The Savvy Entrepreneur

Q: How is coaching different from consulting, teaching, or therapy? A: Coaching differs from consulting because the coach’s primary role is not to give advice or design solutions. Coaches ask questions and suggest alternatives that guide clients to discover their own unique answers and choose their own path. A coach may provide ideas, expertise, and [...]

Q: What is coaching? A: Coaching is a supportive relationship with a trained professional that enhances their clients’ ability to learn, make desired changes, solve problems, and achieve goals. It’s a way to help people make the best use of their own resources, bringing out the best of people’s capabilities. Because coaching is goal- and [...]

Today marks day one of the 10th annual International Coaching Week. I wanted to do a super-duper special week-long event to celebrate ICW, but didn’t get around to actually putting a plan together. (Next year, I’ll have to do my planning well before the holidays.) I didn’t want to drop out of the celebration completely, [...]

Yesterday, a client explained her business model to me, justifying (red lights already) why she thought she should attend a trade show as a vendor, putting her family $5000+ in debt: “If I’m a vendor, then I’ll get clients and contacts. Then I can build relationships with them and get referrals.“ Hmmmm. I experienced my [...]

Do you offer a free consultation, complimentary evaluation or other type of no-charge offering (where you’re actually performing a service to a potential client)? Like many coaches, I offer a one-time sample coaching session. When I first started coaching, I even coached a select few for 6 months, at no charge, in exchange for meaningful [...]

Today is the last day of Coaching Week. I hope you’ve enjoyed the interviews and I hope you are more clear on what coaching is an dhow it can help you. For this last day of Coaching Week, I’m highlighting Executive Coaching. Monikah J. Ogando is an Executive Coach from South Florida. She has been [...]

Well, Coaching Week is almost over. I hope you’ve enjoyed the interviews so far. Today, the accent is on Career Coaching. And helping me do so is Tammy Landau, Chief Action Officer of Summit Professional Coaching. Tammy, let’s start with an introduction. My name is Tammy Landau and I am a “not so typical” Career [...]

Today, I’m thrilled to introduce you to one of my cross marketing partners, Gillian Hood-Gabrielson, Intuitive Eating and Fitness Coach. She’s been coaching for 9 years. Gillian and her husband moved up to Paradise, CA (Northern CA) from the Bay Area 4 years ago and have a dog, 2 cats and three birds. (She’s an [...]

We are half-way through Coaching Week, and continuing with my daily blog-interviews, today I spoke with Teri-Lynn Anderson, executive leadership coach from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She has been coaching for over 3 years now and one of her biggest passions is providing a loving, safe environment for foster teenage girls. Why did you choose executive [...]

Today, I’m putting Relationship/Personal Development Coaching to light. Helping me do that is Sarah Schultz, a fellow coaching classmate, awesome friend and faithful coaching buddy (she helps keep me honest and makes sure I have fun doing it). Sarah, why don’t you introduce yourself? My name is Sarah Schultz, and I am a Personal Development [...]

To kick off my week-long series of Coaching Week blog interviews, I met up with Marion Franklin, MS, Master Certified Coach, Life Coach for an interview. She lives in Tarrytown, NY (about 30 minutes North of NYC) and has been coaching since 1996. Marion has two grown children who are her inspiration for personal growth [...]

Today marks the first day of Coaching Week (February 4-10, 2007). In celebration, I’m blog-interviewing one type of coach each day this week, asking real questions about coaching. Each featured coach will also be giving their own insights on the value of coaching and I’ll include others to the conversation as time permits. Please visit [...]