Are you wondering how to start a coaching business and ‘run’ a coaching session like a pro?
Women are naturally born to be amazing coaches.
We’re awesome listeners, highly intuitive, creative, and we know how to create deep and meaningful connection.
But the desire to be of service and really help someone can also set you up to let your coaching sessions go too long, costing you time and putting you at risk of losing clients.
Here’s how women get caught in the over-coaching trap when they’re starting a coaching business…
Traditional coach training teaches how to run a coaching session based off of a therapy model, which is seeing clients in weekly sessions that last between 50 – 75 minutes. The therapist uses the remaining 10 – 15 minutes to update their notes in the client’s file.
Seriously?! I found no less than FIVE major risks with this model so let’s take a look at what you want to avoid:
Risk #1: Coaching isn’t therapy and most therapists quickly burn out, so why would we want to model a system that isn’t authentic or empowering to us as coaches?!
Risk #2: Coaching in long sessions quickly leads to burn-out for you as a coach…and boredom for your clients. Those client renewals you were counting on? You’re at risk they will disappear.
Risk #3: Long coaching sessions are time-consuming and given the pace our clients set for themselves, you run the very real risk of hearing, “I’d love to coach with you but right now I don’t have time.”
Risk #4: Long sessions limit the number of clients you can have which quickly limits your income potential.
Risk #5: The more time you give in a coaching session, the more likely you are to over-deliver, which is already a huge issue for coaches.
So how long should your coaching sessions be? Even when you are starting a coaching business?
If you use a proven template for your coaching sessions you can do amazing work with a client in 30 minutes. And you can do it without feeling rushed.
Here’s how: In my certified coach training program we give our students a simple Coaching Session Template designed to create both deep connection AND results in record time. (Click here to download your FREE Coaching Session Template)
When you use my signature Coaching Session Template it makes it easy for you to accomplish 4 of your key goals at the same time:
Goal #1. You complete delivering your coaching session feeling that you’ve done an amazing job helping your clients achieve real, tangible, testimonial-producing results.
Goal #2. You feel refreshed — no burnout. And let’s be honest, a happy coach is a successful coach. The alternative is feeling tired or depleted which is a slippery slope which can lead to doubting your coaching skills.
Goal #3. You throw out the coaching rule book about how long ‘good’ coaching should take, and instead sharpen your coaching skills, taking them to an entirely new level of confidence, boldness and authenticity.
Goal #4. Your clients end their coaching sessions feeling you just delivered amazing value. You went deep, you got to the heart of what was stopping them, you helped them see what was possible and you got them aligned, authentic and empowered action.
I get how the idea of shortening your coaching sessions can feel challenging and may bring up a whole list of ‘Yeah, but’s…”
My coaching to you is to be open to stepping into your greatness as a coach. Trust me, deeply profound coaching can happen with the power of just a single question.
* Be sure to download the FREE Coaching Session Template I’m sharing with you!
