President’s Letter for April 2012

April 2, 2012 1 Comment

The Profession of Coaching

What is coaching? How do you answer that question? Coaching is a growing profession—and a fairly new one. How new? Did you ever create an event on LinkedIn? Coaching doesn’t appear on the drop down list of industries. Finding information at the library about coaching as a business is pretty thin, too, I found when I did research for my business plan. As coaches, we are part of a vibrant new profession, 47,500 of us worldwide in 2011, compared 30,000 in 2007.

The ICF Coaching Study 2012 has a lot of very interesting information about coaches and coaching. The study had input from over 12,000 coaches representing 117 countries throughout Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America.

More than two in five (43%) respondents viewed untrained individuals who called themselves coaches as the main obstacle for coaching today, closely followed by confusion about the benefits of coaching (39%). The average hourly fee for North America is $214.00

Because MCA had over 100 members respond to the survey, we were given Minnesota specific data.
Portrait of an MCA coach:
• 63.4% also do consulting work.
• Vast majority 78% think coaching is a profession, not an industry or skill set.
• Majority are women (79%) aged 46 – 65 years old with over five years of coaching experience.
• 58% use the phone 37% in person.
• 64% have a masters or other advanced degree.
• Leadership is the most common niche, closely followed by Life Vision.
• Almost all coaches offer additional services, such as consulting (62%), facilitating (54%) and training (60%).
There are a lot more interesting facts about coaching in the complete study—read more here.

What do you think is the biggest obstacle in coaching today? Is it those listed by the survey? What else do we as a professional group need to be addressing?

I’m interested in what your thoughts are. Contact me president@minnesotacoaches.org

See you,

Karen Karsten 2012 MCA President

Karen

 

April 6 Sustaining Member Roundtable: “Confidence Can Be Arranged-Renaming Your Fears”

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Time:           8:15 – 10:30 a.m.
Location:    Dunn Bros. Coffee-Eden Prairie
8107 Eden Prairie Rd.
Eden Prairie, MN  55347

Click here to register.

 

The Roundtables are an opportunity to confer with and learn from coach colleagues. It is a time to continue to develop the art and skill of your coaching. If you are not a sustaining member, now is the time to upgrade and enjoy this unique and significant benefit!

GENERAL FORMAT

8:15am Arrive, get coffee and get settled

8:30am Introductions & Check-In

8:45am Announced topic & coaching

9:45am Topics & exercises from the group/client questions

Sustaining Member Roundtable Leaders: Elaine Gaston outofbox@bitstream.net & Paula Hemming coachpaula@earthlink.net.

Questions?  Contact Paula or Elaine.

April 12 Tele-class: “The Presence of Coaching”

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Featuring Dan Hyers and Pete Machalek from SagePresence.

Date:           Thursday, April 12, 2012
Time:           12:00pm-1:00pm CST
Location:   Bridgeline

Click here to register.

As coaches, we all want to be listened to, respected, and understood. Unfortunately, that want can often get in the way of these things actually happening.

 

In this powerful session, the filmmakers of SagePresence will share their expertise in helping performers project the kind of presence that inspires the kind of response that we all want and need in our coaching relationships.

 

This presentation will parallel the style of coaching by engaging everyone in the room into a discussion about what can get it in our way around getting the kind of response that we want from prospects and clients when we attempt to engage them in meaningful dialogue.

Then we will get a clear sense about what exactly it is that we want from our prospects and clients–focused listening and a commitment to take action.

The rest of the session will be a systematic process giving us tools to forge a connection with people without saying a word, focusing our attention, and filling it with a combination of warmth, positivity, and driving emotion that others can often find irresistible.

Then we will learn how to sustain this connection through a dialogue that maximized value experienced by everyone in the conversation, revealing a simple structure that irresistibly focused on the other person and leads them where they want to go.

At the end of the session, participants will be able to-

* Forge a powerful, compelling connection with prospects and clients.

