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Eight Reasons To Run From Your Coach…

Alun Richards — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:10:47 +0000

1. Their business card says “Financial Advisor, Trainer, Consultant, Plumber, Coach and Streetsweeper”.

2. They answer the phone with: “WAAAaaaasssssuuuuuupppp?”.

3. When you phone them up they ask you what colour panties you’re wearing.

4. Their call waiting message says “Your call is important to us, but not so important that I actually need answer your phone call, so just leave your name and number, your problem and your bank account details…”

5. When you say you don’t think you can do something, they ask if you need a conversation with Mr. Smith and Mr. Wesson.

6. In your first session you ask how long they’ve been a coach, they say “Coach? Smoach! Here, have a puff on this…”

7. Their website says “Three months ago I couldn’t spell “coach” and now I are one.”

8. They unzip their fly and ask you if you want some coaching from Mr. Winky.

coaching, humor, humour

ECI Accreditation

Alun Richards — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:35:37 +0000

If you’re already a member of the European Coaching Institute, you may well have seen the coaching articles I’ve written for the ECI Newsletter.

The newsletter gets published and sent to all members monthly, and I’ve been contributing articles for over a year now.Â The articles cover different aspects of being a coach, and many are related to the marketing of coaching services.

You can access the archived ECI newsletters here: http://www.europeancoachinginstitute.org/resources/newsletter_archive.php

Why I Want In The Black Box Beta

Alun Richards — Tue, 08 May 2007 21:33:44 +0000

Paul Colligan is currently running the Podcast Secrets teleclass series with Alex Mandossian, and I’m learning to podcast! I am using this material to create a podcast for coaches who are attempting to discover and utilise their marketing niche – you’ll hear more about this soon.

Paul is also running a beta test for a podcast-catching black box that manages your downloads automatically as well as charging your mp3 player.

I’d like to be part of the black box beta test as I’d like to experiment with how my podcasts can be managed via this technology, and how the coaches who read this blog can use it effectively. I’d like to see how the whole chain from podcast creation to delivery and consumption is experienced.

And you’ll get to hear about my experiences, and how you can benefit from it, too.

More details on the black box here on Paul’s blog.

Interlud-icrous?

Alun Richards — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 14:21:00 +0000

I thought that I’d take a short break from supporting coaches to introduce you to a coach you may like to meet.Â His name is Geraint Powers and his speciality is WifeCoaching.

There may be someone in your life who needs WifeCoaching(TM).Â You’ll know if your Wife is not going in the right direction.Â If your Wife seems to be falling apart on you.Â If your Work/Wife balance is all wrong.Â

You’ll know the symptoms only too well – so quick, go to Geraint’s site to find the solution:Â

http://www.wifecoaching.co.uk