While some companies may think cutting their executive coaching and training budgets is the smart way to save money during hard economic times, could this be hurting them? That likely depends on the role of coaching and training in the company according to this article from “Personnel Today” called: “Coaching Through Recession: When the going gets tough.”
Can Coaching be Regulated?
Coach Pervin Shaikh believes it’s time for the coaching industry to be regulated, as per her article “Opinion: A new dawn for coaching?” In her opinion, not only would this prevent unqualified coaches from offering coaching services, it would also make it easier for clients to sort the qualified from the unqualified.
I’m curious – if regulation were to occur, who would be the head regulator? Would it be at the
international, national, regional or municipal level? Who would deal with offending coaches? And how? Would they be fined? How would all the internet marketing professionals, for instance, who offer ‘coaching programs’ be dealt with? It could be a logistical nightmare!
Three Signs of a Miserable Job – Book Review
Three Signs of a Miserable Job: A Fable for Managers (and their employees)
by Patrick Lencioni
Do you see yourself in any of the following scenarios:
– On Sundays you start to dread the upcoming work week.
– You don’t feel valued in your job.
– There is a high rate of turnover in the company
– Employees don’t seem to care about their work.
If so, Patrick Lencioni has a possible solution for you. “Three Signs of a Miserable Job” is mainly written in a novel format as we follow Brian as he learns the three keys to job satisfaction. If you think, like I did, that doing what you love is the only solution, you may be in for a surprise. Even people who do what they love or are good at, don’t necessarily love their job.
A Certified Coach in Just 2 Days?
The other day I read an ad in a local publication offering a 2-day course for coaches. That in itself is not unusual. The ad claimed that participants would learn everything they needed to succeed and implied that they could become a certified coach. I checked their site and it clarified that certification was possible as long as the participant passed an assessment on the 2nd day.
Let’s just say I was a wee bit (ok a whole lot) skeptical.
First of all, how can you learn ‘everything’ you need to to succeed in just 2 days? I think that statement is a bit misleading. You could learn what you need to get started as a coach, both coaching skills and basic business building concepts, but not everything.
Unless a prospective coach has previous business experience or training, it takes time to learn how to build, market and operate any business, including a coaching business.
Secondly, can a person be skilled enough to be worthy of certification after just 2 days of training?
That aspect warranted further investigation.
Financing Life Coach Training
How does one find funding for life coach training? This is a question a subscriber recently sent me. My answer is below:
Thanks for sending in your question. As you have probably discovered in your research – life coach training is an investment! In a previous article on life coach training I shared that tuition fees for accredited coach training programs range from range from $3,900 to $10,000+ US.
I came up with nine ways you could find funding or ways to pay for coach training.