How To Become a Career Coach

How To Become a Career Coach episodes:

• 02.12.2021

  How Resilience Helps You Grow Your Coaching Business

  Building a coaching business can be hard. Not only are you working hard to help people with their careers, but you need to take care of yourself as well. Plus, what about all the personal issues your clients come across,...

  
• 02.05.2021

  Live It To Give It: How Personal Care Can Grow Your Coaching Business

  Rachel Pritz joins us to share how taking care of yourself really helps to grow your coaching business. Rachel is a Registered Nurse who transitioned into career coaching. Rachel is also a life coach who specialized in the Enneagram. She...

  
• 01.29.2021

  Build Your Brand To Resonate With Your Target Audience

  One of the struggles when starting or growing a coaching business is wondering if you’re actually connecting with your target audience. Today, we get to hear from Dr. Benjamin Ritter of Live For Yourself Coaching. He works with individuals to...

  
• 01.22.2021

  Coaching On The Side: Essential Productivity Tips

  Many people that start a coaching business start their business while working a full-time job. This enables them to have a consistent income through their day job, but start working with clients and slowly building their business on the side....

  
• 01.15.2021

  Choosing Your Struggles Strategically To Grow Your Business

  It would be great if building a business was easy. But entrepreneurship does have its (many?) struggles. What if you could strategically choose your struggles? Chris Villanueva learned how to choose his own struggles, which actually was the best thing...

  
• 01.08.2021

  Adapting Your Coaching Business To Changing Circumstances

  Change is inevitable and, many times, out of our control (2020 has been a prime example of this). But the question is: How do you deal with the change? Specifically, how can you adapt your coaching business when facing changing...

  
• 12.18.2020

  Creating A Coaching Business That Fits You

  There isn’t just one way to become a career coach or build your coaching business (which we talk about a lot on the podcast). The best way to be successful is to make your business fit you. Lydia Lee started...

  
• 12.11.2020

  How A Unicorn Grew Her Coaching Business

  Many times, there isn’t a straight line from your first career to becoming a career coach. This isn’t a bad thing, and it can lead to some really great opportunities; but not everyone sees or understands the potential benefits. Jenny...

  
• 12.04.2020

  Overcoming Imposter Syndrome To Unblock Your Coaching Business

  One of the struggles that new coaches have is imposter syndrome. It keeps them from having the confidence they need while working with their clients. It keeps them from helping their clients to their full potential.It keeps them from raising...

  
• 11.27.2020

  How to Coach People to Figure Out What They Want

  Many new coaches get tripped up on the idea of how they help people and how they figure out what they want. Mo Chanmugham, one of our amazing coaches here at HTYC, joins us to break down how new coaches...

  
• 11.20.2020

  Why Surrounding Yourself With The Right People Matters

  Part of taking your coaching business to the next level is honing your skills, setting up systems, and knowing your target client. Another, and equally important, aspect is surrounding yourself with the right people. If you’re the smartest person in...

  
• 11.13.2020

  Differentiating Yourself as a Career Coach (in the sea of coaches)

  We are at a time when anybody can call themselves a coach. The hard thing is getting yourself to stand out from the rest so people can understand how you’re different and how you can help them. So today, I’m...

  
• 09.16.2020

  The 3 Stages of a Coaching Business and How to Pivot Between Them

  There are 3 main stages or types of coaching businesses. It’s not like you have to progress to the 3rd stage or that you are less successful at the first stage, but you do need to understand what they are...

  
• 09.09.2020

  Advanced Prioritization: Move Internationally and Start a Coaching Business at the Same Time

  If you were to list some of the hardest things to do in life, it would include things like getting married, having a baby, starting a business, and moving. Now imagine moving internationally and starting a coaching business at the...

  
• 09.02.2020

  CEO and Running a Coaching Business: What’s the difference?

  As you work on building your coaching business, you have to make the decision how you want to build it. For example, you can do it all yourself or you can build a team. If you build a team, there...

  
• 08.26.2020

  How to Cultivate an Audience for Your Coaching Business from Scratch

  Finding and growing a relationship with your audience is a key aspect of your career coaching business. Austin Belcak is one of those people who is really great at his craft, both coaching and really creating his own career coaching...

