Looking for Fierce Marketing Ideas?

Hello, Magnificent Coaches!

For the first K-Cast of May, I'm delighted to share a conversation I had recently with Rachel Rodriquez, who comes with questions about outreach and marketing your coaching services in a small community.

These are issues she is facing in her own practice, and I'm clear that many coaches face this same dilemma; after all, we are all living in small communities - even when we reside in large cities!

Rachel Rodriguez is a highly motivated and FIERCE lady with a passion for living to the fullest and helping others do the same. She works with women who are at a crossroads, women who want a more fabulous life.

During Operation Iraqi Freedom Rachel worked as a Civil Affairs specialist helping provide aid and relief to Iraqi civilians. After her tour, Rachel returned to her position as a Management Trainee and Analyst for Toyota Motor Sales National USA Headquarters. Her website is www.thefiercecoach.com.

Here are her questions....

1. What is the best/most effective way to market yourself when in a small community?

2. How do I show my value or experience to be an effective coach if I'm just starting out?

3. How do I encourage family and friends to share the news about my coaching business; especially when some of them are leery about coaching as a profession?

4. When in a social environment, what is a good way to bring up being a coach and offering your services?

Remember to click on the title bar to listen - or right click, to download the audio to your computer. I hope you enjoy this K-Cast production - and look forward to another later in the month.

Love and Great Joy,

Karen

Reflections on Taking Time for Reflection

Hello, once again!

I'm delighted to share this second K-Cast for April - it's valuable
for many, many reasons. Remember that you access the audio
by clicking on the title bar, or right-clicking to save it to your
computer.

This time, my guest is Kathy Trickey, a Professional Certified
Coach, trainer and consultant with over 35 years of experience
leading and guiding managers and their domestic and international
teams to reach their goals. She has two Web sites for you to explore:
www.culturalbridgebuilder.com, and www.ktglobalsolutions.com.

As a “cultural bridge builder,” she assists individuals and teams
to gain skills and strategies that help them better collaborate across
such differences as nationality, culture, gender, age, function, and
organization. She conducts business in both English and Spanish.

Our conversation revolves around the idea that it's important for
everyone, including entrepreneurs, and small business-owners
to take time for introspection, and reflection. Kathy came to me
with these questions:

What do you see as the value of having reflection time?

What specific benefits have you witnessed when people allow
themselves reflection time?

What gets in the way of our creating this very valuable time for
ourselves?

What have you seen are the best ways to create that time,
especially for those who are so often in busy-ness mode?

What cultural or other differences have you seen in how
[men/women, older/younger, different nationalities]
address reflection that might give additional insight to
our audience?

And, finally, a pivotal closing question...

If you could sum up this discussion in terms of one key nugget or
takeaway, what would it be?

I hope you enjoy listening; and find time to incorporate this
valuable practice into your life...if you've not already done so.

And certainly, as coaches, we can support our clients by advocating
that they build 'quiet time' into their busy lives.


Until next time!

Love and Great Joy,

Karen
www.karencappello.com

P.S.
If you've just discovered the perfect K-Cast topic to explore
with me, please send an email to Kim at:
assistant@karencappello.com. We both look forward to
hearing from you!

Guided Imagery in Coaching: A Fantastic Tool for Transformation!

Hello, Magnificent Coaches!

The first K-Cast of March is here!

This time around the topic is Guided Imagery - a tool I use often in coaching my clients.
My guest interviewer is Glenda Cedarleaf, a LICSW, holistic psychotherapist and clinical hypnotherapist with Partners in Healing of Minneapolis.

Her passion is guided imagery. She uses this practice to help clients realize creative goals--reinforcing images of empowerment, inspiration and transformation. She creates custom guided imagery CD's that use the power of the unconscious for weight loss, creative inspiration, reinforcing life purpose, inner child healing, healing from trauma and addictions, promoting relaxing sleep, and creating daily spiritual/healing practices.

She comes to the table with questions - which isn't surprising, I know! Here they are:

1.Why is visualization an effective way to find and reinforce your creative goals?

2. How did you first learn about visualization and why were you interested in it?

3. Karen, tell me about a transforming experience you have had when using visualization or guided imagery?

4. How is visualization different from meditation....For those who find it difficult to meditate..is this different/easier?

5. What are some success stories you have seen with clients who use visualization?

6. How can people learn to do this on their own?

7. Who might benefit from a custom imagery cd?

You'll be clicking on the title bar to access the audio, or "right-clicking" to download it to your computer for later listening.

Guided imagery has served me well, both personally and professionally. I hope you'll post your comments about this technique to the blog - let's get a conversation started!

Love and Great Joy,

Karen

About Glenda

For more information about Glenda's counseling practice visit: Partners in Healing of Minneapolis. For details on the women's retreats she co-leads, stop in at: www.reclaimingjoy.wordpress.com - and to learn more about guided imagery CDs, see: www.guidedimagerycd.com.

Transformation - a Fundamental Concept in Coaching!

Hello, Magnificent Coaches!

