By Robbie Swale
Coach’s Journey founder Robbie Swale and a team of hosts interview coaches about how they created a successful business and how they create impact for their clients.
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This is the sixth and final episode in a series diving into The Coaching Business Flywheel and the fundamental parts of a sustainable coaching business. In this episode, Robbie and Ruth get to grips with the final part of the flywheel, the thing we all got into this coaching thing for: working with clients.
They share the most effective ways to make your coaching more powerful and useful for your clients and – more than that – how to make your coaching more likely to create future referrals and connections, making each client coached a seed planted that could sprout as new business at any time.
The episode is packed with ways to create more referrals: get your pens ready and start thinking about how to turn the ideas in this episode into actions you can take.
In particular, Robbie and Ruth cover:
How to use the science of deliberate practice to improve your work as a coach.
The ONE question to ask yourself to help generate more referrals from your clients.
The two most important qualities to make your coaching more impactful.
Why having a niche can be really useful as a coach.
We hope you’ve enjoyed this series – we certainly have. The shownotes on this page and the other episode pages are a treasure trove of resources to help you with your business – but if you want more, consider joining The Coach’s Journey Community.
Listen to the first episode in this series, giving an overview of the Flywheel and why it matters here: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/75-how-to-grow-your-coaching-business
The second, about using connections to create coaching clients, is here: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/77-how-to-make-connections-who-become-clients-coaching-business-fundamentals
The third, focusing on offering people the opportunity to experience you more, is here: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/80-dont-wait-for-coaching-clients-create-them-coaching-business-fundamentals
The fourth, focusing on creating insight, is here: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/82-want-more-clients-create-more-insight-coaching-business-fundamentals
The fifth, focusing on talking about how you work and how much it costs, is here: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/83-if-you-want-to-make-more-money-talk-about-money-more-coaching-business-fundamentals
More episodes on the nuts and bolts of coaching businesses are coming soon – sign up here to be the first to hear about them: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/subscribe
To see a diagram of the Coaching Business Flywheel, and read Robbie’s ebook, An Introduction toThe Coaching Business Flywheel,visit https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/the-coaching-business-flywheel
For more information about Robbie, visit https://www.robbieswale.com/
For more information about Ruth , visit http://www.daretorise.co.uk/
Read more about The Coach's Journey at www.thecoachsjourney.com.
Music by My Good Man William: listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KmeQUcTbeE31uFynHQLQg
To support the Coach's Journey, visit www.patreon.com/thecoachsjourney and to join the Coach's Journey Community visit www.thecoachsjourney.com/community.
THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT THAT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN:
The first episode in this series, giving an overview of The Coaching Business Flywheel: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/75-how-to-grow-your-coaching-business
The second episode in the series, focusing on Connecting with People: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/77-how-to-make-connections-who-become-clients-coaching-business-fundamentals
The third, focusing on offering people the opportunity to experience you more, is here: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/80-dont-wait-for-coaching-clients-create-them-coaching-business-fundamentals
The fourth, focusing on creating insight for people, is here: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/82-want-more-clients-create-more-insight-coaching-business-fundamentals
The fifth, focusing on talking about how you work and how much it costs, is here: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/83-if-you-want-to-make-more-money-talk-about-money-more-coaching-business-fundamentals
A diagram of The Coaching Business Flywheel: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/the-coaching-business-flywheel
Robbie’s ebook, An Introduction to the Coaching Business Flywheel, is available for free here: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/the-coaching-business-flywheel
The ONE Thing by Gary Keller: https://the1thing.com/book/
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Outliers-Story-Success-Malcolm-Gladwell/dp/0141036257
Bounce by Matthew Syed: https://www.matthewsyed.co.uk/book/bounce-the-myth-of-talent-and-the-power-of-practice/
Myles Downey on The Coach’s Journey the first time: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-31-myles-downey
