The Coaching Academy Blog

By Emma Wimhurst
Be honest, do you have bad habits? I don’t mean smoking or nail-biting – although in the current recession I wouldn’t blame you – but bad business habits. I’m talking about ignoring the state of your balance sheet or making commercial decisions without seeking an expert’s advice. Or perhaps throwing handfuls of cash [...]

I recall that fantastic day when the certificate for the Personal Performance Coaching Diploma arrived in the post. ‘Yes! I‘ve done it!’ It was a great feeling of accomplishment. Then I suddenly thought, ‘Ah now what?’
Is it just me or do many of us coaches go through this? It is possible to [...]

Home and Office Organising Expert (and Coaching Academy graduate) Rachael Ross explains how to ensure your ‘working from home’ dream is transformed into a successful reality.
It is an exciting moment when you receive your coaching qualification, especially after having worked so hard for months and months to achieve it. (Or at [...]

A look at what creates entrepreneurial spirit and how to turn it into a successful mindset
Entrepreneur is a term bandied about by many these days, especially in an economic climate where it is not just desirable to be of the entrepreneurial persuasion but something to be greatly admired.
Some business people may [...]

Following Sir Alan Sugar’s claims that it is impossible to describe what makes an entrepreneur, David Abingdon, CEO of the Alchemy Network, explains why it’s perfectly possible to train one to do great business.
When I heard Alan Sugar gruffly declaring in the last episode of The Apprentice that an entrepreneur is impossible to define [...]

Let me ask you a simple question – what is the difference between a manager and a coach?
I like to watch football on TV and for years, in the UK; we have always described the person in charge of the team as the ‘Manager.’
In the US and other parts of the world, the [...]

Thousands and thousands of people a day are starting up businesses. Sorry to say, most don’t know exactly how to do it. They may be experts on the specific products or services that they can perform, but may lack marketing experience. They find out quickly that by simply hanging [...]

 
The phrase ‘If you take no action, nothing will happen’ makes perfect sense to me. However, I still hear fellow coaches making many excuses or giving reasons for not actually picking up the phone to prospective clients to find out how they might work with them.
You must do [...]

Research by Coaching Academy Youth Impact Coaching trainer Pam Lidford has revealed the answer to the question that has puzzled teachers and parents for generations: what do teenagers really want? Be prepared for a surprise.
You might think today’s teenagers would produce long shopping lists for the latest designer goods when asked what they ‘really, really [...]

There are times when most of us have experienced that sense of despair that comes from trying to reach our goals and seeing no light at the end of the tunnel, do the one thing that stops our progress cold… we sabotage ourselves.