http://meetshafifarooqui.info/business-coaching/business-coach-%e2%80%93-an-effective-guide-for-small-businesses/ Internet Marketing Expert For Travel Agents & Travel Professionals. Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:47:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 http://meetshafifarooqui.info/business-coaching/business-coach-%e2%80%93-an-effective-guide-for-small-businesses/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Shafi Farooqui Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:47:50 +0000 http://meetshafifarooqui.info/?p=595#comment-25 Thank you very much Tony for taking the time to read my article. I do see your point and agree with you that there is indeed a need for a regulatory body .There are other professions also who are experiencing the same problems and are also being regulated. I sincerely hope that Business Coaches will also have to undergo the same process and soon this Industry will also see a change. I also appreciate the fact that Business Coaches like you with proven track record and having served with the forces have taken this profession to the new heights and will continue to do so even there are some people who fake their identity. I congratulate you and all those successful coaches who are out there to make a difference Thank you very much Tony for taking the time to read my article. I do see your point and agree with you that there is indeed a need for a regulatory body .There are other professions also who are experiencing the same problems and are also being regulated. I sincerely hope that Business Coaches will also have to undergo the same process and soon this Industry will also see a change.
I also appreciate the fact that Business Coaches like you with proven track record and having served with the forces have taken this profession to the new heights and will continue to do so even there are some people who fake their identity.
I congratulate you and all those successful coaches who are out there to make a difference

]]> http://meetshafifarooqui.info/business-coaching/business-coach-%e2%80%93-an-effective-guide-for-small-businesses/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Tony Gates Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:24:06 +0000 http://meetshafifarooqui.info/?p=595#comment-23 Thanks for the article, Shafi! You've put a lot of good information in it. I do need to push back just a bit, though... The first thing you look for in a Coach, business or otherwise, is his/her track record of results. The best coaches seldom have to advertise. Their names are passed along with recommendations from current and former clients. So many of the certification programs I've been exposed to are nothing more than money-making schemes and techniques with no data or history behind them. I do see a need for a DEFINITIVE body that oversees coaches and issues licenses, though. To date, one, maybe two are close, but there are none. Thanks for the article, Shafi! You’ve put a lot of good information in it.
I do need to push back just a bit, though… The first thing you look for in a Coach, business or otherwise, is his/her track record of results. The best coaches seldom have to advertise. Their names are passed along with recommendations from current and former clients.
So many of the certification programs I’ve been exposed to are nothing more than money-making schemes and techniques with no data or history behind them.
I do see a need for a DEFINITIVE body that oversees coaches and issues licenses, though. To date, one, maybe two are close, but there are none.

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