Myles Downey on The Coach’s Journey the second time: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/69-myles-downey-what-is-effective-coaching-performance-coaching-when-to-be-directive-changing-clients-maps-of-reality-and-more
The Inner Game of Tennis by Timothy Gallwey: https://theinnergame.com/inner-game-books/the-inner-game-of-tennis/
Katie Harvey on The Coach’s Journey: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-1-katie-harvey-14000-hours-of-coaching-being-part-of-the-uk-coaching-vanguard-and-being-a-generalist-coach
Gary Buxton’s Coaches Walks in the North West: https://www.garybuxton.co.uk/walk
Ruth Richards’ Coaches Walks: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruth-richards-46153a23/
Claire Pedrick’s Coaches Walks in the Malverns and a LinkedIn Group for coaches walking everywhere: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12827884/
Julie Starr Reflection Form: https://learnstarr.com/courses/the-coaching-manual-free-downloads/
Jim Dethmer on Coaches Rising Podcast: https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/jim-dethmer-coaching-from-source/
Robbie’s article, Recommiting Is The Journey: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/writing/recommitting-is-the-journey
The Meaning Revolution by Fred Kofman: https://www.fredkofman.org/lrds-ing.php
Robbie’s article, It’s Time For You To Die: https://www.robbieswale.com/the-12-minute-blog/2021/12/15/its-time-for-you-to-die
Mike Toller on The Coach’s Journey: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-32-mike-toller
The Coach’s Journey videos page: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/videos
Kim Morgan on The Coach’s Journey: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-25-kim-morgan
Robbie’s friend, Nina O’Farrell: https://www.ninaofarrell.com/
Jackee Holder on The Coach’s Journey: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/73-jackee-holder-trauma-informed-coaches-have-never-been-more-needed
The Coach’s Journey Community: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/community
The Coaching Business Flywheel Booster Pack: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/the-coaching-business-flywheel-booster-pack
Gary Buxton admits he spends his life stuck in rabbitholes. As a psychologist and executive coach, he loves nothing more than to geek out about the evidence base for coaching, ensuring his own practice is built on the latest science.
While Gary is a firm believer that coaching is always a process and never a destination, in this episode of The Coach’s Journey Podcast he warns against the pitfalls of being overwhelmed by study, reminding us that it is through practice that we cultivate and nurture our own unique coaching stance.
Gary’s own journey has encompassed work as a director, CEO and head hunter in the private sector, as well as helping people back into work in the social impact sector, honing his coaching skills in diverse, challenging settings.
Awarded an MBE in 2014 for Services to the Young People of England, Gary now trains new coaches on the Barefoot Coaching postgraduate programme, He is a qualified coach mentor and coach supervisor with ICF, and is on his way to becoming a chartered coaching psychologist with the British Psychological Society.
In conversation with host Ruth Saville, Gary explores a vibrant array of concepts from psychology and coaching that centre around creating balance in our lives and having our value reflected in our work.
In this episode, Gary and host Ruth Saville also talk about:
· The benefits of keeping a third of your time free for play
· How to nurture your task-positive and default mode networks
· What psychologists have to teach coaches...and vice versa!
· How to turn your friends into your marketing department
Gary also speaks about how to hold onto the value of your work in a coaching landscape filling up with new tools, technology and solutions, and how to put enough of yourself out into the world to allow people to choose you.
Things and people we mentioned (that you might be interested in):
Academy of Executive Coaching https://www.aoec.com/
British Psychological Society https://www.bps.org.uk/
Lisa Feldman Barrett https://lisafeldmanbarrett.com/
Barefoot Coaching https://barefootcoaching.co.uk/
Robert Holden https://www.robertholden.com/
ICF https://coachingfederation.org/
Three Principles and Sydney Banks https://threeprinciplesfoundation.org/about-sydney-banks
Coaching Psychology Network https://www.thecoachingpsychologynetwork.com/
BetterUp https://www.betterup.com/en-gb
CoachHub https://www.coachhub.com/en/
Know You More https://www.knowyoumore.com/
Rich Litvin https://richlitvin.com/
The Little ACT Workbook by Michael Sinclair https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/michael-sinclair/the-little-act-workbook/9781780592435/
The Coach’s Casebook by Kim Morgan and Geoff Watts https://barefootcoaching.co.uk/product/the-coachs-casebook-kim-morgan-geoff-watts-2015/
Simplifying Coaching by Claire Pedrick https://www.3dcoaching.com/shop/simplifying-coaching/
Erik de Haan https://instituteofcoaching.org/erik-de-haan
This episode is the fifth in a series diving into The Coaching Business Flywheel and the fundamental parts of a sustainable coaching business. In this episode, Robbie and Ruth focus on the part of the Flywheel that often creates the most fear and resistance for coaches: telling people how you work, how much it costs and how to pay you.
