How can you meet your professional development needs while coaching clients?

When you're starting as a coach, client feedback is critical and can be easy to get hold of; a simple ask during a session or a WhatsApp works. As you grow your base and scale your business to 1,2,3 coaching staff, the feedback can become harder to obtain. However, KPIs like churn, show-up rates, results and how long the client stays with you are a way to keep on top of this daily.

You don't always have to ask for formal feedback. Formal, such as through a survey. In a (written) conversation you get that information more honestly. It may be more difficult afterward to process and further analyze that feedback via structured systems.

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Getting feedback in as many ways as possible is a great way to capture different perspectives. This means not only feedback from clients, but also from fellow coaches, mentors, and other business owners. This will not only help you improve you as a coach but also how you communicate with clients and present your offers.

Golden Rule. Early in your coaching career, you may doubt your ability to work with people. Seeking feedback is one of the most important things you can do to keep growing. Be open to learning from what you hear, and don't take things personally. If you do this, you'll never lack enthusiasm for your work.

joining coaching groups and mentoring others is a fantastic way to deepen your own understanding while helping others. Teaching often reinforces your own knowledge and provides new perspectives on the subject matter. It's a win-win situation for both you and those you're mentoring.

Following the simple philosophy of C.A.N.I Constant and Neverending Improve. I have a few virtual "mentors" that I follow and learn from and grow from. By constantly learning and growing as a person myself, I and developing great ways to help my clients succeed in a faster and more productive way.

For me, the steepest learning happens from the clients themselves! Hearing their stories, understanding how they tackle different situations, how different clients handle the same situation differently, gives me enough food for thought to imbibe learnings from one experience into another. I think this itself is one key reason why I personally enjoy coaching - I get an opportunity to learn while making a difference in another's life.

What has helped me the most to keep on learning and improving my coaching skills is by forming a group with fellow coaches to share experiences, ask questions, and coach another to practice skills. On the business side of things, I learn the most from a mastermind with a business mentor. I especially love learning from business owners who are not coaches as it opens up my realm of possibilities. I also would recommend having an accountability-buddy-system with someone who is in a similar situation as you so you can grow and learn together and keep each other going.

Intuition is helpful too. As you listen to clients, take notes, reflect on sessions and prepare for subsequent sessions, you gain insights that might have not been obvious at first if you give space to intuition to speak.

Reflection can include looking both ways: the past and the future. Whilst looking at the past helps you know what works well and what doesn't, where to adapt, what to stop, and what to continue, you can also use journaling and visioning to know what level you want to reach and what is still missing to get there. My expert tip would be, ask yourself: -What got you to where you are now -Where do you want to be -What decisions do you need to make to get where you want to be

Develop your own coaching tools based on the coaching foundation. Adapt your approach to what you believe your clients will most benefit from your niche skills. I personally work with positive psychology in a reverse approach. I first ask my clients what they don't like about the topic we are discussing. This helps me to understand the significance of the opposite, so that we can have a balanced conversation.

Creativity is fundamental. Every approach is different in a way. Because every person is unique. Only by genuinely listening, being fully present one can apply a creative approach

Experimenting and being open to new ideas, approaches, and ways do to things is what can be the key differentiator to other coaches. Dare to challenge the old ways to truly find your unique and authentic coaching style that best serves your clients.

It's helpful to test approaches on yourself. This helps you gauge the feasibility of what you ask your clients to do. You might be able to pick up the cons or downside of using a tool or approach because you've tried it for your personal life yourself.

We all have blindspots and opportunities for growth Part of being a great coach is honoring a commitment to deeper self-mastery: you can only take your clients as far as you're willing to go yourself. Working with your own coaches and mentors is key when it comes to maintaining your own integrity and consistently leveling up your skillset.

If I had to give one piece of advice to new coaches it would be to get a Coach Supervisor. They can help you sort through tricky spots and trends in your practice. They can also help you acknowledge and celebrate progress.

You need to leave your ego at the door as a coach. Seeking support and guidance from others is not only a great way to improve yourself as a coach . But also to pick up ,tools, tips, strategies and best practices from another coach. Which in turn can help you become more successful in your coaching practice.

Seeking support is never a sign of failure or that you are not capable enough to deal with something. On the contrary, it's a very smart move to do as you preserve your own mental well-being and energy, your learn from and with others, you empower others to contribute, and just knowing you are not alone can already be a great motivator and reduce stress and anxiety.

It's important to see ourselves as whole humans. Support is not only for your professional self but your personal self too. Personal challenges can cloud our professional practice and having support can help manage the two so that you have the fortitude you need to focus on your professional development.

High-performing clients often push themselves to constantly achieve more, more, more, which can feed a story that nothing is ever "enough". Practice consistently celebrating wins - even the smallest ones, and you will support your client in developing gratitude, contentment, and self-love - without sacrificing results and goals.

Celebrate each coaching session with a client. Use a journal or even post-its about it to express your thoughts and feelings about how it went. Even if you feel like you didn't add any value to that particular client, you are still serving them with purpose. Keep growing!

Celebrating your wins helps you balance the scales. It helps you see that you are making progress and that reinforced your confidence and motivation.