Online Life Coach Courses

Ebooks are popular on the internet these days. And life coaching ebooks are all over the place. These books range in price from about $10.00 to upwards of $300.00. At that price we’re talking a pretty substantial investment in my book. There are even some free life coaching ebooks out there. They make all kinds of promises and assurances and claims. Here’s $37 ebook that promises you will “Learn how to sort through the maze of information on training programs, certification and the business of coaching with this downloadable resource guide.” Here’s other for 28 bucks that claims “This book gives clear and helpful advice on: dealing with troublesome emotions, overcoming procrastination, becoming assertive, tackling poor time management, persisting at problem solving, handling criticism constructively, taking risks, and making better decisions.” And here is another one for $47 that contains interviews with a bunch of successful coaches and “These Coaches are Making $30,000 to $1,400,000 each year while changing people’s lives — Hear their stories and learn how they did it!” Now these are certainly some enticing claims are they not?

So are these ebooks worth the money? Do they provide what they promise? Do they deliver? Or are they just full of fluff. The short answer is i don’t know. But I aim to find out. I will attempt to evaluate several of these promising looking life coaching ebooks that are available and review them here. If you have any experience purchasing and reading an coaching e-book please comment below. The information would be super valuable to the coaching community and prospective coaches everywhere. So, I had better get myself an ebook reader and start downloading a few ebooks today!

If you are lucky enough to get to the point where you plan to go on an interview for a life coaching contract or business coaching position in a corporate training environment, there are some things to think about and some things to do to get prepared. Consider you are trying to get a job as a corporate life coach where you are required to train a group, motivate them, and achieve results.

First, sit down and think honestly on the help you have ever needed and have received or not received that enabled you to get to this current place and then think about how you would then give the help to help someone else. This may be great fodder for the interview itself! Make a list of this information and then rank it in order of importance for doing the job, or helping someone new to do the job.

In terms of setting up the training, again think about what’s needed, then assess the skill levels within the organization. Are there people already within your organization that demonstrate a practical skill set related to the training needs? These can be helpful people to have involved the training even if you get an external trainer in to do the actual training, as most people tend to respond much better to one of their own, especially who has already done it. They can then see the real practical benefits of what is being said and it can overcome the ‘what do they know about…’ syndrome that can happen in coaching training.

You do also need to try to clarify are you talking about corporate coaching or are you talking about ‘mentoring’ as the structures are actually quite different in a work environment. Mentoring is a much more informal endeavor. Business coaching is a more formal thing. It’s possible you may need to have both systems in place, but work that out for yourself ahead of the interview so you can go in with a clear mindset of what you and the company need. This could score you some big points.

It’s a great thing to have gotten to the point of being invited to the interview but closing the deal can be tough. Make sure you are ultra prepared for your adventure into business coaching. Life coaching and business coaching training can be rewarding work, and getting in the door can be difficult … and rewarding as well.