It couldn’t be clearer that unless you do this, there are no clients to coach. And yet, so many of us are filled with fear, hesitance and/or ickyness when it comes to the money conversation. In this conversation, we’ll try to change that.
We cover:
Resourcesand tactics that can help you think about how YOU want to work with clients, and how to talk about that authentically.
How to rewrite your stories about money.
Why buying coaching for yourself will make ALL the difference to your money conversations.
How to change the default so that you tell more people how you work and how much it costs, instead of almost never doing that.
Listen to the first episode in this series, giving an overview of the Flywheel and why it matters here: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/75-how-to-grow-your-coaching-business
The second, about using connections to create coaching clients, is here: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/77-how-to-make-connections-who-become-clients-coaching-business-fundamentals
The third, focusing on offering people the opportunity to experience you more, is here: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/80-dont-wait-for-coaching-clients-create-them-coaching-business-fundamentals
The fourth, focusing on creating insight, is here: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/82-want-more-clients-create-more-insight-coaching-business-fundamentals
The next episode will be out soon – sign up to our mailing list here to be the first to hear about it: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/subscribe
To see a diagram of the Coaching Business Flywheel, and read Robbie’s ebook, An Introduction toThe Coaching Business Flywheel,visit https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/the-coaching-business-flywheel
For more information about Robbie, visit https://www.robbieswale.com/
For more information about Ruth , visit http://www.daretorise.co.uk/
Read more about The Coach's Journey at www.thecoachsjourney.com.
Music by My Good Man William: listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KmeQUcTbeE31uFynHQLQg
To support the Coach's Journey, visit www.patreon.com/thecoachsjourney and to join the Coach's Journey Community visit www.thecoachsjourney.com/community.
THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT THAT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN:
The first episode in this series, giving an overview of The Coaching Business Flywheel: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/75-how-to-grow-your-coaching-business
The second episode in the series, focusing on Connecting with People: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/77-how-to-make-connections-who-become-clients-coaching-business-fundamentals
The third, focusing on offering people the opportunity to experience you more, is here: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/80-dont-wait-for-coaching-clients-create-them-coaching-business-fundamentals
The fourth, focusing on creating insight for people, is here: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/82-want-more-clients-create-more-insight-coaching-business-fundamentals
A diagram of The Coaching Business Flywheel: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/the-coaching-business-flywheel
Robbie’s ebook, An Introduction to the Coaching Business Flywheel, is available for free here: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/the-coaching-business-flywheel
The Coach’s Journey videos page: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/videos
Rich Litvin – The Art of the Proposal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjwzfLIA8w0
The Prosperous Coach and Rich Litvin: https://richlitvin.com/book/
Robbie’s brother, Ewan Townhead, on money: https://www.ewantownhead.com/money-is-not-what-you-think-it-is/
Jen Sincero – You Are a Badass At Making Money: https://www.amazon.co.uk/You-Are-Badass-Making-Money/dp/0735222975
Joel Monk on The Coach’s Journey: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-6-joel-monk-conversations-at-the-cutting-edge-of-coaching
Giovanna Capozza on The Coach’s Journey: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-20-giovanna-capozza
Robbie’s article - 6 Reasons Why Hiring a Coach is the Most Important Thing For You to Do If You Want a Successful Coaching Business: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/writing/6-reasons-why-hiring-a-coach-is-the-most-important-thing-for-you-to-do-if-you-want-a-successful-coaching-business
Toku McCree on The Coach’s Journey: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-15-toku-mccree-sales-with-honour-and-love-on-the-end-of-a-sword
The Coach’s Journey Community: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/community
The Coaching Business Flywheel Booster Pack: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/the-coaching-business-flywheel-booster-pack
This episode is the fourth in a series diving into The Coaching Business Flywheel and the fundamental parts of a sustainable coaching business. In it, Robbie and Ruth dive into the power of focusing our energy and action on creating insight, and how, if we create insight enough, we almost can’t help but have the coaching business we want.
