The following is an excerpt from the CoachStart Manual.
You want to feel comfortable with this person. Interviewing, trialing or studying up on one to three coaches should be sufficient. They no longer have to be in your country – just make sure if they’re overseas that they are willing to cover the cost of phone calls or factor this into your monthly fee.
If you’re concerned about the investment, consider what your return on that monthly investment might be. In most cases, you only need two to three paying clients to cover the cost of your mentor coach. And if your coach can’t help you increase your client list by MORE than two to three, something’s missing! Also consider the cost of NOT hiring a coach.
It can be very empowering to hire a mentor coach and set a goal of bringing in enough coaching income to cover the cost of your own coach by a particular date.
Remember, you don’t need a mentor coach. No one NEEDS a coach. It’s just a slower, less fun — and often — more expensive road without one.
The following is an excerpt from the CoachStart Manual.
If you’re lucky, your training program — should you choose that path — will provide a mentor coach at no extra charge. If it doesn’t or if you want to leave training aside for now, you’ll need to find your own mentor coach.
Look for someone with experience in getting new coaches started. Anything from A$400 to A$800 is reasonable, providing they can demonstrate results and have testimonials.
You can do a search for “mentor coach” at any internet search engine e.g. www.google.com
You might try the coach referral service at coachfederation.org — which allows you to limit your search to the coaches who offer mentor coaching (note — this does not mean they have experience in this) or even are certified mentor coaches. And if that isn’t enough, you can try coachreferral.com.
The following is an excerpt from the CoachStart Manual.
Most coaches are willing to answer some of your questions, and even do a free trial session before you sign on. Some good questions to ask are:
- How long have you been coaching?
- What training have you had?
- How many coaches have you mentored or are you currently mentoring?
- What kind of results have you had?
- Can you provide email addresses of a couple of coaches you’ve worked with?
- What is the most important thing you will provide to help me build a successful coaching practice?
Lastly, you want to feel comfortable with this person. Interviewing, trialing or studying up on one to three coaches should be sufficient. They no longer have to be in your country – just make sure if they’re overseas that they are willing to cover the cost of phone calls or factor this into your monthly fee.
If you’re concerned about the investment, consider what your return on that monthly investment might be. In most cases, you only need two to three paying clients to cover the cost of your mentor coach. And if your coach can’t help you increase your client list by MORE than two to three, something’s missing! Also consider the cost of NOT hiring a coach.
