How To Become a Career Coach

Welcome to the first episode of How to Become a Career Coach. I’m Scott Anthony Barlow and I started Happen To Your Career in 2012 because I wanted to help people make big career changes, advance their careers, learn how take control of their life and work, but most of all to help people find and do work that makes them more happy more often and uses what we call their signature strengths Since that time, we’ve been able to help many thousands of people make changes that not only impacted their careers and their income, but helped to radically change their lives. I haven’t done this by myself. Along the way, I’ve trained others how to be career coaches as well. We’ve done this by creating a Professional Career coaching Training and certification program to help give people additional training and support as they got started as career coaches. We created this podcast to showcase how you can get started too in Career Coaching or even determine if it’s right for you! Our plan is for this to be a multi-season podcast. This first season is going to be full of experienced career coaches sharing their story and lessons. Our goal is to help you get a realistic picture of what it’s like to be career coach and how you can get started. As we bring these experts on, we’ll ask them questions like: What prompted you make the decision to become a career coach? What qualifies you to be a career coach? What qualifications do you need to become a career coach? How did you overcome this? What were the biggest tools or resources to help you get started? How did you know it was time to make the leap? (scared or don’t know how to get clients) What gave you the confidence to become a career coach?   How did you get your first clients? If you had 3 months to start your business and get into career coaching instead of the months or years it would take-- what would you do?   Let me give you a glimpse into what a day in the life of a career coach actually looks like. Then you can see what it’s really like inside a successful coaching business during the first year I was full time as a career coach. That year we brought in $153,502 (keep in mind there are expenses in running a business so not all of this is profit). Later on I brought other coaches into the business and started doing much less of the career coaching myself. DAY IN THE LIFE OF A FULL TIME CAREER COACH   I personally love this stuff. It’s fun for me. I’ve helped many coaches grow a practice of their own that also love it, but that doesn’t mean it’s for everyone. It truly takes the type of person that is intuitive, enjoys having continuous conversations about careers and life. Also someone cares enough about other people to go the extra mile to help them make sure they get the results they want. Now here’s something that’s counterintuitive! It’s actually a good “sign” that you might be the type of person who would be successful by being a career coach if you’re a little bit scared about whether or not you can deliver the results that you would want for your clients - Great Career Coaches think about and obsess over that stuff! Also if you are willing to go the extra mile for people even though you’re nervous about whether or not you can deliver! (Sometimes I still have that feeling to this day because I badly want the people we work with to have an amazing experience!) People who wouldn’t make great coaches aren’t even thinking about that sort of thing!

You’re in for a treat today because today we are in discussion with Tracy Timm, who is an amazing coach within my coaching universe. Tracy talks about how her own lack of career clarity and inability to find resources that led her to believe if she could find her own perfect career niche, she could also help other people find their career their fit. In today’s episode you will learn - Tracy’s struggle in her corporate career. Her opinion on the current generation being victim to box checking. Excelling at everything we do and the childhood rat race of perform, perform, perform. Attending Yale and discovering through studying psychology that she was passionate about people. Her journey of solving the problem of not fitting into the quintessential career choice boxes that were available at Yale through formulating a proven strategy to help a wider audience. Coming to the realization that she wanted to choose coaching as a full-time career and not only because she has been through the similar problems. Her insights into how you do not have to go into a full-time job to reaffirm your chosen career. The experience she had at her first coaching job and how she sustained herself financially while further exploring the industry. Tracy discusses how she let all the noise of opinions affect her decisions, where things did not turn out as she had anticipated. This was the final sign she needed to enter the coaching space. How she was able to make meaningfully different choices based on what she learnt from her failures. Being true to yourself and not being caught up in the struggle of competing with people in your market. The various iterations of her business models, the learnings that led to her creating a digital program and building her business through different strategies. Learning that you can deploy the information passively. There is so much power in accountability, discovery and process that you must go through together. For aspiring coaches, your goal should be consistent accountable revenues, she also explains how to achieve them. She advises future coaches on the importance of realising what you want to do in coaching and how you would prefer building your business model around it. Tracy shares her insights on procuring the first few clients - Work with people in the coaching space and learn how good coaching conversations are structured. Tracy endorses the idea of getting a coach yourself in the initial stages. Tactical part of getting clients takes time. She encourages aspiring coaches to do intensive research and start dialogues from other people. Some of these conversations can potentially become networks that got her business. Start discussions with people, be genuinely interested and ask the right questions. Remain open to changing business models, it will evolve over time. Finding your niche. Use LinkedIn, it is the largest CRM system out there. You can find whoever you want to serve on there. The lessons she learned in the coaching business - Effective coaches need to be good listeners. Tactfully present information that resonates with the targeted customers. Learning how to build a business as you coach simultaneously. Tracy shares her experience with Geeta Nadkarni’s business development training “Impact with Influence”, defining her guide in the following three steps – Clarify - Who are you serving, lay out the demographics and identify your ideal customer avatar. Simplify - How you deliver outcomes to your ideal customer? Amplify - Publicise your services and what value you are offering?   To find out more about Tracy and connect with her visit her website where you can also learn about her certified coaching, retreats and schedule a phone call with her.   If you'd like to become a career coach, or even just explore if it's right for you, check out How to Be a Career Coach and find the help you need.