Robbie shares why he believes that the more we can create insight for someone before they become a client, the better it is for our businesses, and outlines just how powerful creating insight can be for putting energy into our business that will pay back again, and again, and again.
We cover:
What is insight and why does it matter?
The advantages of ‘The Prosperous Coach Approach’ and just coaching people even before they are clients. (We touch on the disadvantages, too.)
Why we forget that we know MANY ways to create insight for people.
A question you can ask yourself every day to get into action building your coaching business.
Listen to the first episode in this series, giving an overview of the Flywheel and why it matters here: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/75-how-to-grow-your-coaching-business
The second, about using connections to create coaching clients, is here: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/77-how-to-make-connections-who-become-clients-coaching-business-fundamentals
The third, focusing on offering people the opportunity to experience you more, is here: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/80-dont-wait-for-coaching-clients-create-them-coaching-business-fundamentals
The next episode will be out soon – sign up to our mailing list here to be the first to hear about it.
To see a diagram of the Coaching Business Flywheel, and read Robbie’s ebook, An Introduction to The Coaching Business Flywheel, visit https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/the-coaching-business-flywheel
For more information about Robbie, visit https://www.robbieswale.com/
For more information about Ruth , visit http://www.daretorise.co.uk/
Read more about The Coach's Journey at www.thecoachsjourney.com.
Music by My Good Man William: listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KmeQUcTbeE31uFynHQLQg
To support the Coach's Journey, visit www.patreon.com/thecoachsjourney and to join the Coach's Journey Community visit www.thecoachsjourney.com/community.
THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT THAT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN:
The first episode in this series, giving an overview of The Coaching Business Flywheel: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/75-how-to-grow-your-coaching-business
The second episode in the series, focusing on Connecting with People: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/77-how-to-make-connections-who-become-clients-coaching-business-fundamentals
The third, focusing on offering people the opportunity to experience you more, is here: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/80-dont-wait-for-coaching-clients-create-them-coaching-business-fundamentals
A diagram of The Coaching Business Flywheel: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/the-coaching-business-flywheel
Robbie’s ebook, An Introduction to the Coaching Business Flywheel, is available for free here: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/the-coaching-business-flywheel
The Prosperous Coach and Rich Litvin: https://richlitvin.com/book/
Robbie’s video on how to structure a conversation with a potential client, and loads of other practical videos are here: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/videos
Claire Pedrick on The Coach’s Journey: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-44-claire-pedrick-cutting-through-complexity-and-simplifying-coaching
Neil Mackinnon on The Coach’s Journey: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-57-neil-mackinnon-when-you-step-into-the-hallowed-ground-of-coaching-show-up
Lindsey Lewis on The Coach’s Journey: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-47-lyndsey-lewis-turning-torment-into-talent
Toku McCree on The Coach’s Journey: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-15-toku-mccree-sales-with-honour-and-love-on-the-end-of-a-sword
Giovanna Capozza on The Coach’s Journey: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-20-giovanna-capozza
Jackee Holder on The Coach’s Journey: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/73-jackee-holder-trauma-informed-coaches-have-never-been-more-needed
Iyanla Vanzant: https://iyanla.com/
The video Ruth mentioned about “Imposter Syndrome”, featuring Reshma Saujani: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoHDDgeQtlc
Ruth’s website – sign up to her mailing list to find out when you can next access her free course: https://www.daretorise.co.uk/
Robbie’s 12-Minute Method: https://www.robbieswale.com/about-the-12-minute-method
The Coach’s Journey Community: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/community
The Coaching Business Flywheel Booster Pack: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/the-coaching-business-flywheel-booster-pack
George Warren describes “growth through discomfort” as a key theme in his life and in this episode of The Coach’s Journey Podcast, he lays down a challenge to the coaching industry to step out of its comfort zone and explore questions that might challenge the very foundations of our work.
While many of us place the principles of being client-led and non-directive at the centre of our practice, George views coaching through a lens of universal interconnectedness where there is always more than one voice to consider.
Drawing upon Gestalt psychology, Eastern mysticism and his experiences as a solo traveller in the Middle East, George’s work highlights the unique role coaching can play in finding answers to some of society’s most pressing questions, from global conflicts to the loneliness epidemic.
