill-sets of teams and individuals. Coaching has proven results. Fast Company magazine reports that up to 40% of Fortune 500 companies hire coaches to improve their businesses. There’s a proven, significant return on investment. A 2001 study by Manchester Review said that output of executives involved in coaching programs averaged nearly 5.7 times higher than initial investment. But you must do your homework before choosing a coach. For coaching to work, it’s vital to have a basic understanding of a coaching relationship. What is coaching? Coaching is a conversation, a dialogue between a coach and a coachee. Through coaching, you will learn how to: -- Communicate better; -- Balance priorities; -- Make effective presentations; -- Better understand strengths; -- Identify new competencies needed. There are several types of coaching to choose from: Life coaching – Focuses on inspiring life-transforming experiences. These include: creating personal joy and freedom, developing a better sense of self, building stronger romantic relationships, or learning to let go of old fears and doubts. Business coaching – Focuses on issues of running a business. It ranges from individual and executive team coaching, to coaching owners of small- to medium-sized businesses. Coaches help executives, staffs, and businesses develop, promote, and grow. Executive coaching – Builds highly collaborative, individualized relationships. The aim is to bring sustained behavioral change and transform quality of executive’s life. Pick best type of coaching for you. Then find coach with experience, education, and skills for supporting others that you’re looking for. But beware: There are some people without formal training or background who call themselves coaches. HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT COACH FOR YOU The coaching industry attracts consultants, therapists, and people with good intentions who want to help. But because there’s currently no regulatory board or set of, prospective coaching client should choose a coach wisely. Evaluate their credentials
| | While yardselling it came to meWritten by John Ashley
It seems like everyone knows what you mean when you mention term yardselling. Well, Webster doesn't agree. In fact many dictionaries leave out term altogether. These days term has evolved. It used to be that yardselling was a few moments or a day of driving around your town looking at other peoples stuff. Today we still look through peoples stuff, we just do it online. Isn’t that all Ebay and other online auction site are? Personally I really enjoy sifting through worlds of junk people are selling. During my time spent at Ebay I realized that common, everyday joe was being left out. While selling is easy online, it does come at a price. I found it impractical to sell my junk on Ebay after figuring in all of auction fees. Opening price, closing price, reserve fees, valuation fees, fees for bold letters, fee for images! I think they tried to charge me for tying my shoe at one point. After all fees and
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