How does coaching complement teaching an online course....
and how can the mix between them work for you and your clients, students, and customers?
What IS "coaching"?
What I mean by “coaching” is providing one-to-one “done with you” services focused on the goals of a specific client.
What makes coaching special?
Coaching is specifically targeted to each client's unique course design vision and goals. The focus is on helping the client create a product.
How does coaching differ from courses?
The types of results—and the time frame for delivering them--that people look for in coaching differ from what they expect to get out of participation in an online course.
People book coaching because they want ongoing support and accountability for getting a project done.
Coaching is focused on the client's vision and goals for what they want to achieve
In my coaching sessions, I start by getting very clear on the exact goals the client has… for the coaching process as a whole, and for each individual session.
I want to be sure that at the end of two hours of intensive work together, the client has something to take with them that exceeds their highest expectations around what they were hoping to achieve.
What happens during a coaching session
What happens during a coaching session depends on the CLIENT’S goals for what they want to accomplish.
That could be anything from:
Depending on the nature and scope of their project, a specific coaching client might want to go through all of those steps at different points in the coaching process.
Before setting up coaching, the client and I have already conducted a free strategy call to assess their project vision and scope, and determine how many coaching sessions we think it will take to get there. We have a coaching agreement in place and a schedule of 2-hour coaching sessions planned.
At the beginning of each 2-hour session I use a structured form to ask targeted questions designed to discover the real, urgent issue that the client wants to solve NOW.
During the session I take clients through a sequential series of steps that are laser-focused on helping them achieve those goals for their specific course topic, target audience, and subject matter.
At the end of the session we check back in to reflect on what was accomplished and what the follow through items and next steps need to be.
After the session I send a detailed email including the session recording, any screenshots or attachments I took during the session to document the client’s course development progress and steps, and follow through and action items to complete next.
Between sessions, with this method, there is continuity from one session to the next with no time lost having to remember where we left off and what to do next.
Coaching Session Content for Learn and Get Smarter, Inc.
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Do you include one-to-one coaching services as part of YOUR business model?
How does your coaching work?
How do you integrate coaching with your online course teaching practice?
Come talk about it:
I'd love to hear what's working for you and your clients!