In this conversation with host Neil Mackinnon, George describes how his innate emotional sensitivity became a “nuclear reactor”, fuelling him along a path from the world of luxury travel sales to the cultivation of a deeper connection with the environment through coaching.
In this episode, George and Neil also talk about:
The complimentary tools of support and challenge
Why George believes coaches do not need a niche
How supervision can become “an amphitheatre of profound learning”
The “beautiful gift” of ignorance when working with new clients
George ends this episode by placing coaching at a fascinating crossroads, describing contrasting futures that might lie ahead depending on the choices we all make in the coming years.
- Coaching for Performance by Sir John Whitmore -https://www.performanceconsultants.com/resources/coaching-for-performance-book/
- The GROW Model - https://www.performanceconsultants.com/resources/the-grow-model/
- Animas - https://www.animascoaching.com/
- Anita Rolls (https://careerintelligenceacademy.com/about-us/) and Karen Smart (https://www.aoec.com/author-page/karen-smart-author/) at AOEC
- AoEC https://www.aoec.com/
- ILM https://www.i-l-m.com/
ICF https://coachingfederation.org/
- AC https://www.associationforcoaching.com/
- EMCC https://emccuk.org/Public/default.aspx
- The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der
Kolk https://www.besselvanderkolk.com/resources/the-body-keeps-the-
score
- AOCS https://www.linkedin.com/company/aocs-association-of-coaching-
supervisors/
- Myles Downey on The Coach's Journey Podcast https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/69-myles-downey-what-is-effective-coaching-performance-coaching-when-to-be-directive-changing-clients-maps-of-reality-and-more
- Ian McGilchrist https://channelmcgilchrist.com/
- The Edge of Coaching https://edgeofcoaching.substack.com/
- George Warren Coaching https://www.georgewarrencoaching.com/
- BACP Article https://www.bacp.co.uk/bacp-journals/coaching-
today/january-2024/where-is-the-humanity/
- Coaching in the Climate Crisis, Association for
Coaching https://www.associationforcoaching.com/page/CITCC_podcast_ser
ies
- CCA climate coaching - This this might be the AoEC Certificate in Climate Coaching https://www.aoec.com/programmes/certificate-climate-coaching/
- Hetty Einzig https://hettyeinzig.co.uk/
In this episode, the third in a series diving into The Coaching Business Flywheel and the fundamental parts of a sustainable coaching business, Robbie and Ruth slow down and take a deep dive into perhaps the most powerful step in the Flywheel for taking control of the future of your coaching business. That is: making offers and, in particular, offering people the opportunity to experience you more.
Robbie explains why giving people opportunities to experience you makes your sales easier and easier, and shares stories about how to give people the most undiluted, pure experience of you.
If you’re feeling stuck or hopeless in your business, this is the episode for you.
We cover:
Practical ways you can offer people opportunities to experience you more.
How powerful inviting people into coaching conversations can be and how to do that with integrity.
How a conversation on a training course took Robbie out of scarcity in his business and got him into action.
The pitfalls and doubts that we run into when making offers to people, and why we shouldn’t listen to them.
Listen to the first episode in this series, giving an overview of the Flywheel and why it matters here: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/75-how-to-grow-your-coaching-business
And listen to the second, about using connections to create coaching clients here: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/77-how-to-make-connections-who-become-clients-coaching-business-fundamentals
The next episode will be out in a few weeks - sign up to our mailing list here to be the first to hear about it. https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/subscribe
To see a diagram of the Coaching Business Flywheel, and read Robbie’s ebook, An Introduction toThe Coaching Business Flywheel,visit https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/the-coaching-business-flywheel
For more information about Robbie, visit https://www.robbieswale.com/
For more information about Ruth , visit http://www.daretorise.co.uk/
Read more about The Coach's Journey at www.thecoachsjourney.com.
Music by My Good Man William: listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KmeQUcTbeE31uFynHQLQg
To support the Coach's Journey, visit www.patreon.com/thecoachsjourney and to join the Coach's Journey Community visit www.thecoachsjourney.com/community.
THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT THAT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN:
The first episode in this series, giving an overview of The Coaching Business Flywheel: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/75-how-to-grow-your-coaching-business
The second episode in the series, focusing on Connecting with People: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/77-how-to-make-connections-who-become-clients-coaching-business-fundamentals
A diagram of The Coaching Business Flywheel: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/the-coaching-business-flywheel
Robbie’s ebook, An Introduction to the Coaching Business Flywheel, is available for free here: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/the-coaching-business-flywheel
The Prosperous Coach and Rich Litvin: https://richlitvin.com/book/
Brené Brown: https://brenebrown.com/
Katie Harvey on The Coach’s Journey: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-1-katie-harvey-14000-hours-of-coaching-being-part-of-the-uk-coaching-vanguard-and-being-a-generalist-coach
Robbie’s 12-Minute Method: https://www.robbieswale.com/about-the-12-minute-method
Allegra Stein on The Coach’s Journey: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-22-allegra-stein-how-to-flourish-as-a-coaching-misfit
Lindsey Lewis on The Coach’s Journey: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-47-lyndsey-lewis-turning-torment-into-talent
Joel Monk (Coaches Rising) on The Coach’s Journey: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-6-joel-monk-conversations-at-the-cutting-edge-of-coaching
Minor Arias on The Coach’s Journey: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-3-minor-arias-living-by-design-glz56
Steve Chandler: https://www.stevechandler.com/index.html
Carolyn Freyer Jones: https://carolynfreyerjones.com/
The Coach’s Journey Community: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/community
The Coaching Business Flywheel Booster Pack: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/the-coaching-business-flywheel-booster-pack
In this episode, taken from Robbie’s appearance on Aly King-Smith’s A Listening Life podcast, Robbie gives one of his most most concentrated downloads ever on everything he knows about growing a coaching business.
In particular, Robbie and Aly cover:
Why, despite being a prolific writer and producer of content, Robbie thinks content creation is a terrible way to grow a coaching business.
How Robbie reframed proposals and pitching to an opportunity to practice, and the difference that can make.
A deep-dive into pricing and money, including how Robbie started from £30 per session and how he grew from there.
The Coaching Business Flywheel - to see a diagram of Flywheel, and read Robbie’s ebook, An Introduction toThe Coaching Business Flywheel,visit https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/the-coaching-business-flywheel
This episode is packed with practical advice and personal anecdotes from Robbie’s journey in the coaching industry. Whether you're a new coach or an experienced practitioner, Robbie's insights on pricing, client acquisition, and content creation offer valuable lessons for building a sustainable and profitable coaching business.
For more information about Robbie, visit https://www.robbieswale.com/
For more information about Aly and A Listening Life, visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/alykingsmith/ and https://open.spotify.com/episode/6wGHaf6oeebH6qFbTwZHsy?si=ciFxJttsRa64Poo_qmIvyA
Read more about The Coach's Journey at www.thecoachsjourney.com.
Music by My Good Man William: listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KmeQUcTbeE31uFynHQLQg
To support the Coach's Journey, visit www.patreon.com/thecoachsjourney and to join the Coach's Journey Community visit www.thecoachsjourney.com/community.
THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT THAT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN:
The 12 Minute Method: https://www.robbieswale.com/about-the-12-minute-method
Joel Monk: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-6-joel-monk-conversations-at-the-cutting-edge-of-coaching
Rich Litvin and The Prosperous Coach: https://richlitvin.com/book/
Steven Pressfield and The War of Art: https://stevenpressfield.com/books/the-war-of-art/
Jim Collins on the Tim Ferriss Show: https://tim.blog/2019/02/18/jim-collins/
Good to Great by Jim Collins: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Good-Great-Some-Companies-Others/dp/0066620996
Turning the Flywheel by Jim Collins: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Turning-Flywheel-Monograph-Accompany-Great/dp/0062933795
Brené Brown on Teddy Roosevelt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-JXOnFOXQk&t=0s
RUNNING ORDER
~5m - Realizing Coaching Could Be a Commercial Success
~8m - Setting Initial Coaching Rates
~10m - The 90 Day Money Game
~12m - Increasing Proposal Amounts
~13m - Overcoming Internal Dialogue and Resistance
~14m - The Importance of Making Proposals
~16m - Learning from Pitching and Proposals
~20m - Overcoming Fear of Rejection
~21m - Creating Content and Its Role in Coaching
~22m - Avoiding Procrastination in Business Building
~26m - The Coaching Business Flywheel Concept
~33m - Authenticity in Content Creation
~36m - Direct Invitations vs. Content Creation
~39m - Podcast as a Long-Term Strategy
~42m - Research Projects as an Alternative to Podcasting
~45m - Robbie's Experience with Writing and Podcasting
Ruth Rochelle’s life and career changed when, in 1979, she met Ariana Huffington and took part in the first Insight Seminar ever to happen in the United Kingdom.
