http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Louise+Yates Self Help Louise Yates Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=790483&ca=Self+Help If you have received any training in coaching skills then it is highly likely that you will know the difference between open and closed questions. And you will know that generally open questions (ones beginning with what, when, how, where, why and who) are more helpful questions to ask than closed o... Self Help Louise Yates Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=790487&ca=Self+Help Just six years ago, aged 38 I was at a crossroads in my life. My children were growing up fast and at school, we had just moved house and was getting to grips with living in a new and rather isolated rural community and having had an fulfilling career break taking me out of the working arena for mos... Self Help Louise Yates Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=788984&ca=Self+Help This year I decided to undertake a 30 day challenge, Lent had passed and since I am not particularly religious don’t really feel any allegiance to this event. However after hearing several people talk about their reasons for abstinence I started thinking about areas of my life I felt I would benefit... Self Help Louise Yates Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=788986&ca=Self+Help You may be contemplating becoming a coach and wondering whether you have the right skills and qualities to become one. There are both skills and qualities that are essential to being a great coach and let’s distinguish between the two. Skills are something that we learn to do whilst qualities or per... Self Help Louise Yates Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=777935&ca=Self+Help Each year thousands of well-intentioned hopefuls train, get certified and join the throng of optimistic dreamers hoping to make it as a professional and successful coach. Sadly however within a year of qualifying most coaches fail to earn a fraction of the income they had hoped for and many end thei... Self Help Louise Yates Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=777939&ca=Self+Help If you do a web search for spiritual coaching you'll find that there are many coaches marketing themselves in this niche and there's also a lot of books written about the subject. Spiritual (or spirituality) coaching facilitates the exploration of your own spirituality. It is an approach which aims... Self Help Louise Yates Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=767318&ca=Self+Help If you are just setting up as a coach with your own coaching practice you will probably be wondering how much to charge your clients. You may have already discovered that there is a huge variation in fees amongst coaches, some charging as little as $30 dollars/ 30 minute session, whilst others are c... Self Help Louise Yates Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=763708&ca=Self+Help Are you a good listener…I mean a REALLY good listener? Effective listening skills form the foundation of excellent coaching but in reality for many these skills extend little beyond listening to the client’s story and doing a great ‘nodding dog’ impression. If you are an excellent coach then your sk... Business Management Louise Yates Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=763710&ca=Business+Management Imagine this scenario… Your organisation has a clear vision and way of working which all your employees understand and buy into. Decisions come easily to you as a leader and you know what motivates your employees. They love coming to work and consequently their productivity is high they perform to t... Self Help Louise Yates Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=751090&ca=Self+Help Can you answer the question ‘what is coaching?’ or, like thousands of others are you just confused? Coaching is a fast growing industry with thousands of people training to become coaches each year and even more people paying for the services of coaches. But with this coaching explosion has also com...