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What
is Coaching Mastery™? Have you ever experienced a coaching call that wasn’t quite right? The conversation ended, and you asked yourself, “how could I have handled that differently?” Some coaching conversations require more effort. You are distracted by something the client says or an event in your own life interferes with your ability to be fully present. At other times you are ‘in the zone’. Time stands still, and you and your client connect on a deeper level. You are blissfully reminded of why you chose this amazing profession. Either way, a masterful coach lives inside of you. This is a critical time for the coaching profession. Coaching has attracted dynamic individuals, like you, eager to have an impact on the world around them. At the same time, coaches are dying on the vine. Why? You are challenged to make a living. You may feel apprehensive about whether the profession will survive---and prosper. And, you strive to maintain your coaching edge---to stay on top of your game at all times. A key element to ensure the survival of the coaching profession is an abundance of masterful coaches. Masterful coaches know what it takes to keep their coaching fresh and alive. The result is that more clients benefit from great coaching. And the profession gets the recognition it deserves. Coaching Mastery™ is an ongoing process of discovery and learning about who we are as coaches and as human beings. The learning comes from stepping back and examining our coaching relationships: the timeless moments, the more challenging ones, and everything in between. For each of us to become a masterful coach, we must remain open to the infinite learning opportunities we are given each time we answer the telephone or sit across from a client. Coaching Mastery™ is a conscious choice to step into full self-expression as authentic and creative beings. Coaching relationships mirror our own lives. When we are ‘going for the gusto’ in life, our coaching feels alive, exciting, stimulating. When our lives feel uninspired or bland, that too is reflected in our coaching. A masterful coach stays awake to maintaining the ‘edge’ and does not allow his/her coaching to become stale. Throughout my career as a professional coach, I have been fortunate to work with other coaches in various ways: mentor coaching, leading teleclasses, and facilitating Coaching Mastery™ groups. I am fascinated by the wide-ranging themes that emerge for coaches in their work with clients. Examples of these themes include: boundaries; self-management; ethical dilemmas; speaking the truth; and holding the client’s agenda. Each one of us is unique, and one coach may feel challenged by a particular client’s set of circumstances while another may be crystal clear in a similar situation. Through Coaching Mastery ™ coaches learn new tools, exercises and empowering strategies to help them in seeing their coaching blind spots---what gets in the way of their coaching---and effective strategies to address them. The outcome is greater awareness and clarity in your work---how invigorating! COACHING MASTERY UPDATE Coaching Mastery™ provides coaches with a safe learning environment to further develop their coaching excellence. Coaches can choose between individual, duo or group Coaching Mastery, depending upon your learning preference. For more information and to schedule a complimentary Coaching Mastery session, contact Lisa at lisa@livingwithintention.com or (610) 527-4511. Here’s what two participants had to say about their recent group experience: Spring,
2004 Level I participant: "As a newer coach,
the Coaching Mastery telegroup was an ideal complement to
my coach training. With expert facilitation and personal experience,
Lisa creates a safe and productive space for the group to
discuss challenges, explore possibilities, and create solutions.
In just 6 short weeks I was able to dramatically increase
my confidence as a coach and implement practical suggestions
to better attract and serve clients." Winter
2004 Level II participant: “I have long
known Lisa Kramer to be a seasoned, caring, and effective
coach. I have also known her to be an engaging and enjoyable
teleclass leader. But now I know, perhaps, one of the more
important reasons that Lisa is here on the Planet. Lisa is
an incredibly sensitive and honoring "Master" of
the Coaching Mastery process. She brings coaches together
to explore the nature of the craft...she handles the coaching
situations as the art forms that they are...and she responds
quickly to the changing rhythms of the sessions. I highly
recommend her Coaching Mastery to everyone who is ready to
move deeper inside this artful and wonderful profession".
To register for the upcoming teleseries, contact Lisa Kramer at (610) 527-4511 or lisa@livingwithintention.com Business Success Partnership™
Building a successful coaching business is a daunting task
for coaches who come to the profession as sole proprietors.
Coaches face the formidable challenge of having to do it all:
marketing, bookkeeping, business development, coaching. Working
independently, they often experience a persistent sense of
self-doubt and isolation which---at its worst--- can sabotage
their ability to successfully create a thriving business.
A Business Success Partnership™ (BSP) is a professional
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Upcoming Events May
4, 2004: Your Empowering Beliefs May
11 and May 12: Business Success Partnerships Telegathering
June
7 - August 2, 2004: Relationship Coaching with Couples
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