• Episode summary: Why would you want to invest in coaching if you’re already a coach? One compelling reason has to do with the power of integrity—you can’t exactly ask your clients to do something that you haven't done or are not willing to do yourself. If you’re a coach who’s never invested in coaching, “you’re not walking your talk,” as Melinda puts it. And believe it or not, this problem is more common than you might think.

• In this fun episode filled with wisdom, Melinda talks with Kate Steinbacher, co-founder of The Coaches Console. Over the past 17 years, Kate has helped thousands of coaches to get out of their own way and succeed in building a Coaching Business beyond their wildest dreams. Melinda and Kate emphasize the importance of having a coach if you want to be credible and grow your coaching skills, and also address the potential consequences of not having one.

• In this episode we discuss:

• You don’t have to reinvent the wheel and struggle. There’s a smart way to do almost anything as a coach.
• How you become a better coach when you have one yourself, and how to communicate it to your clients.
• The need for transparency when someone asks why YOU should be hired.
• The dangers of not having a coach yourself.
• The main reasons why a coach doesn’t have a coach.
• How to know when you’ve outgrown your coach, and why that’s great.

– “Having your own coach is a rite of passage.” 

– “To have a coach, as a coach, allows you to feel like a professional, and confident in your skills and knowledge that you have support if necessary.”– Kate Steinbacher

Guest Bio:

Kate Steinbacher

• Kate Steinbacher has been helping thousands of coaches to get out of their own way and succeed in building a Coaching Business beyond their wildest dreams for over 17 years. She’s the founder, along with Melinda Cohan, of The Coaches Console, the premier software and business building system for Coaches and service-based business owners. She’s an extraordinary expert at getting in her own way AND finding the way out as well! 

•Kate is considered to be a fierce accountability partner who sees you as bigger than you can see yourself and a powerful listener. She’s a coach with a corporate and International background who has coached executives, leadership teams, and business owners (small and large) for years.

• She has a diverse and ranging background: she drove trucks for UPS and worked her way up to HR manager; she traveled the world as Cruise Director on luxury 100-passenger cruise ships; and she created her own special interest travel company, taking small groups around the world for art and music. 

• Resources or websites for this episode:

1. Mirasee 
2. Coaches Console
3. Kate Steinbacher’s LinkedIn
4. Kate’s Twitter

• Credits:

• Guest - Kate Steinbacher
• Host - Melinda Cohan
• Producer - Cynthia Lamb 
• Executive producer - Danny Iny
• Writer - Michi Lantz, Melinda Cohan, Cynthia Lamb
• Assembled by - Geoff Govertsen
• Audio Post Supervisor: Evan Miles, Christopher Martin
• Audio Post Production by Post Office Sound
• Music soundscape: Chad Michael Snavely

• If you don't want to miss future episodes of Just Between Coaches, please subscribe to Apple podcasts or Spotify or wherever you're listening right now. And if you liked the show, please leave us a starred review. It's the best way to help us get these ideas to more people.

• If you have a question for Just Between Coaches, put the show title in the subject line and send it to [email protected].

• Music and SFX credits: 

1.  Track Title: Clouds

Artist Name(s): Acreage

Writer Name: Marshall Usinger

Publisher Name: BOSS SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTIONS

2. Track Title: Coastline Dream

Artist Name(s): Wild Sky

Writer Name: Adam Simons

Publisher Name: BOSS SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTIONS

3. Track Title: Coo Coos

Artist Name(s): Dresden, The Flamingo

Writer Name: Matthew Wigton

Publisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION

4. Track Title: Stars & Trees

Artist Name(s): Outside The Sky

Writer Name: Dustin Ransom

Publisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION

• Episode transcript: A Coach Needs a Coach, But Why? (Kate Steinbacher)

[00:00:01] Melinda: Mirasee 

[00:00:02] Kate: It allows you to feel like a professional and confident in your skills and knowledge that you have support if necessary. Now you may or may not need it, but you have it there and you've invested in yourself. Yeah. 

[00:00:25] Melinda: Hello and welcome to just between coaches the podcast that tackles difficult coaching conversations head on. My name is Melinda  Cohan and I run a business called the coaches console. The coaches council has supported more than 50,000 entrepreneurs and creating their own profitable coaching business 

in this episode, we're going to talk about something I've called for in other episodes, it's something I believe in wholeheartedly and always will. So instead of repeating myself again, I thought I'd make a whole episode about it and discuss it in depth. What am I talking about? It's the necessity for coaches to have a coach of their own. So there's no listener mail today. Instead I'm bringing today's topic directly to the table to help me do that. Today is one of my favorite people and the person who has meant the world to me in my career. I'm talking about Kate Steinbacher, my former coach and current business partner, she'll be here in just a moment. Kate's been helping thousands of coaches to get out of their own way and succeed in building a coaching business beyond their wildest dreams for more than 17 years. She's the founder along with me of the coaches console and I can tell you that she's an extraordinary expert in getting ...