Today We have with us Kelly Poulson who has been a coach for a long time. We have worked together in several capacities over the past few months. In today’s discussion, we will talk about: The journey that led to her coaching career, how different professional roles and conversations led to a full-time coaching career and how she discovered coaching. The books that triggered her career transition when she first discovered coaching. (The Dream Manager by Matthew Kelly) What qualifies someone to be a career coach - the important pieces that prepare you for becoming a successful career coach. Listening, creative space, safe space to think out loud. What are the most effective things we can do to develop necessary skills to become an effective career coach? The little experiences that built up to her leaping into a full-time coaching career. The most difficult decisions and biggest hurdles she had to face and how she melded her approach, developing strategies to overcome them. Kelly’s advice to aspiring coaches out there and how she chose her way into coaching full time. The importance of choosing your niche target market in your coaching career. Her journey’s evolution from deciding she wanted to go leap full time into career coaching to getting her first few clients. Given the chance, Kelly shares the following insights upon being asked how she would shape her coaching career and strategize given the resources available if she hadn’t had the relevant coaching experience already. Jump into coaching with the available resources and build them up as you go. Get professional training for coaching, business development and any other areas you feel you need professional help with. Get support to get the business up and running. If you have any further questions, you can connect with Kelly on her website or on her LinkedIn. Do you find yourself ending up in conversation about other people’s careers repeatedly? If you find yourself helping people with these areas and enjoy yourself while at it. Then you’ll enjoy coaching full time tremendously! To receive more in-depth help and get our 14-day series on career coaching please visit HowToBecomeACareerCoach.com

You will be able to gain insight as we talk to experienced career coaches, exploring how it really is to be a career coach, the challenges they overcame and many lessons learned along the way. Today we are in discussion with Kathy Caprino, who is helping people make significant career moves as a career coach. Kathy talks about how she has created a multi-faceted portfolio of guiding people’s careers which is not only limited to coaching. In today’s episode you will be able to hear - Kathy’s struggle in her corporate career, the downturns that left her unemployed and the reasons she finally decided to step out of her marketing career and transitioned towards coaching. Her personal experience of seeking guidance from a career counsellor, and the effect it had on her career choices. Her journey of going back to college to pursue therapy, and eventually realizing her interests lied in coaching instead. Why she transitioned again from being a therapist to a life coach? How her initial coaching practice naturally inclined towards career coaching specifically. Explored becoming a speaker because she wanted to impact people’s lives and she was good at it. She pioneered a workshop where she could speak to a wider audience. The importance of being comfortable with the business of working with people. Starting out her coaching journey through five pro bono cases, and the lessons she learnt from these choices. Realizing the difference between coaching and therapy, a few years after she had been coaching. Her insights into how there should be a difference between consulting and coaching. Why it is vital to understand the two terms cannot be mutual. The importance of career change, how people transform to pursue coaching as a career. Kathy explains one cannot coach everything. Every coach needs to find a niche, and work towards becoming a leader within that niche. Being brave, and making bold decisions in your career, even if you start out small initially. She started out with talking to 100 women professionals and the difficulties they face in the workplace.   Serving and being generous to your clients, giving importance to business development in the initial stages, instead of stressing on making money. How she has learnt that you need to create a balance between giving enough value to clients and not being overly generous to them. Creating boundaries with clients that you are comfortable with, not overcompensating or being held responsible for their actions. Today being a coach means building an online entrepreneurial venture. Why building a coaching business locally is detrimental, rethinking it because you will never fill your pipeline. The common misconception that being a multi-faceted coach will lead to an identity crisis. Developing a baseline foundation of what niche of coaching you want to enter. Embracing the entrepreneurial mind set and master all the aspects of doing a business such as sales and marketing. The value of creating quality content for your business, and how it will help augment your business efficiently. To find out more about Kathy and connect with her visit her website where you can also learn about her programs and submit your own story. Do you find yourself ending up in conversation about other people’s careers over and over again? If you find yourself helping people with these areas and enjoy yourself while at it. Then you’ll enjoy coaching full time tremendously! To receive more in depth help and get our 14-day series on career coaching please visit howtobecomeacareercoach.com

