Episode #38: Hell Yes! – An interview with Robbie on The Coach's Compass

Last year I was totally delighted to appear on a podcast called The Coach's Compass, giving me an opportunity to dive deep into all things coaching with host Clark Luby. In the episode, Clark - a listener to The Coach’s Journey - turns my favourite starter question back on me by asking me to recall when I first came across coaching, and that takes me back to a crucial juncture in my life and career. From there, we talk through the support structures and containers that helped me through early coaching challenges such as finding clients and talking about money, and I offer up some practical tools that can help you to establish the kind of coach you really want to be, factoring in the styles of coaching you admire and personalities you aspire to emulate. We also explore the importance of Rich Litvin's work to the evolution of coaching and to my own practice, and I share one of the exercises he taught me that led me to do some of my best work. In this episode, we talk about: The shift that happens after your first attempt at being an adult Making the process of your work something that you really enjoy Being a player in the game of your business The point at which coaching businesses start to carry themselves forward How to stay authentic while taking influence from other coaches Why I think it's okay to steal from people* We also talk about the best times to break the rules of coaching, or the rules of anything for that matter! To hear other episodes of the Coach’s Compass Podcast, visit https://thecoachscompass.libsyn.com/ For information about my wider work and writing, visit www.robbieswale.com, and to buy my book, click here. Join the WBECS Free Pre-Summit: https://share.coaching.com/6d3qN2Music by My Good Man William: listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KmeQUcTbeE31uFynHQLQg To support the Coach's Journey, visit www.patreon.com/thecoachsjourney and to join the Coach's Journey Community visit www.thecoachsjourney.com/community. Thanks in particular to Alex McIntyre, Alex Swallow, Joey Owen, Ken Broeren, Neil Mackinnon and Ruth Saville for their ongoing support. *In very specific situations Things and people we mentioned (that you might be interested in): - Coaches Rising https://www.coachesrising.com/ - Ewan Townhead https://www.ewantownhead.com/coaching/ - Waking Up The Workplace http://www.wakinguptheworkplace.com/ - Brett Thomas https://www.linkedin.com/in/consciousbusinesscoach/ - The Prosperous Coach by Steve Chandler and Rich Litvin https://www.amazon.ca/Prosperous-Coach-Increase-Income-Clients/ - Rich Litvin with Simon Crowe on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB80UWOW8NM - John Mackey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mackey_(businessman) - David Allen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Allen_(author) - Miles Downey episode on The Coach's Journey https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-31-myles-downey - Tony Robbins, I Am Not Your Guru https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUHMZf3qwsQ - Brené Brown on perfectionism https://www.shinecoachingandconsulting.com/post/recovering-perfectionist-aspiring-good-enoughist - Gay Hendricks and the zone of genius https://www.thejoyofbusiness.co.uk/how/how-to-find-your-zone-of-genius/ - The Heart of Laser Focused Coaching by Marion Franklin https://www.amazon.ca/HeART-Laser-Focused-Coaching-Revolutionary-Masterful/ - Chris Joseph on episode #19 of The Coach's Journey https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-19-chris-joseph - Fred Kofman https://www.fredkofman.org/sobre-fred-kofman-ing.php - Conscious Business by Fred Kofman https://www.amazon.ca/Conscious-Business-Build-through-Values/ - BetterUp https://www.betterup.com/ - Warren Buffett's "2 List" strategy https://jamesclear.com/buffett-focus - Joel Monk https://www.thnk.org/community/people/joel-monk/ - Phil Goddard, The Coaching Life episode #69 https://www.philg.com/CoachingLifePodcast/?post=069-phil-goddard - The Social Dilemma https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaaC57tcci0

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Coach’s Journey founder Robbie Swale and a team of hosts interview coaches about how they created a successful business and how they create impact for their clients. Through these conversations, you can learn how each coach came to coaching, grew their coaching practice and found their way to the successful business they have today. Each interview, like each journey, is different. But each is also packed with insights, tips, suggestions and ideas to grow your coaching business and have even greater impact creating change in the lives of your clients. Past guests include life coaches, business coaches, executivecoaches, career coaches, leadership coaches and more. Some are household names; some are coaches you’ve never heard of. All of them share ideas on the key topics for creating a coaching business: money, fees, impact with clients, training and more. About Robbie: Robbie Swale is a leadership coach, podcaster and the author of four books. He has trained with masters in the field of coaching and building coaching businesses, including Rich Litvin, Robert Holden and guests on the podcast like Katie Harvey and Myles Downey. He is the creator of The Coaching Business Flywheel, which attempts to boil down everything he has learned from many years supporting coaches to grow their businesses and interviewing amazing coaches on this podcast, into one simple, actionable model. Subscribe and read more about the podcast, The Coach’s Journey Community and get the free ebook An Introduction to The Coaching Business Flywheel at www.thecoachsjourney.com