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Compare Different Methods to Find a Life Coach

Are you are confused about how to determine the best method for engaging the right coach for you?

Learn the Advantages and Disadvantages of:

• Using The Coach Connection method
• Asking friends family and friends to refer a coach
• Hiring a coach you have personally met
• Finding a life coach through the Internet or the Yellow Pages
• Using Internet based coach referral services (CRS)
• Using Internet based coaching lists, sometimes called "coach warehouses"
• Using Groups of coaches that band together for marketing purposes
• Using Groups listed under recognized authors, consultants, or speakers.

Shown below are the descriptions of the methods to find a coach and the possible advantages and disadvantages of each, to provide you a true picture of your options.

The Coach Connection Method!

The Coach Connection (TCC) provides you a personal matching service to discover your true needs and match you with your ideal coaches. You will have free and open access to your personal TCC Advocate, who will personally educate you about coaching, guide you through the discovery process of your coaching goals and your readiness, who will personally match you with your ideal coaches, only if it is best for you to have a coach, and will continually monitor your progress and the performance of your ideal coach.

You will be a client of TCC whose sole purpose is to assure that you maximize the quality and quantity of your results through coaching. You will be matched with at least three of TCC's 140 Member Coaches, who have been rigorously prescreened from over 1,300 that have applied in one way or another, and who have personally been interviewed for hours to further define in detail whom they want as their ideal clients.

What are the advantages of using TCC to engage a coach?

• You will increase your probability of achieving your coachable goals to 96.5%. You will begin coaching only after all Four of the Key Conditions to successful coaching have been met.
• You will discover whether coaching is right for you, before you enter coaching. Your TCC Advocate will objectively explain coaching and the other human improvement processes to allow you to make an informed, non-pressured decision of what is best for you.
• You will get to test-drive the coaching process, at No Risk to you. You will experience actual coaching which is undoubtedly new to you, to see and feel how it really works (at least six sessions) at a greatly reduced rate of only $349 under TCC’s full Money-Back Guarantee.
• You will enjoy one-stop shopping for all of your coaching needs. TCC provides all forms of coaching throughout the English-speaking world.
• You will pick your ideal coach from the three (or more) personally matched coaches, after experiencing their coaching. You will enjoy the exceptional experience and qualifications of your TCC Member Coaches, who are excited to coach you, because they had selected you beforehand as their ideal-coaching clients, and because they were three of only 140 coaches out of over 1,350 who were good enough to pass TCC's rigorous coach screening process.
• You will accomplish your coaching goals much faster. You will begin coaching with more prior understanding and confidence through your open consultation with your TCC Advocate, you will save considerable time and effort by enjoying the painstaking prescreening of the TCC Member Coaches, you will enjoy an exceptional coaching fit with you guaranteed ideal coach right off the bat, you will receive coaching from very qualified and experienced coaches who know how to assist you smoothly and quickly, and you will enjoy the concentrated coaching efforts and attention of your TCC Member Coach, because they will be free from handling administrative or billing duties.
• You will accomplish your goals with less cost. You will achieve them much faster, and TCC has already negotiated your coaching prices to well below the industry average.
• You will enjoy the unique advantage of being the client of TCC. TCC will be your special partner and Advocate to make sure everything works for you. Your personal TCC Advocate will oversee the entire process to provide you the assurance that your TCC Member Coach will always provide you the exceptional coaching you deserve and expect to suit your terms. You can easily switch coaches, and/or hire multiple coaches simultaneously at anytime. TCC will coordinate and monitor all coaching activities.
• You will maximize the quality and quantity of the goals you achieve. You will begin coaching only after all Four of the Key Conditions to successful coaching have been met, and you will receive exceptional coaching from your chosen ideal TCC Member Coach who is focused and rated on your degree of success.
• You will enjoy the freedom of not being asked to sign a confining contract. You will not be forced to commit to a long term and expensive process. You are very unique, and you will be able to schedule coaching, stop coaching, and even restart coaching on your terms within your life timetable to get the most out of coaching for you.
• You will have more fun. We have fun at TCC and we want you to join in. You will enjoy the thrills of discovering the many wonderful talents; passions and gifts that have been hidden within you and you will feel the excitement of actually tapping into your newfound gifts and following your personal passions and priorities on your terms.

What are the disadvantages of using TCC to engage a coach?