In this episode, career coach Lisa Lewis (and a person that Scott describes as one of the best “career coaches on the planet”) shares the story of how she pivoted into career coaching and the powerful lessons she learned along the way. Lisa, in particular, shares advice on why it’s important to leverage feedback (both good and bad) to help you move forward in pursuing your dreams. Key Insights: How Lisa made the slow transition from a marketing career headed to the C-level suite to a passionate and authentic career coach The unique way that Lisa gained clarity on her choice to become a life coach Why she strongly believes that you don’t need to be a guru in order to start a career coach business Dealing with failure and criticism as a newbie coach and how you can leverage that feedback to make you smarter Lisa’s marketing strategy now…and what it was when she first started Why Lisa says coaching changed every aspect of her life Key Quotes of the Episode: “I did the work and I was really good at the work and I had no desire for this work.” “I had this secret dream of entrepreneurship that was not going away…” “I realized really quickly that my love is working one-on-one with people and helping individual human beings have transformation…” “I didn’t start out thinking ‘I want to leave digital marketing to go and be a coach.’” “Coaching, in itself, is a form of listening and asking powerful questions of the other person and helping them figure out what’s true for them.” “You don’t have to know everything to be able to help.” “For me, sustainable means building a business model that does not leave me in a cold sweat at the end of the month or at the beginning of the month.” “The more visible you make yourself…[the more] it sets you up for being able to be successful and serve the people you want to serve” Resources StrengthsFinder 2.0 Tanya Geisler Lisa Lewis on Medium Lisa Lewis “How to Negotiate a Career Pivot”  on Born to Thrive Podcast with Jamie Lee About Our Guest Lisa Lewis is a former marketing professional with experience in the for-profit and non-profit industries. Currently she serves as a career transitions coach, author, and CEO of Lisa Lewis Career Coaching, So Much More (a coaching certification program) and A Path That Fits (one-on-one coaching & student support) Connect with Lisa Lewis Website: http://www.somuchmorecoaching.com/

Andrea Soto has an incredible background, a plethora of experience, and Scott got to know her over the last about six months or so as they began to work with her as she was on the front side of putting together her career coaching business.   Andrea worked full time was in the payments technology industry. She had over a 20-year career with a fortune 500 company. Corporate America was pretty much all she knew, and she had a number of different jobs and responsibilities throughout her career there. But as she was progressing and trying to navigate her way, it wasn't until the last chapter that she realized how lacking the system was - it was very much lacking coaches or people who could help guide you or navigate with you through your career.

Mo Chanmugham had 3 dream jobs before becoming a career coach: Online marketing at Rebok in Boston Assistant at a talent agency in Los Angeles Went to law school and worked for Def Jam in New York City He never intended to get into career coaching, but while in New York, he was introduced to personal development. He fell in love with the coaching process and started training to become a career coach.

On the How to Become a Career Coach podcast, we have two career coaches at the podcasting table.   On one side of that table is Phillip Migyanko. Phillip had a history in HR and the hiring process. As a result, he developed a curiosity about people’s careers, how they work, their relationships, etc. In his pursuit to become an expert in careers, Phillip not only had a dream to do an awesome Ted Talk, but also loved to have conversations about careers. He especially loved helping people get to these “Aha” moments. This lead him to start his own career coaching business.   On the other side of the table, we have Scott Anthony Barlow. Scott is well...me. That’s right. But this time, I’m not the host!   Phillip joined me today, but flipped the table around and took my seat as the host! I was relieved that it was not a Black Ops interrogation.   Over the past couple months, I’ve shared a little about my personal story, but I’ve generally been focusing on the path that other career coaches have taken. Today, I get the chance to share more about my personal path to becoming a career coach, which was almost 20 years in the making!   I share the multiple changes I made in college and in different careers (including starting a painting business while in college). After multiple career moves, unhappiness, unhealthiness, and medical issues, I realized that I HAD to do something. Not only did this path eventually lead me to becoming a career coach, but I started a career coaching business and now help others become career coaches.   Listen to today’s episode to hear what you can take from story to help you get into career coaching.   If you’d like to talk with someone about becoming a career coach, both Phillip and I have time set aside to have a 1-on-1 conversation with you. Simply reply to this email or click here to schedule a call.

