Report the Past, Present and Future of Coaching as a Profession
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REALITY THERAPY
Present
REALITY THERAPY
RT with no theory (improvement, no one knew why)
Focus on responsibility
RT with CT that only practitioners know (improvement, helper knows why)
RT with CT taught to Clients (improvement, client and helper know how and why)
Focus on Relationships
WE NEED ALL OF YOU!
Past - Keepers of History
Present – CT/RT/LM/GQS Practitioners
Future - Innovators
DR. WILLIAM GLASSER
Past – Brilliant man with revolutionary ideas
Present – The world has almost caught up
Future – Who knows?
REALITY THERAPY
Past – Standing on the Shoulders
Present – Look around! Gifts Abound!
Future – No limit to the height a Phoenix will soar
RT RIGHT NOW!!!
Choice Connection
Mastermind Calls
Youth Council
Diversity Council
Sustainability Committee
Mental Health & Happiness
RT RIGHT NOW!!!
7. Affinity Groups
8. Research Symposium
9. Subject Matter Experts
10. Webstore
11. Counselor/Coach Database
WE HAVE PEOPLE . . .
Bob Wubbolding . . . Living Legend / Center for Reality Therapy
CT/RT Evidence-Based Practice
Application in Child Therapy
Health & Wellness
Equine Therapy
Parenting
Treatment Planning/Case Conceptualization
Counselor Supervision
WE HAVE PEOPLE . . .
Corrections
Spirituality
Child Welfare
Education
EAP
National Safety Council
Addictions
Relationships
WE HAVE PEOPLE . . .
Colleges and Universities
Research
Business & Leaderships
Military
Crisis Intervention
End of Life Issues
Government
Private Consulting
WE HAVE PEOPLE . . .
Coaching
Domestic Violence
Take Charge of Your Life
Diversity / Cross Cultural Applications
Others!!!!
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Top Ten Reasons to Hire a Personal Coach By Kim Olver
Have you considered hiring a personal coach? Jack Canfield, in The Success Principles
says hiring a "personal coach is one of the best-kept secrets of the successful."
1. A coach can help you clarify your vision and goals. If you have a sense that what
you are doing isn’t the thing you really want for your life but you don’t have a clear
vision of what you do want, then a coach can help you get clear.
2. A coach can support you through your difficult times. Sometimes, all you need is
someone to talk to who isn’t too busy, too distracted or too involved to just objectively
support you when times are tough. If you feel you just need someone to talk to who
understands and doesn’t judge you, then a coach can help.
3. A coach can assist you in developing momentum. How many times have you started
something, felt good about it but then lost interest, never to return to it again? A coach
can help you sustain that momentum and keep you focused on the prize. This is similar to
hiring a personal trainer to help you sustain the momentum of exercising when you feel
like doing something else.
4. A coach can help you stay on track and be focused. Have you ever let the little,
unimportant things take control of your day and by the time the day ends, you realize you
haven’t accomplished anything you were hoping to accomplish? A coach can help you
stay focused on the important things while learning to delegate or dump the unimportant
things.
5. A coach can help you take an objective look at exactly what you have been doing.
A good coach will ask you to take a close, and sometimes painful, look at what you say
you want as compared to the things you are actually doing. Do you see a match? If you
continue to do things the way you are, will you get to the place you are hoping to reach?
Coaches ask the hard questions.
6. A coach may help you identify both effective and destructive behavior patterns
that you may not see. Since the coach isn’t standing in the forest, he or she can typically
see the trees that you don’t. How often do you continue the same destructive patterns
over and over again just because you can’t identify them? A coach will help you see this
more clearly.
7. A coach will hold you accountable for the goals you set. A coach is not a babysitter.
When you decide you want to get going and accomplish some things in your life, a coach
will not accept your excuses for why it wasn’t done. Making a public declaration of your
intent will also provide you with the needed incentive to keep your commitments.
8. A coach can show you how to accomplish more by working less. Coaches are adept
at teaching time-tested systems for being more productive. Did you know that research
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shows that the average 8-hour-a-day worker is only productive for 1-2 hours a day? A
coach can help you be more productive in less time.
9. A coach can help you discover your true passion. Do you ever wonder about your
unique abilities and what your life purpose is? If these are not questions that you even
think about, then you really DO need a coach! We all have unique abilities and a purpose
but some of us never discover them and the rest of us who do are too afraid to just go for
it! A coach can help you uncover your passion—the thing that will make you excited to
get out of bed in the morning.