• You will arouse suspicions and the attention of the people closest to you. You will become such a happy person with far fewer frustrations, a greater sense of inner confidence, and with more zest for life in only two to four short months. Unless you inform your closest loved ones, that you are engaging a coach through TCC ahead of time, so they know what to expect, you may have to explain why you have changed so much in short a short time.
• The TCC program sounds too good to be true. You are probably wondering that there has to be a catch. Why would TCC offer all of these advantages, at such beneficial prices, and with such a strong guarantee? The answer is simple. We have created a WIN-WIN-WIN scenario. You WIN by achieving your goals faster and more completely, your TCC Member Coach WINS because YOU WIN, and TCC WINS because you both WIN.
• You might think TCC cannot have such high quality coaches without charging very high prices. Yet, charging high prices does not signify higher quality coaching. Instead higher prices can mean having to pay for higher advertising costs, sales commissions, higher overhead, and unnecessary assessments, tests, and other "coaching" products.
• You will not be able to engage a consultant or counselor through TCC. TCC specializes in providing true coaching at an exceptional level. TCC does not try to entice you in under the coaching banner, and then act as a consultant or trainer. The life coaching process is a wonderful way to improve your life and business, when used the right way. The consulting and counseling processes also provide great values when they are used the right way. However, the values of each of these processes are greatly diluted when they are mixed with each other.

What Other Methods are there besides TCC to find a Coach

1. Ask friends, family and acquaintances to refer you to their coach.

If you know someone you respect who has used a coach, you can ask them to refer you to their coach.

The advantages are that you can connect with a coach right away, you will have some idea how he or she operates, and you know the coach was successful with someone you respect.

The disadvantages are that the coach who is ideal for your friend will most likely not be ideal for you. You will have different goals, a different personality and a different situation. You will be required to negotiate fees and services directly with the coach. Most coaches list a range of fees, and structure their fees many different ways. Some coaches require contracts, others don't. You will be on your own, and unless you find other coaches, you will have no sense of comparison.

2. Hire the coach you meet personally or observe during a speech or seminar.

Coaches are strongly encouraged to network and to speak to groups whenever possible, as a means of meeting prospective clients. You might personally encounter coaches in social and business settings, as well as through observing them during speeches and seminars.

The advantages are that you will get a personal sense of the coach, you can connect with the coach right away, and you might be able to interview the coach before proceeding. You will probably be able to also get an introductory "coaching" session.

The disadvantages are that you encounter them in the personal face to face environment that is their recognized marketing mode, and it will probably differ from their telephone coaching mode. You are also left to chance and are somewhat restricted to the geographic circles you operate in. The introductory "coaching" sessions will most likely include an interview portion and some form of sales portion by the coach. You will be required to negotiate fees and services directly with the coach. Most coaches list a range of fees, and structure their fees many different ways. Some coaches require contracts, others do not. You will be on your own, and unless you find other coaches, you will have no sense of comparison.

You will have reduced your chance of success because you have personally met your coach. See why Telephone Coaching is better for you than face to face coaching

3. Look up individual coaches through the Internet or the Yellow Pages.

Thousands of coaches advertise through personal web sites on the Internet. Some coaches also advertise in the Yellow Pages, but not many, because of the cost. We will discuss Internet web sites only.

The advantages are that you can use the Internet to visit thousands of sites, you can shop around for possible qualifications and prices, you are not restricted by geography, you can frequently get introductory "coaching" sessions, and you will be able to establish some form of comparison between coaches.

The disadvantages are that you will be strongly influenced by the quality of their web site and the promotional material it contains, which may have little connection to their being your ideal coach. The introductory "coaching" sessions will most likely include an interview portion and some form of sales portion by the coach, and finding the right type of coach for you is extremely difficult and confusing. You will be required to negotiate fees and services directly with the coach. Most coaches list a range of fees, and structure their fees many different ways. Some coaches require contracts, others don't. You will be on your own.

4. Use coaching referral services, lists, or groups.

Coaching associations, training schools and other groups have organized coach referral services and lists to get clients for their participating coaches. Other coaches have banned together to market their services collectively. The different "marketing groups," their advantages and disadvantages are discussed below.

A. Internet based coach referral services (CRS). These services are usually connected with coaching associations or coaching schools to help their members or students advertise and get clients. They recruit coaches and normally charge an annual fee for coaches to list their services on their web-based database. They normally accept a large number (some over 4,500) of coaches without screening. Normally, the participants are required to fill out standardized forms. You will be asked to complete on-line web forms describing the types of coaches you want. The system uses computerized programs and key words as matching criteria to provide you the names of coaches that appear to fit your requested qualifications. Some referral services will send you any number of coach matches (as high as 100). You normally receive the names by e-mail. Sometimes your e-mail address (at the minimum) and your name will be given to the coaches matched, and they will contact you to market their services. Virtually no human contact occurs, until you call one of the coaches whose name was sent to you.