I have gotten to know Christie Mims over the over the years and really respect the business that she's built around career coaching around helping people with their careers in a variety of different ways. And we'll get to bring her on and showcase not just her story, and how this has happened for her. But some of the ways that I would say she has even really, really crafted that, that fit within her business I'm going to go so far as to say, shaped the industry in a lot of different ways. Christie was a fancy pants consultant in DC. And she got to the point where she was just miserable. And her career, even though it was really lucrative, and she felt all this guilt. And so Christie started investigating all these other careers: she was looking at becoming a shoe designer; there was a brief period where she thought maybe she just wanted to work for Bravo TV, and produce the real housewives. But one thing that Christie also looked into was coaching, because a lot of the consultants she worked with were getting certified as coaches. And it seemed like an interesting career. And it was something that she thought would be at least she could use it as a consultant. So as part of her career research when she was investigating different job paths, Christie signed up for a coaching weekend, and she was super cynical. But she showed up and just fell in love with it. It was like being in the desert. And then all of a sudden someone offers you a glass of water. And it was amazing. But she was terrified when she quit her job to start coaching full-time. "So I was continuing as a consultant and I started to set up some business stuff, but I was still I was still pretty afraid. So nothing happened right away. But eventually, I mustered up my courage to quit my job and go full time as the coach because I just, you know, was looking around thinking, I was on the DC metro, and I was just thinking, like, Am I going to wake up 10 years from now, because these people look like they died 10 years ago, you know, I just gonna wake up 10 years from now. And just cuz, you know, is this my life like I at least have to try? I owe it to myself to try." But Christie started her career coaching business anyway. Her business grew and adapted over the years. On the podcast today, she not only shares about the struggles and fears she had to overcome, but also gives practical advice for those just getting started - and to start in a way that won't overwhelm you in the process.

“My overall definition of success is helping other people succeed.” Allison Curbow has staked this claim for herself. Her journey to become a career coach started only 18 months ago. Allison went from being a person with a background that was scattered between different industries, and who lived in an environment where entrepreneurship was considered a scary and alien entity. “I was in Oil and Gas industry, and I was in sales industry, and home construction, and wielding, and procurement – all over the board. It drove me crazy.” Having liked some things in every job she had taken up, but not being a fan of everything in any one of those, she set out to find something that satisfied her and suited her. “I didn’t even know what it would require me to decide who I wanna be. I was just blindly walking along, without knowing that I had to decide in myself what kind of life I wanted. I didn’t realize how much I was following other people’s perceptions of what I should do.” 18 months ago, she had no clue that career coaching was going to be the career path for her, but she knew that something was missing. She found the Happen To Your Career podcast, and joined Career Change Bootcamp shortly afterwards. She later heard about the first cohort of our Professional Career Coach Training and Certification program. Intrigued, she joined the live webinar and was hooked. Allison joined that first cohort of PCC, learning so much about how to become a career coach. She not only works as a career coach, she is now also on the Happen To Your Career team.

Having opened his eyes to a world of extreme poverty combined with the life-threatening situations of Civil War, Luis Velasquez suffered through and survived 3 brain tumors, lost his career and his relationships, and still found the resilience in him to “bloom where he was planted.” This resilience expert explains his life as a series of severe and happy accidents that taught him how to thrive, rather than just survive. Along the way, Luis learned several important lessons: I don’t wanna be fearless. I wanna fear less. And by assuming I wanna fear less, it gives me permission not to be perfect. It gives me permission to be messy. So, I seek improvement rather than perfection. Satisfaction comes from outside: you always want more. Fulfillment is internal: you don’t need all the money in the world to have that. You can find it at any level. For me, what has made the difference in surviving and thriving is understanding that I have choices and that I can adapt to whatever situation I have. I have a mother who says that I can’t control the rain, but I can control if I get wet or not. Optimism, a mindset of abundance, being grateful for what you have, and being resourceful about the options that are available to you, helps you thrive, rather than just survive.   “The idea that you are a work in progress helps you be resilient. Possibilities are endless; whatever is going on in your life, this too shall pass. Focus on what you can control, don’t try to battle what you can’t control. My wife and I were deciding whether we should have children, because my world can change completely from one year to next, and one day I said: I don’t want my death to rule my life.”

