business growth

Chariti Gent, MA, CPCC, PCC / December 2, 2016

My Plum List of Powerful Questions for Forwarding Action and Deepening Learning

As coaches, we sometimes get stumped with “what question to ask next” when working with a client. Here’s a list of some of my favorite go-to questions. Use them and see what opens up for you and your client! When I was first getting started, I kept this list handy at every coaching session (even the in-person ones!). Never get STUCK again! What’s the topic here? What are you learning? What did you learn? What are you tolerating? From this perspective, what are your options? What would …

Chariti Gent, MA, CPCC, PCC / November 11, 2016

3 Critical Biz Questions Most Coaches Fail to Ask

Three Critical Business-Related Questions that EVERY Coach Needs to Ask Him/Herself (and answer!) When I get together with your fellow coaching colleagues (who are my clients), I start by getting veeeeeerrrrryyy curious (no judgment!) about where they’re at in their businesses and where they think they need to go. I do that by asking three (and more!) highly provocative questions. ASKING THESE THREE QUESTIONS IS MISSION CRITICAL. The answers are the KEY building blocks for your next year’s …

Chariti Gent, MA, CPCC, PCC / November 4, 2016

What’s possible for YOU?

What’s possible for YOUR coaching business? Owning your own business as a professional life coach, contrary to much popular belief, is (as we are all well aware) not always a "working in pjs all day sipping espresso" kinda life. In fact, it's quite the opposite. Every day, coaches like us who do this work are pouring our emotions, intellect, and skills into each and every one of our clients, into building our community and tribes, into making our business run like a well-oiled machine. You …

Chariti Gent, MA, CPCC, PCC / October 31, 2016

Scary Overwhelm, Demon Slaying, + Belief in You!

Coachie Loves~ SO. MUCH. OVERWHELM. I am stretching and growing and moving into zones of unfamiliarity in my biz. I know some of you in this Tribe can relate (prob most of you). Last Thursday night, the "newness" and volume of all that's on my plate in my biz right took me down. Major back spasms landed me in the ER. My body was demanding I rest. Today starts a new week. I will move into it easily and gently. Things can wait. People can sit tight. Deadlines linger but they're not going …

Chariti Gent, MA, CPCC, PCC / October 8, 2016

Turtles Are Smart

This past week, I delivered a presentation at the American Family Insurance Dreambank in Madison, WI. The presentation, titled Kaizen to Creation, was all about reaching your dreams through taking a series of tens, hundreds, thousands, etc. of TINY steps, one step at a time. This idea of “one small step at a time” is the basis of kaizen, a Japanese philosophy for living. Creating a life by design and not by default is accomplished best through small steps, patience, and perseverance. As coaches, …

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