What Are The Benefits of Becoming a Coach?
1. Coaching is a rewarding and fulfilling career choice.
Coaches LOVE what they do because they enjoy
helping people get what they most want in life. Just think
about it - you work with positive people who are eager to
learn and achieve. They want your support and the benefits
of your training and are willing to pay for it.
2. Coaches enjoy the freedom to live and work anywhere
they wish.
Coaches can coach from their homes, an outside
office or while traveling. Because coaching can be done by
telephone, location and geographical boundaries become
irrelevant. A coaching practice is portable so if you move or
travel the country in an RV, you can coach your clients.
3. Being a coach accelerates your personal and professional
development.
If you enjoy developing yourself and understand the
value of ongoing learning, you'll enjoy being a coach
because you're in an environment that encourages growth.
Because your coachees are on a fast track, your pace is
naturally accelerated, because you learn from each other.
It's that simple.
4. A coaching business has the potential to quickly bring in a
high income.
Coaches in private practice average $130 an hour in
coaching fees, with the range being between $100 and $300
per hour. Because coaching is so effective, coachees can
achieve significant results in as little as 30 minutes a week with
you. So, if you charge them $350 a month (the international
average for experienced coaches), you'll work with each
coachee for two hours a month, for an average of $175 an
hour.
5. You will flourish in an expanded professional network and
community.
Success today is largely dependent on the size and
strength of your personal and professional network. The more
people you get to know - and who get to know you - the
better for your long-term financial success and professional development. As a coach, you instantly expand your network
given the cooperative and collaborative way coaches
interact. In fact, our students tell us that one of the greatest
advantages of training at CoachInc.com is the personal and
professional relationships that they have made.
6. New coaches enter the profession easily and proceed at
their own pace.
You do not need to take 3 years off and become a
full-time student to become a coach. You can stay in your
current profession and learn at your own pace. You can
complete core training in as little as one year or take up to
three years - it's entirely up to you.
7. You can truly earn while you learn.
Many coaches start coaching within the six months of
entering our training programs and most are earning fees
shortly thereafter. It's very important to coach while you learn
and learn while you coach. And, while you're at it, why not
enjoy the financial rewards that come when you add
tremendous value to others?
8. Coaching is a way to make a difference in others' lives.
Coaches like helping others improve the quality of
their lives and achieve their goals. Many of our students have
always wanted to make a difference in this world, and being
a coach lets them see the impact they have on other
peoples' lives.
9. Their chosen profession brings coaches great joy.
When you feel better at the end of a day than you
did at the start of the day, joy is likely present. Coaching
invigorates both parties - thanks to synergy, it creates energy,
and becomes even more joyful.
10. Coaching is a platform from which to launch yourself, if
desired.
When you learn coaching skills and take your
personal and professional development to the next level, you
may develop a local, regional, national and even
international reputation. This gives you many options - writing
a book, teaching TeleClasses or live trainings, publishing enewsletters,
forming communities, getting business invitations
from others and more.
Several CoachInc.com graduates are popular
authors. Oprah! featured Coach U graduate Laura Berman
Fortgang, author of Take Yourself to the Top: Secrets of
America's #1 Career Coach, and Cheryl Richardson, who
also appeared on Oprah, wrote Take Time for Your Life, as
well as other best-selling books.
Summing Up...
Everyone has his or her own reasons for becoming a coach, but almost every coach enjoys the ten benefits just outlined. The question to ask yourself is how you would benefit by becoming a coach.
Perhaps the most exciting benefit is that you can identify and work with your Ideal Client/Coachee. What personality traits would they have? What do they want out of life? What past experiences have they had? What motivates them? What do they want to accomplish? What is most important to them? Answering these questions will help you know exactly who you can start coaching right away.