* Maintain a positive, strong influence, even in the face of resistance

* Use emotions constructively in a coaching conversation

* Project confident presence while networking, selling and coaching

Dean Hyers and Pete Machalek are co-founders of SagePresence, a consortium of filmmakers who came together to offer their expertise in message and performance to professionals and organizations. Dean and Pete have been shaping presence with clients since 1999. Pete has a Masters Degree in Communication. Since 2001, they have delivered presentations, workshops and individual coaching sessions to help their clients generate confident and influential “stage presence” to win their audiences over, everywhere from the networking floor to the presenter’s stage. Contact them by email at pete@sagepresence.com or by phone at 612-384-0763 http://www.sagepresence.com

April 24 Monthly Meeting: “Time Management Mastery”

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How exactly to spend your time to earn $250,000/year in 45 hours a week!

Featuring Michael Charest from Business Growth Solutions

Date:        Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Time:        6:00pm-9:00pm
Location:  The Marsh
15000 Minnetonka Blvd. Minnetonka, MN  55345

Click here to register.

 

You love being a coach.  And, you’re very good at it…Congratulations!  Yet you question the business side of things.  You constantly wonder, “What exactly should I be doing in order to grow my business?”  “How do I best spend my time for maximum results?”  “I hear about others earning $250,000 per year, how do I do that?”

Well, wonder no more!  You will learn exactly how to convert 45 hours/week of work into a thriving $250,000+ per year business!  You will learn:

* The “Big 8″ ways to spend your time

* How long exactly to spend in each area, including marketing and sales

* What marketing strategies to execute and why

* Exactly how each of these strategies tie to $250K per year in revenue

* How exactly to integrate these strategies into your time management system

* How to measure your results and fine-tune for never-ending performance improvement!

You don’t need to wonder, question, or struggle any more.  You will leave this session knowing exactly what to do, why, how, and for how long in order to create and maintain a thriving business.

Michael Charest has been a small business coach and consultant for the past 13 years. This presentation is an abbreviated version of his presentation at the September 2011 ICF Conference. He created two successful small businesses of his own:  Coach & Grow Rich and Business Growth Solutions, so he knows first-hand how to start-up and grow a business. In addition he has addressed small businesses, coaching chapters, NAPO organizations, Financial Planners, Realtors, Massage Therapists, Chiropractors, etc. Contact Michael by Email:dreamcoach@aol.com Phone: 310-600-3217 Website: www.bgsllc.com or http://michaelcharestspeaks.com/.

Your ‘Who’ and ‘What’

April 2, 2012 2 Comments

Submitted by:  Tom Maher, CPCC, ACC

As coaches, one of our biggest challenges can be quickly communicating to someone exactly what it is that we do. I still field questions about sports coaching, along with counseling, consulting and therapy. One way to begin to talk about this is to clearly define our niche. In all of my networking, I found out that simply identifying my niche was not enough. It didn’t grab people and they still didn’t know what I did.

I soon realized that I not only needed to talk about WHO I worked with, but also WHAT I did for them. When it comes to your Who, the more specific, the better. It took me quite some time to clearly identify my Who. I have heard many coaches say things like they work with people who are “stuck” or people who are in “transition” or “women in transition”. While these are not bad, they could definitely be more specific.

It took me a while to really nail down my Who. It was a big challenge and I really wasn’t making any progress until I asked myself  ’Who am I?’ Once I identified the parts of myself that were my passion, I was able to start identifying Who I wanted to work with and once I did that, I expanded it a little bit to include other professions I would like to work with. In case you are wondering, my Who is Musicians, Actors, Comics and Models. This may sound simple, but believe me, it took me MONTHS just to get this far and get clear on this.

The next part was my What. What do I do for these people? This was also a challenge. While I knew these people would benefit from my coaching, whenever I talked about it, it seemed clumsy and awkward; not much of a recipe for someone to hire me or even be excited about what I was saying. So how did I fix this? Let me give you a little tip. My question itself contained a vital flaw in it! I had to change the question. The question isn’t what do I do for these people, but What do these people want? This got me talking about them and what they get, not about me and what I do. Getting to the point where I realized I was asking the wrong question took quite some time, too. (Coming up with a good Who and What is not a quick and easy process, but once you have it down, you are golden!)

