Coaching is a skill and a gift...
you cannot be a coach by instincts alone.
Coaching is about your client and not about you the coach...
you must focus on the needs of the client you serve.
Coaching is designed to help the person learn to fish...
as opposed to giving them the fish and making them rely on the coach forever..
Coaching can be for business or personal purposes...
which is why it is often hard to implement a cookie cutter process.
Coaching is a service for which one pays for help in the areas they need to grow...
which means you may want to have an idea of what results you are looking for first.
Coaching is not a magic bullet nor therapy...
and those who tell you it is are setting unrealistic expectations.
Coaching is contagious!
What we do and say and direct others to do as a coach rubs off on our clients and those they work with. Our goal is to help you pay for the coaching service in the course of the coaching time frame by helping you build more revenue. Contagious Coaching focuses on you, your needs for lead generation, lead conversion, and business improvement, as well as your own sense of confidence - your fear of success, failure, or achievement.
What can Contagious Coaching do for you? Change your whole attitude, achievement, and results. Have you thought about having a coach? Those who expereince the most success, know when to ask for help and get guidance.
Stay contagious!
Monica
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Resume Networking - if you are back in the job market
Let's spend some Contagious Coaching time on Resume Networking today. If you are back in the job market, for whatever reason... things have changed a bit in the way you network and get your resume out there. In fact, when you are networking your resume, you have to remember to be SAVVY about what you are doing. SAVVY stands for:
1. Stay consistent in your efforts
One or two subtle mentions of your job search needs probably won't cut it. people's attention spans are much shorter than they used to be and their workload is certainly more. You may have to make many mentions to many people to help get the word out and find what you are looking for. Also, look for the "big mouths" in your world who naturally talk to others and help make connections. Also, look at social media, but remember one tweet isn't going to light everyone's fire and send them into action.
2. Accept no and move to the next one
When something doesn't pan out, try not to pine over it. Remember that some will, some won't, so what, and move on. It's an old sales adage, but in this case you are selling you and the saying above remains true. You are not rejected from an opporutnity you didn't have in the first place when someone says no - you've just been given the gift of feedback that this was not hte direction for you.
3. Venture out of your comfort zone
If you still think that Monster.com and CareerBuilder.com are the primary ways to job search, or heaven forbid -the classifieds, then my guess is you still use carrier pigeons and smoke signals, too. Venture into the land of the 21st century. Create a beautiful and informative profile on one of or many of the following: Linked IN, Plaxo, Facebook, Twitter, Squidoo... and then contribute value. Don't just talk about you. For example: on Linked In, go and answer some quesitons that others have that will allow you to show your expertise rather than talk about just what you need. Social Media is a place where you can contribute as well as ask for things and those who contribute seem to have higher rankings and response rates.
4. Value, seek, and maintain clarity
Do you even know what you are looking for? This sounds like a silly one, but one really needs to know what you are looking for. Do you know what salary you want? Do you know what kind of position you want? Are you looking for something completely different? If you are not sure what you are looking for or what you think would provide you with fulfillment, this may be an opportunity for you to look into coaching to help develop that awareness about you and what would work best for you. You may even check into www.contagiouscoaching.com.
5. Yelp less, do more
Those who whine about not having a job beyond a socially acceptable time period for grief or mourning, begin to sound like the small yappy dogs that make a lot of noise and yet don't have what it takes to back it up. Whining, yelping, griping, moaning, groaning, etc ... do not help your cause, they hinder it. They do not help your situation, they prolong it and they do not help you lead yourself in the right direction, but instead help you stay STUCK. Oh wait, that is another acronym. check out our blog archives for that one.
Resume networking involves working your job search like you would work a room. Make connections, contribute value, act with and share credibility and be interested in the needs of others, all the while making sure you know what you are looking for. Persist consistently.
Stay Contagious and best of success,
Monica
1. Stay consistent in your efforts
One or two subtle mentions of your job search needs probably won't cut it. people's attention spans are much shorter than they used to be and their workload is certainly more. You may have to make many mentions to many people to help get the word out and find what you are looking for. Also, look for the "big mouths" in your world who naturally talk to others and help make connections. Also, look at social media, but remember one tweet isn't going to light everyone's fire and send them into action.
2. Accept no and move to the next one
When something doesn't pan out, try not to pine over it. Remember that some will, some won't, so what, and move on. It's an old sales adage, but in this case you are selling you and the saying above remains true. You are not rejected from an opporutnity you didn't have in the first place when someone says no - you've just been given the gift of feedback that this was not hte direction for you.
