Relationship Blog
What is a powerful coaching question? Very simply (and I do prefer simple), in my opinion, a coaching question has power if it moves your client forward. But the most common definition of a powerful question in and around the coaching industry focuses on the internal impact which results in…
A common question of coach trainees is “As a coach can we provide our opinion or advice as long as it’s in the form of question?” The short answer is NO. Disguising your advice or your opinion as a question is still giving advice and providing your opinion. No, no, no. It’s…
First, if you’ve never heard the term, “verbal clutter” is the annoying, habitual, repetitious use of words and sounds that are unnecessary to communicating your message. I first learned about verbal clutter when working with a speaking mentor to improve my presentation skills. It…
This is one of the secrets to a highly successful coaching business. If you’ve been around RCI for awhile, you’ve likely heard this from us before. We highly recommend that you don’t try to sell your services by the session. If you do, your client will assume they are paying for…
What does the word “Coach” mean to you? More importantly, what do you think it means to others? These are important questions for anyone considering relationship coach training and certification. To the average person, when you say “I’m a Coach” they might translate…
The Need for Community We survive and thrive in relationships. We are social beings and cannot be successful or happy alone. Ever since we lived in caves our social environment largely determines our fate. As technological advances allowed us to increase our mobility, we were able to leave our…
Your service delivery system is simply how you deliver your services. Ideally, it is created in response to your market research and tailored for the needs of your niche. It might be tempting to build a service delivery system around what “sounds good” or “seems right” to you. Regardless of how good…
“You can’t always get what you want. But if you try sometimes you might find you get what you need.” -The Rolling Stones Our clients want to be successful in achieving their goals. As coaches, we want our clients to be successful, that is our goal. Seems like a simple and clear…
Here at RCI’s relationship coach training programs we encourage a “learn by doing” approach to training by practicing your coaching skills with real people; first with “people to practice with” (usually just one ad hoc conversation with friends/family), “practice…