So what is my Who and What? I am glad you asked! I work with Musicians, Actors, Comics and Models who want their most dynamic performances on the stage and their most fulfilling lives off the stage! THIS gets people’s attention and the conversation takes off from there! I cannot emphasize enough that this did not happen overnight! It took me a lot of time! Hopefully, this will give you some insights that will save you some time in crafting your Who and your What! Good luck!

MCA and MAP for Nonprofits Executive Coaching

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MCA has entered into a one year pilot program with MAP for Nonprofits.

Our partnership with MAP affords MCA member executive coaches the opportunity to give back to the community. If selected by MAP, you will be providing executive coaching to nonprofit leaders who otherwise would not have this powerful leadership tool available to them. A small stipend is paid to the coach for this service.

Sound interesting to you? (You MUST be an MCA member to apply.) For more information, log into the MCA website and go to the Member Area>Member Learning Area.

Member Announcements for April

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April 5, 2012:  John Owens, CPCC, will be facilitating a free teleseminar, Heart @ Peace: Stop betraying yourself into conflict. The event is at 7:00PM CT. Participants will learn how we collude with those we are in conflict, and useful ways to step out of that and into a naturally peaceful heart. Go to www.MooseHeartCoaching.com/events for details and to register for this free event.

April 12, 2012:  Relationship Workshop: “Where’s the Love?” - Join coach Lyndra Hearn Antonson, CPCC, MSW, her husband Dale, and other men and women in exploring tools to create an extraordinary love relationship. Thursday, April 12, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m., $24 for individuals, $34 per couple, in Hopkins. For more information: https://hopkins.thatscommunityed.com/course/winter-spring-adult-2012/relationship-workshop-where-s-the-love

April 14, 2012:  The Twin Cities Association for Psychological Type will sponsor Dick Thompson as he presents an outstanding workshop on psychological type as it relates to decision making under stress.  MCA members are invited to attend for the member rate of $95.  For more information & to register:  http://tinyurl.com/86kw3rs

By April 23, 2012:  Are you interested in being a mentee? Ignite your magnificence!  Professional Certified Coach Sharol is calling forth 2 more courageous mentees.  Receive on-going coaching and guidance by Mentor Sharol to enhance your professional growth.  Connect with Sharol Tyra, PCC, CPCC, BSN of Life Illumination Coaching at (763) 477-9186 or Sharol@LifeIllumination.com by Monday, April 23.

May 9- June 27:  SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT group coaching class, developed especially for entrepreneurs; small business owners that provides skills, knowledge; tools necessary for your business success. Led by certified life coach, Kathleen Kroska.  Eight (8) one-hour/week sessions via tele-conference call, 6-7pm, beginning Wed. May 9 – June 27; another class begins Tues. June 5.  $300 for entire course.  Call 651-270-2799 or email kkroska@live.com to register.

June 26 & 27, 2012:  EQ-i2.0/EQ360 Certification Training. BE ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE CERTIFIED in the newly released EQ-i2.0 and EQ360 Assessments. Coaches/consultants worldwide use these assessments to support leadership/team development, work/life coaching & mentoring. ICF CCEU’s awarded: 21.5; Register online by 5/25/12. Additional Information: Lisa Griebel 612-718-4389 or lgriebel@crescendoinc.com

 

Business Building Coaching Circle Meets March 20th

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Submitted by Anne Olson, MCA President-Elect

When: Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Time: 7:00-8:00 pm (CDT)
Conference Number: 1-218-486-1600; pin: 723095#

Please come ready to share ideas that have worked for you in building your business and things that you would never try again.

We are working on obtaining a place where we can all share documentation and ideas.

Look forward to hearing lots of voices on the 20th.

 

Speaker List Announced for Midwest Regional Conference

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Check out the just announced list of break-out session speakers for the Midwest Regional Conference, June 21-23 in Chicago.

Special guest announced, too!

All this for the early-bird registration rate of $397!  Take advantage of this $100 discount through April 1.

President’s Letter For March 2012

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Hi, Everyone,

I am writing this article from Avila Beach, CA, where it is 65 degrees, sunny, and the Pacific Ocean is right in front of me. One of the benefits of working for yourself is that you get to make some different choices about where you work and when. That isn’t the biggest reason I became a coach, but it was a consideration.