Ruth describes this moment as her invitation into self-reflection, the start of her career, and the time when she started to become the leader in her own life. In Café Royal on London’s Regent Street, with 100 people – including some famous names – she had an experience she calls mindblowing and heart-opening, revealing deep truths that had previously been hidden from view.
In this episode of the Coach’s Journey Podcast, Ruth sheds light on the vast worlds of discovery that opened up to her following that first Insight Seminar, which propelled her into a career as a global facilitator and as a renowned expert on conscious leadership in teams and organisations.
Ruth tells host Joey Owen how her remarkable appetite for learning and exploration also led her to study Internal Family Systems, which now underpins her work as an accredited master executive coach, IFS practitioner, systemic team coach and coaching constellations practitioner.
In this episode, Ruth and Joey also talk about:
Psychosynthesis and other therapeutic models that are harnessed by coaches
How to shift from protective behaviours in order to stand up in your authenticity
The ripple effect and how it can amplify both our limiting patterns and our effective ones
The way systems theory can help us stay in balance and adapt to our current truth
Ruth ends the podcast with a truly vital message about the parts of ourselves that we bring to interactions with others and the roles we all have to play in taking humanity forward.
For more information about Ruth, visit https://www.ruthrochelle.com/
For more information about host Joey Owen, visit http://www.joeyowencoaching.com/
Read more about The Coach's Journey at www.thecoachsjourney.com.
Music by My Good Man William: listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KmeQUcTbeE31uFynHQLQg
To support the Coach's Journey, visit www.patreon.com/thecoachsjourney and to join the Coach's Journey Community visit www.thecoachsjourney.com/community.
THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT THAT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN:
- Ariana Huffington https://www.instagram.com/ariannahuff/?hl=en
- Insight Seminars https://insightseminars.org/
- John Roger https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-08-14-vw-882-story.html
- Russell Bishop https://russellbishop.com/about
- Internal Family Systems https://ifs-institute.com/
- Psychosynthesis Coaching, Auburn Howard https://www.psychosynthesiscoaching.co.uk/
- NLP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuro-linguistic_programming
- Results Unlimited https://www.upwork.com/agencies/1140793201640026112/
- Internal Family Systems Therapy by Richard Schwartz https://www.amazon.co.uk/Internal-Family-Systems-Therapy-Guilford/dp/1572302720
- The Leadership Circle https://leadershipcircle.com/leadership-assessment-tools/leadership-circle-profile/
- Robert Kegan and the Immunity to Change model https://www.gse.harvard.edu/hgse100/story/changing-better#:~:text=Based%20on%2030%20years%20of,distortions%20that%20keep%20you%20from
- AOAC master systems coach https://www.aoac.org/aoac-training-courses/
- Third Space https://www.thirdspace.london/
BIOGRAPHY FROM RUTH
For more than 25 years Ruth has been a coach – an executive and team coach, workshop facilitator, transformational coach and coach supervisor – with private clients and with organisations.
Ruth is an Accredited Master Executive Coach with APECS, an IFS (Internal Family Systems) Practitioner with the IFS Institute and a Coaching Constellations Practitioner, and her clients have included creative professionals, start-up founders, senior managers, young emerging leaders, celebrities, coaches, and many more.
Ruth supports her clients to create and achieve their visions, enrich their relationships, navigate changing circumstances, embark on new life directions, start and grow businesses, address specific challenges, experience greater wellbeing and connect to a meaningful purpose.
In this episode, the second in a series diving into The Coaching Business Flywheel and the fundamental parts of a sustainable coaching business, Robbie and Ruth slow down and take a deep dive into connecting with people.
Robbie tells stories about how working with his coaches supported him to develop a connection practice that is authentic to him and supports the growth of his business. They discuss how to connect with others authentically and why connecting with people might in fact be the most fundamental part of a sustainable coaching business.
