Author: Justin Pickford

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What Happens When A Manager Learns to Say Less?

What changes when a manager stops being the answer? This article explores how a coaching approach, listening, stillness and restraint can create better thinking and greater ownership.

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9 Reasons A Career In Life Coaching Can Be So Rewarding

9 benefits of a career in life coaching from the impact on others to the life you can create for yourself.

Can I Really Have a Full-Time Life Coaching Career?

If the thought of having a full-time life coaching career lights you up but you’re still in the dark and feeling overwhelmed by the decision, then this article might help you see

What Does a Transformational Coach Do?

It is, perhaps, no surprise that many coaches have images of butterflies on their websites. The journey of the humble caterpillar into majestic butterfly is an obvious trope for what coaching seeks to do – bring about change.

What Are the Different Coaching Styles?

At its most basic, coaching is a powerful collaborative process between coach and client that aims to improve the client’s life. Yet within the overall broad umbrella term of ‘coaching’

Starting With the End in Mind: An Exploration of the Importance and Impact of Endings in Coaching

This article starts with a disclaimer: it raises way more questions than it answers. In fact, the whole piece is written with you in mind (yes, you!), wondering, ‘How is it for other coaches? Are endings easy for them? Consistent? Challenging? Unpredictable?”

How quickly can I train and become a life coach?

One of the most common questions we are asked is ‘how quickly can you train and become a life coach?’ Understandably, most people want to know that you can embark on training

Ten Benefits of Working With a Coach Mentor

Working with a mentor can be invaluable to your development as a coach. Mentoring sessions provide a reflective space to get feedback on your coaching, ask questions and identify areas of improvement,

Considering a Career in Life Coaching?

Are you considering a career in life coaching? In making your decision, think about what draws you toward the coaching profession: Do you love helping others?

Choosing the Right Coach Training for You

The best clients, the ones who fit your style of coaching, as well as your personality, who engage proactively with the work, are going to be interested in exactly who you are as a coach.

How to Become a Life Coach: Is Training Really Necessary?

If you’re wondering how to become a life coach, you may find the options for training confusing — and perhaps a bit overwhelming. It’s not surprising: if you were to talk with a dozen coaches,