When I first decided to take the plunge and become a coach, I had no idea what being a coach really meant. I loved the course work and being with others who were on the same journey. Now, as I look back at those exciting days just after finishing my certification—I had my beautiful certificate that said I was indeed a certified coach, and I was anxious to get out there and be a professional coach with a thriving practice.

The big “Now what?” quickly followed. Just having my certification didn’t bring me clients. It wasn’t at all like working for someone else–work didn’t just show up in my in basket, and a paycheck didn’t automatically appear in my checking account. I had no idea how to start a business, which is what coaching is—a business.

Yes, I became a coach to help people find their passion, articulate their goals, get out of their comfort zone and create a richer, more fulfilling life. And I charge for that—so it is indeed a business, something I didn’t know much about. The good news about being your own business is—it’s your baby. The bad news is—It’s your baby, and raising a baby alone is pretty hard.

So I learned a lot about business—from classes I took, from other successful entrepreneurs and I read about a million books—everything from websites to blogs to key words to SEOs to business types and taxes. Pulling it all together into a business isn’t easy. It’s usually something that is skimmed over or skipped completely in coaching schools. I’m glad I started my business and I’m glad I was able to hang in there when the going got tough. My own coach was a real support factor for me, along with a mastermind group, so I wasn’t alone.

MCA Coaching Circles can help you raise your baby, by sharing business ideas and practices–and by just being there. If you are interested in starting a circle, please let us know.  MCA can help by letting people know about your circle and suggest locations. We have put together a great guide to help you organize your group.  (Log into the website and search under “Member Learning Area.”) Meeting times, places and days are up to you and your group. Also, your circle doesn’t have to be about business—it can be on any subject of your choosing. I hope you take advantage of this opportunity to connect with other coaches in the MCA community and create a circle of your own—committed group support can literally keep you from going in circles!

Don’t forget to register for the Midwest Regional Conference coming this June 22-23. Start making your plans now–early bird rate won’t last forever. Take a look here:  www.icf-midwestregionalconference.com

See you,

Karen Karsten 2012 MCA President

 

 

 

 

 

Karen

 

March 8 Tele-class: “Coaching on Interpersonal Conflict: 10 Steps Toward Resolution”

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Featuring Nancy Branton, PCC and Co-Founder of the Workplace Coach Institute

Date:           Thursday March 8, 2012
Time:           12:00pm-1:00pm CST
Location:      Bridgeline

Click here to register.

Expertise in coaching on conflict gives you the opportunity to partner with clients so they can positively address and resolve interpersonal conflict in work or life. In this highly interactive session for both beginner and seasoned coaches, you will learn about 10 steps to coach on conflict and have an opportunity to analyze a current/past conflict.

You will choose a conflict to focus on, and then, analyze it in three ways:

1) Eight sources of conflict

2) Whether conflict responses have been passive or active and constructive or destructive

3) What hot buttons have been pushed.

Nancy Branton is the CEO and cofounder of Workplace Coach Institute, Inc. a leadership and career coaching and coach certification firm.  Her 30+ year career spans career development, human resources, leadership, talent management, and coaching experience. She has a master’s degree in industrial organizational psychology and is a graduate of the Institute of Life Coach Training. She is an ICF-accredited Professional Certified Coach and a Board Certified Coach. She has earned numerous career and life coaching certifications. Contact Nancy at 4388 Dorchester Drive, Woodbury, MN 55129.  Phone: 651-459-0528 Fax: 651-459-3031
Email: nancy@workplacecoachinstitute.com
Website: www.workplacecoachinstitute.com

 

March 27 Monthly Meeting: Emotional Wisdom: Claiming “Disowned Emotions”

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Featuring Irene Kelly, NCC and co-creator of JICT Images

Date:        Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Time:        6:00pm-9:00pm
Location:  The Marsh
15000 Minnetonka Blvd. Minnetonka, MN  55345

Click here to register.

