Prosperous Coach Podcast

Find the full episode and other resources for coaches at prosperouscoach.com/260. Apply here to hire Rhonda Hess at Prosperous Coach for private VIP coaching business mentoring. *** Where do you fall in the spectrum of going it alone versus getting valuable support to succeed in your coaching business? For some people taking no counsel is a matter of pride. Others have the privilege and perspectiv...

Two years into coaching, I was commiserating with another new coach. Most of our clients only invested in 3 months of coaching. That meant we were in a constant state of chasing clients. We were clueless about how to find more coaching clients. All the low hanging fruit had been picked — colleagues, friends, and friends of friends. You too? I’d had a sample coaching session with them all, which wa...

What is the success factor? Is it learned or innate? In this episode, I share my theory and 5 powerful questions to test the success factor. Find the full episode and resources for coaches at prosperouscoach.com/258. Being a small business owner is a territory for heroes where you can grow into your full potential. You will positively affect more lives than you know with your coaching. Still, grow...

Find the full transcript for this episode and more resources for coaches at prosperouscoach.com/257. I’ve had the pleasure of working with coaches living in 16 different countries. It’s been a delightful and culturally expanding experience with each one. Have you ever thought about serving international clients in your coaching business? Most often, new coaches are not thinking about that possibil...

This episode is a Listener's Choice episode because it was popular with coaches before and I don't want you to miss it! Recently,  one of my VIP clients asked me to share the #1 lesson I’ve learned in my 20 years of running my coaching business. Find the full transcript for this episode and more resources for coaches at prosperouscoach.com/256. I have a feeling you’re going to be surpris...

Print out these 5 ways to ensure a healthy relationship between a coach and client. What do you do when a client comes to a session resistant, as if their arms are folded across their chest? Coaching seems to bounce off them.  Or worse they seem to have the expectation that you’ll fix or figure out things for them, but aren’t willing to be part of the solution. What’s going on there? It might be a...

Find this episode transcript and more resources for coaches at prosperouscoach.com/254. Are you networking to build connections in your coaching business, yet? If you are, that’s smart. Networking isn’t just about meeting potential clients, although that can happen. It’s more about having a professional community and leveraging the resource that’s helped businesses thrive for hundreds of years — o...

Would you like to struggle less so you can enjoy all aspects of your coaching business journey? I will share 2 brilliant concepts that I rely on. Find the transcript for episode 253 and more resources for coaches at prosperouscoach.com/253. I know that once a coach has strategy in place in their coaching business, success is largely an inner game — your response to challenges and opportunities. It...

Find the full transcript for this episode and other resources for coaches at prosperouscoach.com/252. Also mentioned Episode 99 - What Coaching Clients Want Vs What You Think They Need. Not long ago I was among a group of new coaches who were having an interesting discussion about coaching someone who was un-coachable.  As the situation was described, I realized the coaching conversation was actua...

In this episode I share details about a coaching session I had with a coach where her money mindset shifted. Find the full transcript and more resources for coaches at prosperouscoach.com/251. Also mentioned Episode 82 about the mindset "ACT AS IF" . How is your money mindset, Coach? A healthy money mindset is a make it or break it thing in coaching business success — especially when it...

Find the full transcript of this episode, which you might want to print out, at prosperouscoach.com/250. If you are putting yourself out there as a life coach and talking about life coaching on your website and on socials, you may face some or all of these common challenges: •   Potential coaching clients have trouble justifying your fees. •   You aren’t earning enough to even cover your costs. •...

Find the full transcript for this episode and more helpful resources for coaches at prosperouscoach.com/249. Also mentioned: Episode 184 – How to Charge More for Your Coaching Episode 191 – Low Pricing Could Kill Your Coaching Business Initially I thought being a professional coach would be like being a therapist. People would find me in listings or by referral, keep buying sessions for years, and...

Find the full transcript for this episode and other resources for coaches at prosperouscoach.com/248. When you need it most, confidence is elusive. As a new coach, you are on a roller coaster of fear, excitement and overwhelm with imposter syndrome always in your face. I know that place! One of my current clients is in the Market Research phase of developing her coaching business, which will assis...

