#85 – Get More Referrals for Your Coaching Business (Coaching Business Fundamentals)
The Coach's Journey - build a coaching business with integrity
Nurturing Coaching Excellence
This chapter emphasizes the importance of supporting coaches in developing their business acumen alongside their coaching skills. It explores the dynamics of client referrals, highlighting how impactful coaching experiences and structured practice can lead to a sustainable coaching business.
This is the sixth and final episode in a series diving into The Coaching Business Flywheel and the fundamental parts of a sustainable coaching business. In this episode, Robbie and Ruth get to grips with the final part of the flywheel, the thing we all got into this coaching thing for: working with clients.
They share the most effective ways to make your coaching more powerful and useful for your clients and – more than that – how to make your coaching more likely to create future referrals and connections, making each client coached a seed planted that could sprout as new business at any time.
The episode is packed with ways to create more referrals: get your pens ready and start thinking about how to turn the ideas in this episode into actions you can take.
In particular, Robbie and Ruth cover:
How to use the science of deliberate practice to improve your work as a coach.
The ONE question to ask yourself to help generate more referrals from your clients.
The two most important qualities to make your coaching more impactful.
Why having a niche can be really useful as a coach.
We hope you’ve enjoyed this series – we certainly have. The shownotes on this page and the other episode pages are a treasure trove of resources to help you with your business – but if you want more, consider joining The Coach’s Journey Community.
Listen to the first episode in this series, giving an overview of the Flywheel and why it matters here: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/75-how-to-grow-your-coaching-business
The second, about using connections to create coaching clients, is here: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/77-how-to-make-connections-who-become-clients-coaching-business-fundamentals
The third, focusing on offering people the opportunity to experience you more, is here: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/80-dont-wait-for-coaching-clients-create-them-coaching-business-fundamentals
The fourth, focusing on creating insight, is here: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/82-want-more-clients-create-more-insight-coaching-business-fundamentals
The fifth, focusing on talking about how you work and how much it costs, is here: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/83-if-you-want-to-make-more-money-talk-about-money-more-coaching-business-fundamentals
More episodes on the nuts and bolts of coaching businesses are coming soon – sign up here to be the first to hear about them: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/subscribe
To see a diagram of the Coaching Business Flywheel, and read Robbie’s ebook, An Introduction toThe Coaching Business Flywheel,visit https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/the-coaching-business-flywheel
For more information about Robbie, visit https://www.robbieswale.com/
For more information about Ruth , visit http://www.daretorise.co.uk/
Read more about The Coach's Journey at www.thecoachsjourney.com.
Music by My Good Man William: listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KmeQUcTbeE31uFynHQLQg
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THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT THAT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN:
The first episode in this series, giving an overview of The Coaching Business Flywheel: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/75-how-to-grow-your-coaching-business
The second episode in the series, focusing on Connecting with People: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/77-how-to-make-connections-who-become-clients-coaching-business-fundamentals
The third, focusing on offering people the opportunity to experience you more, is here: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/80-dont-wait-for-coaching-clients-create-them-coaching-business-fundamentals
The fourth, focusing on creating insight for people, is here: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/82-want-more-clients-create-more-insight-coaching-business-fundamentals
The fifth, focusing on talking about how you work and how much it costs, is here: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/83-if-you-want-to-make-more-money-talk-about-money-more-coaching-business-fundamentals
A diagram of The Coaching Business Flywheel: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/the-coaching-business-flywheel
Robbie’s ebook, An Introduction to the Coaching Business Flywheel, is available for free here: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/the-coaching-business-flywheel
The ONE Thing by Gary Keller: https://the1thing.com/book/
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Outliers-Story-Success-Malcolm-Gladwell/dp/0141036257
Bounce by Matthew Syed: https://www.matthewsyed.co.uk/book/bounce-the-myth-of-talent-and-the-power-of-practice/
Myles Downey on The Coach’s Journey the first time: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-31-myles-downey
Myles Downey on The Coach’s Journey the second time: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/69-myles-downey-what-is-effective-coaching-performance-coaching-when-to-be-directive-changing-clients-maps-of-reality-and-more
The Inner Game of Tennis by Timothy Gallwey: https://theinnergame.com/inner-game-books/the-inner-game-of-tennis/
Katie Harvey on The Coach’s Journey: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-1-katie-harvey-14000-hours-of-coaching-being-part-of-the-uk-coaching-vanguard-and-being-a-generalist-coach
Gary Buxton’s Coaches Walks in the North West: https://www.garybuxton.co.uk/walk
Ruth Richards’ Coaches Walks: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruth-richards-46153a23/
Claire Pedrick’s Coaches Walks in the Malverns and a LinkedIn Group for coaches walking everywhere: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12827884/
Julie Starr Reflection Form: https://learnstarr.com/courses/the-coaching-manual-free-downloads/
Jim Dethmer on Coaches Rising Podcast: https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/jim-dethmer-coaching-from-source/
Robbie’s article, Recommiting Is The Journey: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/writing/recommitting-is-the-journey
The Meaning Revolution by Fred Kofman: https://www.fredkofman.org/lrds-ing.php
Robbie’s article, It’s Time For You To Die: https://www.robbieswale.com/the-12-minute-blog/2021/12/15/its-time-for-you-to-die
Mike Toller on The Coach’s Journey: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-32-mike-toller
The Coach’s Journey videos page: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/videos
Kim Morgan on The Coach’s Journey: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-25-kim-morgan
Robbie’s friend, Nina O’Farrell: https://www.ninaofarrell.com/
Jackee Holder on The Coach’s Journey: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/73-jackee-holder-trauma-informed-coaches-have-never-been-more-needed
The Coach’s Journey Community: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/community
The Coaching Business Flywheel Booster Pack: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/the-coaching-business-flywheel-booster-pack
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