How many times have you heard someone say, “be strong, don’t cry”?  Using JICT Images, you will learn how to support clients (and yourself) to acknowledge and embrace emotions so that emotional wisdom informs, creates awareness and generates different choices.   You will experience how images inspire clients to express in a way that is not always possible with language alone … how using images generates conversations that “get to the heart the matter” in a variety of circumstances.

In this engaging esssion you will learn:

  • How images take a client (or one’s self) into a deeper inner knowing and opens the emotional realm
  • How images help clients “get to the heart of the matter
  • How uncovering the “disowned emotions” open space for greater self awareness and different choices

At the end of the session:

  • Participants will learn how images enhance identifying what lies in the emotional realm
  • Participants will leave w/heightened awareness re ways to access the wisdom held in the emotional realm
  • Participants will be able to support clients to identify “disowned emotions”
  • Participants will have an additional tool to enhance their coaching

Irene Kelly has completed the coaching certification program at Newfield through the Executive Education program at Villanova University, Certification as a Newfield Certified Coach (NCC); 8 years coaching experience with individual and teams; significant research developing JICT Images and experience using images as a tool.   

Irene Kelly, NCC and co-creator of JICT Images, serves leaders, parents and students to examine beliefs that impede moving forward.  With the support of visualization and ontological coaching, clients create possibilities which inspire and empower them.  Irene is an active volunteer, a mom and a grandmom who considers parenting her most important work.  Her parental mantra, “give them wings to fly”, also serves her well in her coaching work.  Learn more at www.PrismaLLC.com.  Contact info: Irene.Kelly@PrismaLLC.com or 612-240-0223.

April 6 Sustaining Member Roundtable: “Confidence Can Be Arranged-Renaming Your Fears”

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Date:         Friday, April 6, 2012
Time:         8:15 – 10:30 a.m.
Location:    Dunn Bros. Coffee-Eden Prairie
8107 Eden Prairie Rd.
Eden Prairie, MN  55347

Click here to register.

 

The Roundtables are an opportunity to confer with and learn from coach colleagues. It is a time to continue to develop the art and skill of your coaching. If you are not a sustaining member, now is the time to upgrade and enjoy this unique and significant benefit!

GENERAL FORMAT

8:15am Arrive, get coffee and get settled

8:30am Introductions & Check-In

8:45am Announced topic & coaching

9:45am Topics & exercises from the group/client questions

Sustaining Member Roundtable Leaders: Elaine Gaston outofbox@bitstream.net & Paula Hemming coachpaula@earthlink.net.

Questions?  Contact Paula or Elaine.

Be the Face of Coaching: Meet & Greet at the MCA Booth

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MCA will be an exhibitor at the Resource Expo at the Multicultural Forum on Workplace Diversity, March 20-21 . The board invites MCA member coaches with at least 60+ hours of coach training  and one year coaching experience to be the face of coaching to participants  at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis, MN.

The Forum is designed for professionals who manage a diverse workforce, work in a diverse environment or are responsible for diversity within organizations of all sizes. It is also recommended for anyone dealing with a diverse clientele.

The Career Fair is expected to attract more than 700 candidates and over 50 corporate and academic exhibitors.  A prime audience to experience the benefits of coaching!

If interested and available for any portion of the times listed below, please send an e-mail with your availability and a description of your coaching niche to: Communications@minnesotacoaches.org.  One of our board members will contact you with details.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
9:30 a.m-2:00 p.m.

To learn more about the conference, click on the following links:

http://www.stthomas.edu/mcf/

http://www.stthomas.edu/mcf/fair/career-candidates.html

Read more here about coaching opportunities at the Career Fair.  (NOTE:  These are separate from representing coaching at the MCA booth.)

UPDATE as of 3/6/12:  Be a part of the Career Fair and critique resumes, be a mock interviewer and other volunteer positions available. 8 coaches are still needed on Wednesday, 3/21 from 8:00 to 2:00 and 2 or 3 coaches needed on Tuesday evening, 3/20.  For more information, please contact Murray A. Mann or Rose Mary Bombela-Tobias at mcf@GlobalDiversitySolutions.com or 312-404-3108.

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