Business & Life Coaching is a very popular but nothing beats someone trained in Long Beach.

I notice that almost everyone has some sort of idea what Coaching is. Unfortunately, there are a lot of misconceptions which I’ve described in this blog. One of my pet peeves are people who attach coaching to their profession title. It makes them sound in and current but I feel it is deceptive. Business & Life Coaching, especially if you have been trained through a certified school or program, is very clear about what coaching is and isn’t.

A few “new” business niches I discovered lately were Mentor Coaching, Consultant Coach, and other people-to-people professions with coaching randomly thrown in the title. Unfortunately, I feel it is a disservice to both the original profession and coaching. And, and mostly and, it only confuses what true coaching in people’s minds. Coaching has been around for 15 years, even though it is evolving, it has a foundation.

If I had to chose a coach right now I would first listen to my gut feeling. Trusting life to provide the right person in front of me at the right time, I will attract the right person. You know that works, right? Then I would look for the tell tell signs as in with anyone I meet; do they talk too much, do they listen, do they understand what I am saying, are they fidgety, are they focused, are they present, are they in the “now”? Then I ask if they have any training and accreditation. That usually does it. And oh yes, referrals!

I am happy to study through CoachU for my certification. I have almost finished my CEP (in a few days) and I am working on my ACP. I am currently looking for clients so that I can get accredited. I need to Coach 100 hours and so far I have 4 clients and coming up on a quarter of logged hours. It’s not only fun to do something you love doing but something that does something good for society. It’s a great motivation.