3. Venture out of your comfort zone
If you still think that Monster.com and CareerBuilder.com are the primary ways to job search, or heaven forbid -the classifieds, then my guess is you still use carrier pigeons and smoke signals, too. Venture into the land of the 21st century. Create a beautiful and informative profile on one of or many of the following: Linked IN, Plaxo, Facebook, Twitter, Squidoo... and then contribute value. Don't just talk about you. For example: on Linked In, go and answer some quesitons that others have that will allow you to show your expertise rather than talk about just what you need. Social Media is a place where you can contribute as well as ask for things and those who contribute seem to have higher rankings and response rates.
4. Value, seek, and maintain clarity
Do you even know what you are looking for? This sounds like a silly one, but one really needs to know what you are looking for. Do you know what salary you want? Do you know what kind of position you want? Are you looking for something completely different? If you are not sure what you are looking for or what you think would provide you with fulfillment, this may be an opportunity for you to look into coaching to help develop that awareness about you and what would work best for you. You may even check into www.contagiouscoaching.com.
5. Yelp less, do more
Those who whine about not having a job beyond a socially acceptable time period for grief or mourning, begin to sound like the small yappy dogs that make a lot of noise and yet don't have what it takes to back it up. Whining, yelping, griping, moaning, groaning, etc ... do not help your cause, they hinder it. They do not help your situation, they prolong it and they do not help you lead yourself in the right direction, but instead help you stay STUCK. Oh wait, that is another acronym. check out our blog archives for that one.
Resume networking involves working your job search like you would work a room. Make connections, contribute value, act with and share credibility and be interested in the needs of others, all the while making sure you know what you are looking for. Persist consistently.
Stay Contagious and best of success,
Monica
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Are you stuck?
I'm hearing the word STUCK a lot lately and it concerns me as a coach who can help. But more importantly, I've felt STUCK before and the truth is, it's no fun. If you are STUCK (see below for what that really means).. maybe it's time to get UN-STUCK and make progress.
STUCK means:
Still
Trying to
Unsuccessfully
Clear
Key issues
If you have been working on the same habits, the same issues, the same road blocks, and doing all of this in the same ways or even worse, all by yourself - then it's time to get some help. It is far easier to see the issues of someone else than it is to work on your own dilemmas. Having a coach can help you not only get Un Stuck, it can help you:
- lose the fear of failure
- lose the fear of success
- gain some valuable ground on your goals
- take action and make rapid progress
"So often, we are the ones in own way more so than any other barrier that might exist outside of our own head." Monica Wofford
Are you your own barrier? If so, how's that working for you? Ready for that to be done yet? Read to get Un STUCK?
STUCK means:
Still
Trying to
Unsuccessfully
Clear
Key issues
If you have been working on the same habits, the same issues, the same road blocks, and doing all of this in the same ways or even worse, all by yourself - then it's time to get some help. It is far easier to see the issues of someone else than it is to work on your own dilemmas. Having a coach can help you not only get Un Stuck, it can help you:
- lose the fear of failure
- lose the fear of success
- gain some valuable ground on your goals
- take action and make rapid progress
"So often, we are the ones in own way more so than any other barrier that might exist outside of our own head." Monica Wofford
Are you your own barrier? If so, how's that working for you? Ready for that to be done yet? Read to get Un STUCK?
Monday, April 6, 2009
You know you've succeeded as a coach when...
Had a great conversation with a fantastic coaching client this evening. She is completly engaged in each of our sessions and is an active learner. We've been working together for a few months now and we've grown close, but also I have had the privilege of watching her grow and blossom and make so much wonderful progress.
Tonight, we had many giggles when at the end of our call, she began telling me what her homework was for this next week. I had to laugh and shared with her as well, "that you know you have done a good job as a coach when your client begins to tell YOU what her homework will be, instead of the other way around!" When we both stopped laughing, she shared her awareness at how much more accountable to herself she had become. That's one of the ways you know you've succeeded as a coach...
Stay contagious!
Monica
www.contagiouscoaching.com
Tonight, we had many giggles when at the end of our call, she began telling me what her homework was for this next week. I had to laugh and shared with her as well, "that you know you have done a good job as a coach when your client begins to tell YOU what her homework will be, instead of the other way around!" When we both stopped laughing, she shared her awareness at how much more accountable to herself she had become. That's one of the ways you know you've succeeded as a coach...
Stay contagious!
Monica
www.contagiouscoaching.com
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