10. A coach can help you identify your core values and show you how to live in
synergy with them. The values by which we live our lives are very important to each of
us. Many times, certain values you hold may be in conflict with each other. Sometimes,
you are not even consciously aware of the values of importance to you. A coach can help
you live your life in accordance with your values. This will provide the kind of life of
which you can be proud.
You will be able to do far more and in less time than you could ever imagine with a
coach, rather than without one.
I know. After I left my 9 to 5 job to begin my coaching career, I floundered around for
six months. I knew I wanted to hire a coach, but I thought I couldn't really afford one and
I didn't want to hire just anybody. I thought there needed to be a good match between us.
I hired three coaches – one to help me build my business, one to teach me marketing and
one to help me write my book. Hiring each one of them was the best thing I could have
done. Yes, I could have learned it all myself but hiring the coach helped me cut down on
my learning curve. In hindsight, I now realize I couldn't afford not to hire a coach.
If you are serious about taking your life to the next level, then find the coach who is right
for you. But don't delay. Once this day is gone, you cannot get it back.
Kim Olver, MS, NCC, LCPC co-author of Leveraging Diversity at Work:
How to Hire, Retain and Inspire a Diverse Workforce for Peak Performance
and Profit (www.leveragingdiversityatwork.com ) is a professional coach,
specializing in the field of interpersonal skills, empowerment and leadership
development. She has functioned in the role of supervisor and administrator
for over 20 years. She is committed to helping people find joy and meaning
in their work. Check out our coaching packages here:
http://www.therelationshipcenter.biz/coaching/coaching-packages/. If you are
interested in attending or scheduling a workshop contact Kim at (708) 957-
6047 by or email [email protected].
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Ten Steps to Building a Thriving Coaching Practice
1. Discover your Niché
2. Build your Website
3. Optimize your Website
4. Compile and Expand your Email List
5. Publish an eZine
6. Write Articles
7. Blog
8. Create your Social Media Presence
9. Offer a Referral Program
10. Balance Staying Abreast of Current Trends with the Tried and True
BONUS: Under Promise and Over Deliver!
Qualities to Possess and Expand:
1. Integrity
2. Flexibility
3. Innovation
4. Growth
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Compare and Contrast Counseling, Coaching and Consulting
COUNSELING
1. Counseling deals with past
2. Counseling is, at least initially, an attempt to ease some pain or emotional scar
3. Generally occurs in an
office
4. There are strict boundaries between counselor and client
5. The counselor is considered the partner or expert
6. There are licensing and regulatory requirements in the field of counseling
7. Clients are generally within the lower half of the population in terms of mental health concerns, although there are exceptions to this
8. Frequently covered by
insurance
9. Makes suggestions
COACHING
1. Coaching deals with the present and future
2. Coaching focuses on strengths
3. Coaching can occur
anywhere and in fact, occurs by telephone 90% of the time
4. The boundaries are
looser between a client and a coach. They may occasionally become friends or develop joint business ventures together
5. The client is the expert
6. There currently are no
licensing or regulatory requirements for coaches unless you are an NCC
7. Coaching clients are generally within the upper half of the population in terms of mental health concerns
8. Self-pay
9. Asks good questions
CONSULTING
1. Consulting may deal with the past, present or future
2. Consulting may be sought to build strengths or eliminate weaknesses
3. Usually involves some, if not the majority, face-to-face time
4. There is a professional
relationship between consultant and client but personal relationships are not discourages
5. The consultant is clearly
the expert
6. There are no regulations
7. Consulting clients are generally looking for expansion or addressing a problem
8. Self-pay
9. Provides advice
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BOARD CERTIFIED COACH REQUIREMENTS
Training Waived 30-hour CCE-approved Coaching
Program
60- hour CCE-
approved Coaching
Program
120-hour CCE-
approved
Coaching
Program
Education
Requirements Bachelor’s degree or higher
in any field
Master’s degree or higher in
counseling
OR doctoral degree in social or
behavioral sciences* OR current
NCC or active state-issued
counselor license
Master’s degree or
higher in social or
behavior sciences*
Bachelor’s
degree or
higher in any
field of study
Experience 2500 hours of postdegree
coaching experience over a
period of five years or more
30 hours postdegree coaching
experience 30 hours postdegree
coaching experience
30 hours
postdegree
coaching
experience
Endorsement One professional
endorsement One professional endorsement
One professional
endorsement
One
professional
endorsement
Pass BCC
examination Pass BCC examination Pass BCC examination Pass BCC examination
Pass BCC
examination
*Automatically accepted fields are business, management, social work, marriage and family therapy, psychology, medicine,
health and wellness, education, and law. Other related fields will be considered on a case-by-case basis.