  
• 08.19.2020

  How to Build Long Lasting Connections with Your Clients

  Everyone loves getting a behind the scenes look. Today, we get a glimpse behind the scenes of our Professional Career Coach Training program as we have a conversation with Stephanie Constant. Stephanie has vast experience: working at large tech companies...

  
• 08.12.2020

  Accelerating Your Career Coaching Business

  Jess Smith spent years in a role that didn’t fit. She then moved into a role as a recruiter in a tech firm, utilizing her skills and strengths. She breaks down the first steps of becoming a coach and takeaways...

  
• 08.05.2020

  Overcoming the Challenges of Career Coaching

  Many beginning career coaches think, “We've got this brand that came with the idea, it's gonna go forever!” But at the end of the day, it changes it more as you grow as a person, because that's this whole process...

  
• 07.29.2020

  The Origin Story of Happen To Your Career

  Every superhero has an origin story. When you look at Iron Man (you can substitute your favorite superhero), what you see when he is fighting Thanos in Avengers: Endgame is not his whole story. He started as a very different...

  
• 07.15.2020

  [Disappearing Episode] Opening Applications

  Get our email series on How to Become a Career Coach here   Schedule a call with us to see if the Professional Career Coach Training and Certification program is right for you.

  
• 06.11.2020

  Transitioning to Full-time Coaching [Season 4 coming soon]

  That's a wrap for season three of the How to Become a Career Coach podcast! Thank you for listening and for rating, reviewing and sharing the show. Stay tuned for some bonus episodes soon and for season four later this...

  
• 05.20.2020

  The Surprising Place You Should Focus Your Time

  In this last episode Season 3 of How To Become a Career Coach, Scott Anthony Barlow, CEO of Happen To Your Career and founder of the professional Career Coach Training and Certification, shares what makes the most successful coaches, what...

  
• 05.13.2020

  Making the Leap to Full-time Coaching

  As you become a career coach, you go through different stages. It’s a little different for everyone, but the basic stages are: You realize that you love helping people and having deep conversations You realize that coaching is something...

  
• 05.06.2020

  Becoming a Career Coach Through Hosting Events

  As I talk with people about how they got into coaching, it’s always interesting to hear about all the different ways. It reminds me that there is no one path to becoming a coach. Our guest on the How to...

  
• 05.02.2020

  How do I switch from free coaching? [bonus]

  So you've been working with some coaching clients - congratulations!   But...   You are coaching for free or much less than you would like. As much as you love working with and helping people, you know that continuing doing...

  
• 04.29.2020

  The Tipping Point of Your First 10 Paid Coaching Clients

  Tara Padua faced her fear of becoming a career coach. Yes, she had many instances in her life that pointed to her skills and abilities as a coach. Yes, she had proven to be successful doing coaching sessions. But creating...

  
• 04.22.2020

  There's a Reason Free Coaching Doesn't Work

  "There’s a reason why free gym memberships don’t work: if you don’t put your own skin in the game, you aren’t going to prioritize it in your own life." That's a quote from Alex Durand, our guest on the How...

  
• 04.15.2020

  The Coaching Conversations Model: 5 steps to create success for your client

  Over the years, we have analyzed a ton of coaching conversations to identify critical moments that lead to change. Then, we pulled out those moments and built a framework that delivers effective results over and over again. Whether you’ve never...

  
• 04.08.2020

  How the Future of Career Coaching will Evolve

  With the world in turmoil, it looks like the way work is done may be changing. Scott Anthony Barlow and Phillip Migyanko kick off season 3 with discussing how the future of career coaching will evolve. Also, Scott is passing...

  
• 02.26.2020

  Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone (and into Coaching)

  Do you feel unsatisfied with your job? Perhaps you’re just yearning for something new or maybe you’ve already thought about becoming a career coach. Either way, this episode will surely help you find direction! Rosa Andrews has 15 years of...

  
• 02.19.2020

  The Importance of Coaching with Permission

  Jennifer Seaver Stokes is driven by her passion about the power of professional coaching partnership. With more than 7 years and 2000 hours of delivering highly effective coaching experiences, she’s been able to work with a wide variety of exceptional...

  
• 01.24.2020

  Professional Career Coach Training: the Biggest Questions We Get

  Phillip joins me on the How to Become a Career Coach podcast. Phillip is the Director of Student and Client Success here at Happen To Your Career. And he helped to put the Professional Career Coach Training and Certification program together with...