When I say the word “badass,” what comes to mind?   Someone who knows what they want? Someone who breaks down walls standing in their way? Someone who finds, and keeps finding, ultimate career and life happiness?   That’s how I think of it, and whether you realize it or not, that kind of life is totally possible for you. Last year, I interviewed Jen Sincero, NYT bestselling author of hilarious, sarcastic, and no-nonsense self-help books. During our chat, Jen told me the 5 ways she’s currently making sure she maintains her high level of badassery.

Everyday I’m in conversations with aspiring, new or even established coaches.  And as you can imagine it’s a lot of conversations, and time and time again I see the same… well…. The same 7 things pop up that restrict these folks from becoming amazing coaches, trip people up from starting and having profitable coaching business.  We see these time and time again. Phillip, our Director of Client Success here at Happen To Your Career, joins us today to talk about these 7 things that trip up new coaches.

Last week, I shared a conversation I had with our Director of Client Success, Phillip. Specifically, I shared that the fact that too many coaches try to learn everything, and this one things trips up new coaches and delays their ability to help and impact people's lives. Well, this week, I had a conversation with Kimberly Ramsawak, who helps give us a solution to this.   We had the privilege of helping Kimberly with her coaching business (even before we officially started our Professional Career Coach Training and Certification program). She never had a desire to become a career coach, or an entrepreneur for that matter. She spent over 20 years in the corporate world, largely working in marketing and sales. A lot of her work led to travel a lot around the world (in some cases, this made friends and family jealous). After a string of different changes, she ended up in the tourism and travel industry. Once, she was asked by student about how to get into the industry, so Kimberly helped her craft her resume, which led to her getting a travel job with more than a $30,000 raise.   That's when it clicked for her. She realized that there was an opportunity to help people by creating extreme value (a $30,000 raise with a job you love is pretty substantial)! Kimberly didn't waste time by trying to learn everything - she just took what she already knew. She began helping others get into the travel, tourism, and hospitality industry. Then in 2014, she formalized her coaching business and began to narrow and fine-tune her target market.   Again, notice that she didn't have to know everything about every industry. Kimberly just took her own experience in the travel and tourism industries to help people.   She leaned into her own experience and passion to start and grow her coaching business.   You can do the same thing - look at your own history and experience. Look at your own likes and strengths. Specifically look at where they intersect. Do you see that niche of people that you can help? It might not be a big group, but it's enough for you to help.  

Out of all the examples of career coaches that I've shared with you, many of them didn't realize their passion for coaching until they were in their career for at least a few years (sometimes a couple decades). Sarah is an exception to that. She identified her desire to "help individuals find careers where they thrive" when she was 21 and in college. Granted, she didn't know exactly how this would play out, and she came across some fantastic opportunities and some hard road blocks. Sarah actually came on the How to Become a Career Coach podcast to share how she got into career coaching.

"How do you determine what to charge for coaching?" "Should I do one-on-one coaching or group coaching?" "What if my target market can't afford my rates? Do I go broke, or do I just lose out on clients?" (and they don't get the help they need) These are common questions that new coaches often ask. In fact, these are questions that all coaches face when they hit a plateau or brick wall in finding new clients. While it's important to address these issues, realize that there is not just a single answer. You will probably be looking for an 'AND' solution. Listen to hear how Jennifer found a way to help her target market (also create additional benefits for clients), make it affordable for their financial situation, AND also provided the income she needed for herself.

Many people that think their dream is impossible. Sharissa Sebastian had been in the tech industry for years, but was wanting to make a transition out of that field. She was eventually introduced to coaching through Groupon. Her coach began talking with her about what her ideal situation would look like, but she was holding herself back. She didn't think that "ideal" wouldn't be realistic.   But Sharissa's coach asked her, "But what if it is possible?"

