Today, we’ll help you answer the question: “Is coaching for me?” If you’ve ever dreamed of owning your own business or helping people in a full-time capacity, you’ll take away insights to help you discern your best “yes” or “no.”

Tune in to find out:

• Why coaching has garnered over 41,000 active professionals with nearly $2 billion in combined revenue.
• The 7+ benefits of becoming a coach, so you can determine if the return is worth your investment.
• The Top 10 characteristics of a good coach, which will shine the spotlight on your strengths and how you can flourish in the industry.
• The 4 next best steps you can take to begin exploring the world of coaching so you can take the guesswork out of getting started!

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Encore: Gift-ology: The Beauty & Strength of Gift-Giving in Business

Gift-ology is a unique, generous approach to initiating and strengthening relationships.

In today’s interview with John Ruhlin, author of Gift-ology, you’ll learn how to use gift giving to bless others while growing your coaching business.

Tune in this episode to learn how to:

• Boost referrals, retention rates, and ROIs so you can become an influencer who reaps the rewards of fruitful relationships
• Skip the standard big-budget marketing efforts and focus on highly personalized efforts that won’t break your budget
• Maximize follow-ups by giving the best kinds of gifts and the best ways to give them!

About John Ruhlin

John Ruhlin is the founder of the Ruhlin Group. John’s company is trusted by the leaders of fast-growing companies to develop relationship-building strategies and VIP gifting programs to increase referrals and strengthen retention with their most important clients, employees, and prospects.

Their clients include the Chicago Cubs, San Antonio Spurs, DR Horton, Morgan Stanley, St Louis Blues, and hundreds of other industry leaders and high-end service firms.

He lives just outside of St Louis with his wife Lindsay and three daughters. His second best selling book, “GIFTOLOGY: The Art & Science of Using Gifts to Cut Through the Noise, Drive Referrals and Strengthen Retention,” has been featured in Forbes and Inc.

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If you feel like you're too old to start a business, looking for advice on how to serve people through marriage and relationship coaching, hear God calling you to do big things but you're not sure where to find them, or want to learn more about how to coach teams, we've got the answers you're seeking. Join us as we open the mailbag and explore your most-asked questions. 

Discover out how to:

• Overcome the fear of harder-to-master, newer technologies so you can be fearlessly relevant, and join the middle-aged entrepreneurs who are successfully starting and maintaining new businesses.
• Tap into the large and growing group of people looking for marriage and relationship coaching, so you can provide a continuum of care that helps people live out the Greatest Commandment.
• Stop wandering in the wilderness; start asking, seeking, and finding the opportunities God prepared in advance for you to do.
• Expand your reach from individual contracts to organizational contracts so you can stretch your coaching skills and help clients achieve quantitative results.

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If you get hooked by the performance trap when you're coaching, tune in as we break down the nuances of ICF Competency #11: Managing Progress and Accountability. We'll explore the short-term and long-term implications of this important competency, teach you how to deconstruct success, and pass along what you need to get moving in a positive direction so you can help other people grow and get results.

You'll receive:

• Success strategies designed to help you avoid the #1 mistake coaches make, so you can encourage a shift from confusion toward clarity
• Top tools that will help you remain attentive to the client's agenda so you can manage the process of coaching with a balance of grace and truth
• Insights on how to handle a lack of action so you can acknowledge the gaps and celebrate successes, all while honoring the client's choices

For more information about Wende, you can go to www.coachwende.com. While you are there, download “The Most Important Leadership Skill.”

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