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Our Reluctant Statement on Diversity

  Over the past few years, it’s become commonplace (and sometimes even required) for organizations to have a statement on diversity, equity, and inclusion.  I strongly regret this trend.  So when the ICF requested such a statement from CAM as part of our application to be approved as a Level 2 training program, my first

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Should a Coach Have Insurance

  I know coaches who have insurance, and I know coaches who do not. There are a lot of reasons some coaches don’t have insurance. One reason is they don’t have many clients. Another reason is that their clients aren’t the type of people who often sue. A third reason is that they feel like

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What a Coach Should Do All Day

So you want to be a coach?  Great.  What does that look like?  What does a coach do all day?  Whether you’re exploring the coaching field as a full-time possibility, kicking the tires on coaching as a side hustle, or imagining what it would be like to coach for a living, it helps to have

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Coaching Brings Growth

  Coaches get into coaching for all kinds of reasons. Some see it as a way to make a living.  Others like conversations.  Many of the coaches we train at Coach Approach Ministries genuinely love helping others, and they feel called by God to coaching as a way to support growth and positive change. Earlier

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How to Have Crucial Conversations

  I have often said that if coaching was simply about my coach calling me once a week and asking me three specific questions, it would be worth almost any price. Here are the three questions: Who do you need to have a tough conversation with? When are you going to have it? How did

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Defining a Coaching Partnership

  The ICF defines coaches as “partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential.” The ICF’s definition of coaching is anchored by the word “partnering,” and then it is never fully defined. What does it mean to partner? While I have had difficulty finding

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