The advantages are that you will have access to a large number of coaches in one place, you can get some form of coach matching, and you can compare the information of the coaches who were supposedly matched to your criteria, before you contact them. You can shop around for possible qualifications and prices, you are not restricted by geography, and you can frequently get introductory "coaching" sessions.

The disadvantages are that you are required to be very knowledgeable about your coaching needs to complete the forms, you are at the mercy of the computer program and the way you and the coaches filled out the forms to be connected to your ideal coaches, you must wade through many people who have little if any coaching experience, due to lack of screening, and you can easily be overwhelmed with too much information. You are required to deal with each coach on your own, learn about their services, decide if they are right for you, and negotiate fees. Most coaches list a range of fees, and structure their fees many different ways. Some coaches require contracts, others don't. You are on your own.

B. Internet based coaching lists, sometimes called "coach warehouses." Some coaching associations or schools provide lists of their coaches. Coaches pay annual fees to have a standard one page web page shown on this system. They can have over 10,000 unscreened coaches. Participants can also have their name and web page prominently featured by paying extra fees. In these systems you have a miniature search engine to sort through the standardized individual web pages of the coaches. Key word criteria are once again used to separate coaches. The key word "business coach" produced 1,105 different coach web pages in one of these "coach warehouses."

The advantages are that you will have access to a large number of coaches in one place, you can compare standard web pages for each coach, you can surf from web page to web page by using the internal search engine, you can shop around for possible qualifications and prices, you are not restricted by geography, and you can frequently get introductory "coaching" sessions.

The disadvantages are that your comparison information is limited to the basic forms of the standard web site, making it difficult to distinguish your ideal coaches, you must wade through many people who have little if any coaching experience, due to lack of screening, and you can easily be overwhelmed with too much information. You are required to deal with each coach on your own, learn about their services, decide if they are right for you, and negotiate fees. Most coaches list a range of fees and structure their fees many different ways. Some coaches require contracts, others do not. You are on your own.

C. Groups of coaches that band together for marketing purposes. They usually have a common theme or specialty. Some imply screening is done because coaches claim to be certified, or have consultant type historical qualifications. There may be from 4 to 50 coaches in each group. Matching is sometimes done using unknown methods, or you may be assigned a coach to suit their criteria. Most of these groups concentrate their efforts on corporate coaching.

The advantages are that you can categorize the groups to match what you believe your needs are, you can sometimes have a telephone number to call and talk to a sales representative, you can shop around for possible qualifications and prices, and you can frequently get introductory "coaching" sessions.

The disadvantages are that you will have trouble finding most of those groups, you are frequently assigned a coach, you must know and understand exactly what you want from your ideal coach, you are limited to the number of coaches within the group, if any prescreening of coaches is done it is performed using mysterious methods, these groups are normally more expensive, they normally require contracts, you are required to negotiate fees with a range of different fee structures, you will probably be restricted by geography, you will possibly encounter sales techniques, and you are on your own.

D. Groups listed under nationally recognized authors, consultants, or speakers. Many nationally recognized authors, speakers and consultants have formed "coaching" groups that claim to provide coaching. They generally mix coaching with consulting in structured set programs to coincide with the writings of the author, or the philosophy and practices of the consultant or speaker. A majority of these groups target corporations or businesses as their primary customers. Almost all of these groups have sales forces.

The advantages are that you will have a preview of the structured coaching/consulting process available, they are very specialized and might fit your (normally corporate only) needs, they have sales forces who will spend time answering your questions and providing further sales information, they provide coaching/consulting ego gratification and justification because of their famous name recognition, you can get a team of coaches through one service, and you are probably not limited by geography.

The disadvantages are that they range from expensive to very expensive, you are required to truly know what you are doing before to engage their services, they normally require that you sign contracts and commit to time based programs, their very structured programs are much more consulting and training in nature, their programs are generally purchased on a corporate level, they almost always "assign" coaches/consultants, you will be subjected to very effective sales pressures, you will most likely have to pay for considerable travel expenses, and you are on your own.

Mixing consulting and coaching will greatly reduce the possibility of achieving your objectives. Consulting and coaching are as different as (American) football and golf. They do not mix. Yet, they are frequently blended together to produce poor results. Get a detailed comparison between the life coaching process and consulting, and why it is vital for you to understand the differences.

The choice of methods is yours!

After you have reviewed the above methods of connecting with a personal coach, please select the process that best suits your needs, desires and other personal considerations.

Happy Coaching!

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