In this episode, we cover:
Why you DON’T hate connecting with people to support your coaching business, even if you think you do.
How to make it more likely that the connections you make can become clients.
The power of tracking your connections to raise your awareness and change your mindset.
Tactics for how to talk about your coaching business authentically when people ask you ‘What do you do?’
Listen to the first episode in this series here: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/75-how-to-grow-your-coaching-business. The next will be out in a few weeks.
To see a diagram of the Coaching Business Flywheel, and read Robbie’s ebook, An Introduction toThe Coaching Business Flywheel,visit https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/the-coaching-business-flywheel
For more information about Robbie, visit https://www.robbieswale.com/
For more information about Ruth , visit http://www.daretorise.co.uk/
Read more about The Coach's Journey at www.thecoachsjourney.com.
Music by My Good Man William: listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KmeQUcTbeE31uFynHQLQg
To support the Coach's Journey, visit www.patreon.com/thecoachsjourney and to join the Coach's Journey Community visit www.thecoachsjourney.com/community.
THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT THAT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN:
The first episode in this series, giving an overview of The Coaching Business Flywheel: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/75-how-to-grow-your-coaching-business
A diagram of The Coaching Business Flywheel: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/the-coaching-business-flywheel
Robbie’s ebook, An Introduction to the Coaching Business Flywheel, is available for free here: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/the-coaching-business-flywheel
The Prosperous Coach and Rich Litvin: https://richlitvin.com/book/
Joel Monk on The Coach’s Journey: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-6-joel-monk-conversations-at-the-cutting-edge-of-coaching
Steve Chandler: https://www.stevechandler.com/index.html
The RSA: https://www.thersa.org/
The Coach’s Journey Community: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/community
The Coaching Business Flywheel Booster Pack: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/the-coaching-business-flywheel-booster-pack
This episode is a unique chance to get inside a group coaching call with Robbie Swale.
In it, you can hear Robbie coaching David Norris, Joey Owen, Hazel Martin and Alex Swallow, exactly as he would in one of his group coaching programmes for coaches or leaders.
It demonstrates the way that he runs The Coach's Journey Community, which is his flexible, affordable group coaching programme for coaches, designed to support them to create thriving businesses and thrive as they do that. It shows both the practical value of working in this way and the incredible - almost magical - synchronicity that can emerge in work like this.
In particular, we worked together on:
How to finish a year strong, when doing so means you have to go against what society expects of you.
How to be proud of the way we interact with our children rather than ashamed.
Time, boundaries and how not to resent the people we love when they interrupt us.
How to be a professional coach when there are many things buffetting us in our personal lives.
But most importantly, this gives you a chance to feel the multiple levels of learning available in a group experience as a coach: learning from what the coaches bring as clients and how Robbie coaches them (and what you might do similarly or differently).
We hope we might see you on a similar call as part of The Coach’s Journey Community sometime soon - now is a great time to join, as the September and November calls are available to Diamond Members, meaning you can sign up for £20, try it out and if it’s not the right thing for you, cancel any time. Learn more at https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/community.
For more information about Robbie, visit https://www.robbieswale.com/
To find out about the other coaches on this episode, visit the links below:
David Norris: https://www.davidnorriscoaching.com/
Joey Owen: https://joeyowencoaching.com/ and https://freedomtolearn.org.uk/
Hazel Martin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/hazelmartinexecutivecoaching/
Alex Swallow: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexswallow/ and http://theinfluenceexpert.com/store/ (where you can get Alex's book about influence)
Read more about The Coach's Journey at www.thecoachsjourney.com.
Music by My Good Man William: listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KmeQUcTbeE31uFynHQLQg
To support the Coach's Journey, visit www.patreon.com/thecoachsjourney and to join the Coach's Journey Community visit www.thecoachsjourney.com/community.
THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT THAT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN:
Watch the video version of this coaching session and follow us on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANwh_WKq9_Q
The David Gemmell story Robbie shared is in full, here: http://www.wisdomofgemmell.com/the-pebble-in-the-moonlight/
The other group coaching call that Robbie mentions is on YouTube is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFBvAVfZrKQ
You can buy the 12-Minute Method books here: https://geni.us/12minutemethodseries
The Coach’s Journey Community: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/community
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