Comments on: Where Do You Hurt The Most? http://blog.cristinafavreau.com/2007/11/where-do-you-hurt-the-most/ The How To Marketing Blog For VAs and Service-Based Professional Entrepreneurs Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:33:42 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: iJoy Massage Chair http://blog.cristinafavreau.com/2007/11/where-do-you-hurt-the-most/comment-page-1/#comment-73436 iJoy Massage Chair Sun, 01 Feb 2009 20:01:28 +0000 http://blog.cristinafavreau.com/2007/11/where-do-you-hurt-the-most/#comment-73436 Very nice blog you have here. Bookmarked! :) Very nice blog you have here. Bookmarked! :)

]]> By: Cristina Favreau http://blog.cristinafavreau.com/2007/11/where-do-you-hurt-the-most/comment-page-1/#comment-27319 Cristina Favreau Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:04:06 +0000 http://blog.cristinafavreau.com/2007/11/where-do-you-hurt-the-most/#comment-27319 Leanne, thank you so much for joining the conversation. Please let us know how your clinics go in 2008. Good luck in the new year! Leanne, thank you so much for joining the conversation.

Please let us know how your clinics go in 2008. Good luck in the new year!

]]> By: Cristina Favreau http://blog.cristinafavreau.com/2007/11/where-do-you-hurt-the-most/comment-page-1/#comment-27318 Cristina Favreau Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:02:42 +0000 http://blog.cristinafavreau.com/2007/11/where-do-you-hurt-the-most/#comment-27318 Jenn, sounds like this coach took you on a roller coaster ride. First, engaging you and getting you excited about working with him. Then, feeling a little threatened by your request for more information, gave you a generic pitch. That sucks for you. An assessment or evaluation will save you so much time and gives you a head start on the learning curve. For me, it's all about chemistry -- finding out if this is the type of person I want to work with. I need to want to work with the person just as much as they want to work with me. Jenn, sounds like this coach took you on a roller coaster ride. First, engaging you and getting you excited about working with him. Then, feeling a little threatened by your request for more information, gave you a generic pitch. That sucks for you.

An assessment or evaluation will save you so much time and gives you a head start on the learning curve.

For me, it’s all about chemistry — finding out if this is the type of person I want to work with. I need to want to work with the person just as much as they want to work with me.

]]> By: Cristina Favreau http://blog.cristinafavreau.com/2007/11/where-do-you-hurt-the-most/comment-page-1/#comment-27317 Cristina Favreau Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:56:44 +0000 http://blog.cristinafavreau.com/2007/11/where-do-you-hurt-the-most/#comment-27317 Chris, I'm glad you agree and that you find the process works for your business. Chris, I’m glad you agree and that you find the process works for your business.

]]> By: Leanne MacRae http://blog.cristinafavreau.com/2007/11/where-do-you-hurt-the-most/comment-page-1/#comment-27147 Leanne MacRae Sun, 25 Nov 2007 04:57:30 +0000 http://blog.cristinafavreau.com/2007/11/where-do-you-hurt-the-most/#comment-27147 That's some pretty sage advice. I hope to incorporate it into my clinic in 2008. A New Year, a new challenge! That’s some pretty sage advice. I hope to incorporate it into my clinic in 2008. A New Year, a new challenge!

]]> By: Jenn Givler http://blog.cristinafavreau.com/2007/11/where-do-you-hurt-the-most/comment-page-1/#comment-24002 Jenn Givler Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:06:14 +0000 http://blog.cristinafavreau.com/2007/11/where-do-you-hurt-the-most/#comment-24002 I love this post Cristina - even though I do curriculum-based coaching, I always do a needs assessment with my clients. Everyone is different - and even though I work with many clients through the same lessons - we can tweak the lessons so that they are ultra-effective for each individual client. I engaged a coach a while back who did a needs assessment with me - I was considering hiring him to help me 1 on 1. I loved his insight, and resonated with what he said - but I wasn't 100% sure his program was exactly right for me. Instead of really engaging me and asking what my needs were, he just spent then entire call trying to pound my square needs into his round solution. It was quite a turn-off. I also agree with Chris - conducting a needs assessment really helps to lay everything on the table and helps me as a coach, really understand my clients - their needs, their thought processes, their priorities, etc... after all - the coaching relationship is about THEM growing! I love this post Cristina – even though I do curriculum-based coaching, I always do a needs assessment with my clients. Everyone is different – and even though I work with many clients through the same lessons – we can tweak the lessons so that they are ultra-effective for each individual client.

I engaged a coach a while back who did a needs assessment with me – I was considering hiring him to help me 1 on 1. I loved his insight, and resonated with what he said – but I wasn’t 100% sure his program was exactly right for me. Instead of really engaging me and asking what my needs were, he just spent then entire call trying to pound my square needs into his round solution. It was quite a turn-off.

I also agree with Chris – conducting a needs assessment really helps to lay everything on the table and helps me as a coach, really understand my clients – their needs, their thought processes, their priorities, etc… after all – the coaching relationship is about THEM growing!

]]> By: Chris Johnson http://blog.cristinafavreau.com/2007/11/where-do-you-hurt-the-most/comment-page-1/#comment-23817 Chris Johnson Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:56:11 +0000 http://blog.cristinafavreau.com/2007/11/where-do-you-hurt-the-most/#comment-23817 Great post--as usual. @ my tendayeam blog I'm doing just this; it's WAAAAAAAAAAAAY more efficient to take complete information early in the process than it is to be surprised by gotchas. Great post–as usual. @ my tendayeam blog I’m doing just this; it’s WAAAAAAAAAAAAY more efficient to take complete information early in the process than it is to be surprised by gotchas.

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