  
• 01.20.2020

  Going From an Emotional Breakdown to Breakthrough

  Allison was on the How to Become a Career Coach podcast about two months ago. She shared a lot about her journey to become a career coach, which started by going through our Career Change Bootcamp (CCB) program, where she...

  
• 01.08.2020

  What If It's Possible for You, too?

  Many people that think their dream is impossible. Sharissa Sebastian had been in the tech industry for years, but was wanting to make a transition out of that field. She was eventually introduced to coaching through Groupon. Her coach began...

  
• 01.01.2020

  Creating Your Own Coaching Model

  "How do you determine what to charge for coaching?" "Should I do one-on-one coaching or group coaching?" "What if my target market can't afford my rates? Do I go broke, or do I just lose out on clients?" (and they...

  
• 12.20.2019

  If You Want Something, Give It Away

  Ever considered becoming a coach? If so, this is the episode for you! Grab a pen and take notes! Honorée Corder is a best-selling author of over a dozen books, the latest of which is Business Dating: Applying Relationship Rules in Business for...

  
• 12.19.2019

  [Bonus] From Engineer to Career Coach

  Today Gia Ganesh joins the conversation about researching careers. Gia a coach with us here at HTYC and like many people that listen to the HTYC podcast, she didn’t always have her career figured out.

  
• 12.18.2019

  The Roadblocks didn't Stop Her From Becoming a Career Coach

  Out of all the examples of career coaches that I've shared with you, many of them didn't realize their passion for coaching until they were in their career for at least a few years (sometimes a couple decades). Sarah is...

  
• 12.13.2019

  Self-Paced Version of PCC [short time offer]

  If you were previously interested in PCC, the world’s best training on how to become a skilled and confident career coach, but weren’t able to commit to class sessions or a specific time. It’s the exact same information, knowledge, skills,...

  
• 12.11.2019

  Starting Your Coaching Business by Leaning In

  Last week, I shared a conversation I had with our Director of Client Success, Phillip. Specifically, I shared that the fact that too many coaches try to learn everything, and this one things trips up new coaches and delays their...

  
• 12.04.2019

  The Top 7 Things That Trip-Up New Coaches

  Everyday I’m in conversations with aspiring, new or even established coaches.  And as you can imagine it’s a lot of conversations, and time and time again I see the same… well…. The same 7 things pop up that restrict these...

  
• 11.27.2019

  Become a Badass Career Coach

  When I say the word “badass,” what comes to mind?   Someone who knows what they want? Someone who breaks down walls standing in their way? Someone who finds, and keeps finding, ultimate career and life happiness?   That’s how...

  
• 11.20.2019

  Give Yourself Permission Not to Be Perfect

  Having opened his eyes to a world of extreme poverty combined with the life-threatening situations of Civil War, Luis Velasquez suffered through and survived 3 brain tumors, lost his career and his relationships, and still found the resilience in him...

  
• 11.13.2019

  When You Feel That Something is Missing

  “My overall definition of success is helping other people succeed.” Allison Curbow has staked this claim for herself. Her journey to become a career coach started only 18 months ago. Allison went from being a person with a background that...

  
• 09.27.2019

  Special Live Event Announcement!

  Over the last 6 years, I’ve learned something crazy about helping people just like you start (or grow) coaching businesses. It’s something that I wouldn’t have anticipated (even though I went through it myself) It has to do with making...

  
• 07.30.2019

  Bonuses for PCC - for a limited time only!

  Last week, we announced that PCC was opening for our next cohort starting in September. While we announced that price was increasing, we failed to mention the bonuses that we've added if you act quickly. If you register by August 9,...

  
• 07.22.2019

  PCC is now open! [Special Announcement]

  If becoming a career coach or growing a career coaching practice and experience the flexibility and exhilaration of helping people in that very direct way that a coaching practice can bring then here’s what I would suggest to you.  Drop me...

  
• 04.25.2019

  She was Terrified but Started Career Coaching Anyway

  I have gotten to know Christie Mims over the over the years and really respect the business that she's built around career coaching around helping people with their careers in a variety of different ways. And we'll get to bring...

  
• 04.24.2019

  Professional Career Coach Training and Certification

  I’m sharing this with you again because we’re about to close the doors to PCC for this cohort. May 3, 2019, is the last day that we’ll accept applications, so you’ll need to let us know right away if you’re interested...