This K-Cast brings you into a conversation between me, and Melissa Nuwaysir, a Life Transitions and Transformation Coach who inspires others to live their fullest, most compassionate lives. She received her credential as a Certified Professional Coach from the International Coach Academy in December of 2008, and holds an Associate in Logotherapy (meaning-centered living) from the Viktor Frankl Institute in Dallas, Texas and Pretoria, South Africa.

As the spouse of a Foreign Service employee she lived in Africa for 11 years before returning to the United States last year. Melissa's website, www.StepintoYourLifeCoaching.com is expected to be up and running soon. In the meantime, should you wish to contact her, you can do so by sending her an email to: melissa@stepintoyourlifecoaching.com. You can also reach her by phone at (703) 533-3276, or via Skype. Her i.d. is: melissa.nuwaysir.

She joined me with the following questions:

1. What does the word "transformation" mean to you? How do you define it?

2. Where, how, and/or when have your experienced transformation in your own life?

3. What triggers transformation?

4. How do you facilitate transformation in your clients?

5. Are there any particular tools, methods or approaches you've used that seem to work best?

One of my favorite quotations about this experience comes from Wayne Dyer, who wrote:

"Transformation literally means going beyond your form."

It truly is a life-changing, spiritual experience.

As coaches, we are privileged to share in the transformation of our clients. And in so doing, we ourselves are transformed. It's a joyous process for us all, isn't it?

Until next time...

Love and Great Joy,

Karen

P.S. If you'd like to join me in a coaching-related conversation, contact my VA, Kim Stacey, at assistant@karencappello.com. She'll be delighted to explore possible topics with you, and set up a time for us to 'chat'!

Lessons Learned from Coaching Leaders

Hello Magnificent Coaches!

Welcome to the second K-Cast for the month of January. This is a rather unusual K-Cast, in two ways: it's twice as long as normal (necessary to deal with the topic), and the format is more of a "dialog" rather than the normal Q & A format.

My guest in this audio event is Mark Walztoni, a certified executive coach and an all-around remarkable man. He has a national coaching practice, focused on assisting organizations and leaders to thrive during every career challenge. These challenges include joining a new organization, assuming a new role, leading a team during a merger or acquisition, and forming or accelerating a global or virtual team.

For more information about Mark and his firm’s services, visit www.sustainableventuresalliance.com or contact him at (505) 466-2695 or at mark@sustainableventuresalliance.com.

Mark's extensive experience, in working with leaders to accelerate their successes, brings him to the k-cast with a desire to address these questions - among many others:

"Several research studies indicate that over half of newly hired and promoted leaders fail within the first 18 months in a new role. What are some of the common reasons that a new leader would fail?"

"How is coaching a new leader different from coaching someone who's been in their position for over 2-3 years?"

"How do you begin a typical coaching assignment with a new leader?"

I thoroughly enjoyed this K-Cast experience - and am utterly delighted to bring it to you. I know you'll find our conversation around coaching leaders, whether new or seasoned in their role, of value in your own coaching practice.

Remember to click on the title bar to listen - or "right-click" to download it to your computer or mobile device.

Enjoy!


Love and Great Joy,

Karen

karen@karencappello.com
www.karencappello.com

P.S. We're always on the 'lookout' for K-Cast participants! If you're interested in joining me in the fun, send an email today, to: assistant@karencappello.com.

Feeling Compelled to Take Action? Think again!

Hello Magnificent Coaches!

Welcome to another powerful K-Cast.

This week I'm joined by Deb Kolb, an empowerment coach working in Australia. Her site is www.empowermentcoach.com.au.

Deb wrote to me recently, saying:

"I have a part of me I call the 'steam roller' - that part that has been taught to take action even if I'm unsure, it doesn't feel right, or just taking action for the sake of taking action because I have been told I should, etc, etc.

"I had a recent experience and was talking to a coaching colleague about it and she reflected that she has the same issue. I believe this is something that will resonate with many people."

So, in this K-Cast, Deb and I will be talking about this drive to act, even when it's not the 'right time' or the 'right' action. Deb asks:

1. What is 'inspired action'?
   
2. How does it differ from 'action'?
3. Can you give an example of inspired action?
4. If we are unsure of what action to take, how can we identify and arrive at what our 'inspired action' is?
5. How can we tap into 'inspired action' in our day-to-day lives?
6. What difference will this make to our lives?

I hope you enjoy listening to our dialog as much we enjoyed the conversation!

Thank you Deb, for your wonderful sharing and brilliant questions.

Simply click on the title bar to listen to the streaming audio, or right-click to save it to your computer for later listening.

Always remember my "KCC Team" and I are here to help you create a thriving coaching practice; one that nurtures your spirit, and fills your pocketbook! Call on us anytime.


Love and Great Joy,

Karen
karen@karencappello.com
www.karencappello.com

P.S. We're always on the 'lookout' for K-Cast participants! If you're interested in joining me in the fun, send an email today, to: assistant@karencappello.com.