What makes a coach masterful? More than what you do as a coach, it is a way of being. Here are 29 principles that will guide you on your journey to becoming a Masterful Coach. Please enjoy and comment below!

1.
Powerful &
Profound
Guidelines
of a Master
Coach

2. What makes a
masterful coach
stand out?

3. 1
Masterful coaches stand
in people’s greatness even
when they fall from it

4. 2
Masterful coaches INSPIRE CEOs,
entrepreneurs, and leaders
at all levels to
REALIZE AN
IMPOSSIBLE FUTURE
for themselves and their business

5. 3
Masterful coaches engage people
in CONVERSATIONS that are truly
TRANSFORMATIONAL for both
themselves & their organizations

6. 4
Masterful Coaches help
business leaders
GROW their
LEADERSHIP
& BUSINESS
at the same
time

7. 5
Masterful coaches
win
at the great
game of
business
help leaders
developing
strategies that
double their
competitive
advantage

8. 6
Masterful coaches help
leaders set goals, make concrete
plans, use data, achieve outcomes

9. 7
Masterful coaches work
shoulder-to-shoulder with
people over time to help them
achieve what they need to achieve

10. 8
Masterful coaches believe
anything is possible,
every situation is transformable,
there is always a path forward

11. 9
A Master Coach asks:
What’s happened?
What’s missing?
What’s next?

12. 10
Masterful coaches are highly
successful BUSINESS PEOPLE
who Make a DIFFERENCE & Make
MONEY building a client base

13. Building a
Client
Base

14. 11
In the end, it’s the relationship
that saves everything, not the
wonderful prescription or hope
of results

15. 12
Master
Coaches are
likeable and
Masterful
Coaches are
social

16. 13
In the beginning, spend 80% on
social networking and 20% on
coaching... later reverse that

17. 14
Invest an hour or two up
front getting to know any
prospective “connector” or
potential client; you have
nothing to lose

18. 15 Rather than spending time
bragging about your credentials
or trying to sell something,
build a relationship

19. 16
Be interested in people’s
goals and challenges vs.
talking about yourself

20. 17
It’s all about the
speed of trust; the faster
people trust you, the faster
they will do business with you

21. 18
Show up as a trusted
professional advisor right
from the beginning

22. 19
Ask if the
potential client
thinks it would
be a good idea
to set up a 2nd
meeting; Shall
we go forward?

23. 20
Do a favor for someone,
get a favor back

24. The Jobs of a
Master
Coach

25. 21
The coach
acts as a
source of
inspiration
for the
business
leader

26. 22
The Coach
gets people clear
on their ultimate
aspiration,
strategy, and
business plan

27. 23
The coach
acts as a
thinking
partner on
complex
issues and
opportunities

28. 24
The coach gets people to
go beyond what they
already think
to discover
creative &
inventive
solutions

29. 25
The coach provides
a framework for
helping the
business leader
build a high
performance
organization

30. 26
The coach
encourages
business
leaders to
“bring the
customer
inside”

31. 27
The coach encourages the
business leader to use
INNOVATION to drive new
revenue growth
& profit
growth

32. 28
When people
get upset, the
coach returns them
to themselves by
distinguishing fact
from interpretation

33. 29
The coach helps people
see things in a new way
and act in a
new way