Find the full transcript and other resources for coaches at prosperouscoach.com/247. Nail Your Niche - 90 minute strategy session with Rhonda Hess Also mentioned, Sofia von Celsing , coach to high achieving women leaders. Why do some coaching niches never pay off? Coaches, with their big hearts, tend to focus on what their audience NEEDS. But I found out through trial and error that marketing a co...

Find the full transcript for this episode and more resources for coaches at prosperouscoach.com/246. Also mentioned 5-month VIP Coaching Business Breakthrough mentoring program with Rhonda Hess, Business Mentor for Coaches. My coaching business was my first foray into entrepreneurship after 20 years in corporate roles. Talk about an identity crisis! Okay, let’s reframe that to a chance to blossom...

Interview with Nancy Fournier Ph. D. who has a powerful coaching niche serving women Executive Directors of nonprofits. Find the full transcript here. Nancy shares her wisdom, challenges and joys one month after coaching business launch of  Relish Your Role for women executive directors of nonprofits — an excellent niche! Also, Nancy has a podcast of the same name Relish Your Role for women Execut...

Find the full transcript for this episode and other resources for coaches at prosperouscoach.com/244. Also mentioned: Episode 243 about how to prevent refund requests   Fill out the application to work with me in my VIP mentoring program for coaches. In my first year of helping coaches to build their coaching business, one of my clients asked for a full refund after I spent 6 months of private wor...

Find the full transcript for this episode and other resources for coaches, including ways to work privately with me, at prosperouscoach.com/243. Episodes mentioned in this episode about different angles for getting better results with Discovery Calls enrolling coaching clients: 162 198 217 241 242 A coach emailed me asking for an episode about refunds and money-back guarantees for coaching. The pe...

Get your free download of the step-by-step enrollment approach at prosperouscoach.com/242. I used to suck at enrolling coaching clients. I felt I had to perform. Well, that was not a great approach, was it? Is there a way to enroll coaching clients that doesn't require you to push, convince or perform?  Yes, and it is a lot easier and more effective than giving a sample coaching session! Is a...

Find the full transcript and other resources for coaches at prosperouscoach.com/241. I never worry about the enrollment moment in Discovery Calls. I've been having Discovery Calls nearly every week for the last 17 years. Experience does count. Another reason I don't worry is that I've learned to detach from outcome. It's a critical mindset for anyone who is selling something —...

Here is the full transcript for this episode and other resources for coaches. Other episodes mentioned include: Episode 41 - 5 Questions to Test Your Coaching Business Integrity Episode 102 - No One Can Succeed in Their Coaching Business Without This Episode 215 - 4 Ways to Stop Feeling Lonely in Your Coaching Business 24 episodes about money mastery Early in coaching, I longed for someone who cou...

Find the full transcript for this episode at prosperouscoach.com/239. Also mentioned episode 229 Why is it Hard to Sell Coaching? Ten years into my coaching business it dawned on me that selling coaching sessions was keeping me from earning well. At the time, I was continually frustrated with: 1.     How I was chasing every client and every dollar. 2.     How I was working too hard for my income....

Find the full transcript for this episode here. Other episodes related to and mentioned in this episode: 187 to create your Avatar 225 for 5 ways to limit yourself for success Coaches spend a lot of money, time and hard work developing their coaching skills, niche, offers and more. Then, over the next 18 months after launch, one of three things usually happens: 1.     Some stay true to their niche...

Find the full transcript for this episode and more resources for coaches at prosperouscoach.com/237 . Have you ever gone through something truly arduous and come out stronger and wiser than you were before? I have — so many times. It could have been a health crisis or relationship crisis. It could be a tragic loss of someone or something — some part of yourself that you’ll never get back. I hear p...

Find the full transcript for this episode and other resources for coaches at prosperouscoach.com/236 Also mentioned in this episode: Episode 42 - What Exactly Makes a Coaching Website Client-Winning? Episode 59 - How to Develop Your Signature Program Episode 65 - Are You Solving a Big Enough Problem in Your Coaching Business? Have you ever asked your new clients … How did you find me? What specifi...