06/02/2020
14 No Brainer Tips For Hiring a Business Coach
1. Make sure there is chemistry. You need to feel comfortable talking about the uncomfortable stuff you wouldn’t share with anyone else, sharing your fears and concerns, and openly communicating your struggles.
2. Confirm their expertise. Ask questions, comb through their website, google their name, and stalk them on social media. Confirm they walk their talk and their experience aligns with your business and goals.
3. Talk to past clients. Don’t be afraid to ask for references and do your due diligence. A coach should be happy to provide references because you’re also demonstrating how seriously you take the relationship.
4. You don’t need another friend. It’s okay to like your coach and even be friends with your coach, but when it comes time for your coaching session, they need to be able to dose out some tough love, call you out when needed, and tell you what you need to hear, not what you want to hear.
5. Look for a coach interested in you and what you’re doing. While you can pay for advice and invest thousands on business coaching, you can’t buy interest. Ideally, you want to work with a coach who cares about you and what you want to achieve.
6. Seek accountability. You want a coach who is going to listen and pay attention to your goals, what you say you are going to do, and hold you accountable, not someone who will show up to your call or meeting and ask you what you want to talk about.
7. Look for someone who will share their failures. Failures provide the biggest opportunities for learning and growth and you want to work with a business coach who is willing to openly share their failures and what they learned.
8. Find a complimentary skill set. If you have a weakness in a specific area, seek out a coach whose strengths are in that area so they can guide you through the challenges with experience.
9. Secure support. When hiring a business coach, you want to find someone who is supportive, encouraging, and motivating — someone who brings out the best in you.
10. Gain availability. Avoid a coach who is only available by scheduled appointments, is inflexible in their availability, or tries to force you into a cookie cutter program. There are going to be times you need advice and it won’t fit neatly in their perfect schedule.
11. Look for a coach and a consultant. A coach is a guide who will help you get unstuck, stay on track, clear blocks, and achieve your goals. A consultant provides advice, solutions, recommendations, and gets in your business with you. If possible identify someone who is both coach and consultant, so they can not only shine a light on the path ahead but help you get to the end.
12. Hire a teacher. Look for a business coach who loves to teach, share, and help others, and who demonstrates this in the way they do business and interact with others. Coaches who love teaching others will show up more powerfully for you.
13. Seek a lifelong learner. No one knows everything, everyone can learn something, and you can always improve your skills. Hire a coach who is a lifelong learner and is continuously upleveling their own expertise because their experiences will also benefit you.
14. Ask for a single session. This isn’t a free session, this is you hiring them for a single coaching session. Come to the session with a specific challenge you have and test the waters. This will give you an opportunity to sample their coaching style and see if it’s a fit you.
If your looking for a coach that puts your business 1st then schedule your discovery call today!
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