Graduated from Core Essentials Program

Recently received my certificate after graduating from the Core Essentials Program at Coach University.

I am proud as punch to now offer an even higher level of coaching services to my clients. As always, if you know anyone who is stuck trying to reach an elusive goal, then please pass my name along.

Tangible benefits from personal, professional coaching

I am continually amazed at the value that I am getting from working with my professional coach. Work-life balance is becoming a reality and dreams are becoming goals which are becoming "achieved".

Yet I see so much advice on coaching and coaches offering services that borders on lunacy. Many people describe coaching as the esoteric solution to all of your problems. You hear phrases like "Less is more" and "Become attractive" as reasons to hire a professional coach. I don’t know about you, but these so-called benefits sound like good reasons to head for the hills with m wallet. I fail to see how a phone call to a coach will help miraculously find my "life purpose". And if it is so easy, why do I need to call the coach again next week? Does my "life purpose" change each week?

To clear some of the fog around the conclusively productive profession of coaching, I have published an article of the seven benefits you can expect to get from your coach. Let me know if you find this article useful to you as you sort through the coaching hype, for tangible results.

Answers to the top five FAQ's about professional coaching

I often hear these top five questions asked when successful people hear about professional coaching for the first time. You are wise to get answers to these five questions before you commit to a partnership with a professional coach who will help you reach new personal goals.

The questions, in no particular order are:
1. How long will I need a coach?
2. Will a short term commitment lead to a long-term addiction?
3. How hard is it to get out of the coaching agreement if I change my mind? Am I being locked into a T-Mobile type seemingly eternal contract with extreme penalties for early withdrawal?
4. Will I ever become self-sufficient again after working with a coach?
5. Therapists have therapists. Do coaches have coaches?

You will find the answers to the five most frequently asked questions about professional coaching on my articles page.

Exceptional Mentor Coach - Jerry Wistrom

Today I attended the monthly meeting of ICF-Connecticut chapter. ICF is the International Coaching Federation which is the foremost governing body of Professional Coaches. Today's meeting was a panel discussion with some of the most experienced and leading professional personal and business coaches in Connecticut.

The panel answered questions and gave honest advice and feedback on many aspects of the business side of professional coaches. Five coaches served on today's panel.

An exceptional Mentor Coach - Jerry Wistrom

Jerry has been there, done that. As a coach focusing on helping small business owners achieve remarkable results, and serving the coaching profession as mentor coach and at national level of the ICF, he has the experience. Jerry answered questions about accreditation and what it takes to get to ACC, PCC and MCC. The ultimate compliments were paid as successful coaches in the audience greeted Jerry warmly and shared testimonials relating the exceptional impacts of Jerry's coaching on their own careers. Jerry is the best of the best, and as we say in South Africa, "What a nice guy!!"

I thoroughly enjoyed today's panel discussion, and met other interesting people who are Professional Coaches. The authenticity and of coaches and the fact that successful coaches are living out "Who I am" versus "Doing what I do" is unstoppably attractive. If you have not yet worked with a coach who is working from the abundance of "Who I am", then you owe it to yourself to take up the opportunity when you get a chance. Listening to the panel answer questions helps me to understand work/life balance.


On a side note, as a presenter, I was grateful to enjoy a live panel discussion today, and not a boring PowerPointless presentation. I have come to cringe at the thought of being invited to meetings and watch the presenter begin his "Death by PowerPoint" routine. Fortunately, the stars aligned for me this morning, and my horoscope excluded PowerPointless presentations for me today :)