Allison was on the How to Become a Career Coach podcast about two months ago. She shared a lot about her journey to become a career coach, which started by going through our Career Change Bootcamp (CCB) program, where she identified that career coaching was her direction. Soon after identifying this, she enrolled in our Professional Career Coach Training and Certification program, targeting to finish in September 2019. She was all set for having herself setup for her coaching career business. It was then a few months later when she came on the podcast and shared her journey.   But, then, a week later, Allison had an emotional breakdown. She started to feel overwhelmed by the thought that "everyone" is becoming a career coach, so how would she distinguish herself from all the others. This is a real problem for anyone starting a business, especially a service-based business like career coaching. How do you differentiate yourself? What is your Unique Selling Proposition? Why would someone choose to work with you instead of _____?   Allison soon had a breakthrough when she began going back over her training for CCB. In CCB, you go through exercises to identify what it is you really want and who you want to work with/for. You also identify your Signature Strengths. Going through and reviewing these exercise with the lens of career coaching gave her the perspective she needed to identify her niche - how she would stand out in the sea of career coaches. Allison shares this new breakthrough on the HBCC podcast today, so listen to hear the details of how she went through this.   So, if you're thinking about becoming a career coach, the Professional Career Coach Training and Certification program will help you: Know how to work with a large variety of people in nearly any industry to help them identify their own ideal career. Understand a process and a framework to lead any client through nearly any situation OR when to help them get additional resources Have everything you need to get your first clients or get a role with a company you want to work with. Also, if you enroll in PCC you get access to all the CCB modules that Allison did, too. So you'll have even more resources to help you dig deeper and make your career coaching foundation even stronger and give you more clarity.   Enrollment closes on Monday, February 3, but you need to talk with Phillip first to make sure that this is the right fit for you right now. Schedule a conversation now so you don't miss the deadline!

Phillip joins me on the How to Become a Career Coach podcast. Phillip is the Director of Student and Client Success here at Happen To Your Career. And he helped to put the Professional Career Coach Training and Certification program together with me. Phillip is the one that you talk to when you schedule a conversation, and he has had the privilege of talking with everyone that has joined our program.   So, why is Phillip on the podcast with me? He's here to address some of the best questions we get about our PCC program and how to become a career coach.   If you'd like to talk to Phillip yourself about the PCC program, schedule a conversation with him now! There's only a week left to enroll, so there's no time to delay!

Jennifer Seaver Stokes is driven by her passion about the power of professional coaching partnership. With more than 7 years and 2000 hours of delivering highly effective coaching experiences, she’s been able to work with a wide variety of exceptional professionals and emotionally intelligent individuals. Today, she continues to inspire others to actively leverage their inner assets for outer success. In this episode, Jennifer shares her journey into becoming a career coach. She also gives us an insight as to what keeps her passionate and motivated.   Episode Spotlights: An Unexpected Beginning The Moment Jennifer Realized Coaching was Her Calling Qualifying as a Career Coach Coaching and Its Wonderful Joys What Makes Career Coaching Fulfilling? Jennifer’s Biggest Challenge as a Coach How Career Coaching Can Shape Your Life Coaching People with Permission vs without Permission Guidelines to Success for Beginners   Interested in enrolling for the self-paced professional career coach (PCC) training? Check out HappenToYourCareer.com/pcc! You may also directly email Scott at scott@happentoyourcareer.com with the subject “PCC”.

Do you feel unsatisfied with your job? Perhaps you’re just yearning for something new or maybe you’ve already thought about becoming a career coach. Either way, this episode will surely help you find direction! Rosa Andrews has 15 years of experience in Human Resource Management and Talent Acquisition. She has worked with entrepreneurial tech start-ups and Fortune 500 companies. Since making a move of coming out of her comfort zone in Chicago to teach in South Korea, Rosa  has been introduced to  great opportunities. Now, she’s working at a job she loves while handling her own career coaching business, Manifest Your Move. Join us in today’s episode as Rosa talks about her own experience in making a career change and how she was inspired to become a career coach. She also shares with us some useful tips and strategies for shifting careers, landing jobs, and getting out of your comfort zone.     Episode Spotlights: Rosa Talks About Flipping to a New Chapter in Her Life and Career (0:45) Realizing Her True Passion and Taking the Leap (2:31) Making Things Happen from South Korea to Hawaii (5:36) The Importance of Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone in Becoming a Career Coach (9:19) Qualifying as a Career Coach (10:40) Rosa’s Journey into Landing Her Dream Job (12:54) Actively Seeking Out Opportunities and Getting Certified (18:20) A Different Approach on Job Hunting (21:36) What Made it Difficult for Rosa in Making the Transition to Becoming a Professional Coach (23:41) A Day in the Life of Rosa (25:04)   AND MUCH MORE!   Resources Mentioned In This Episode:   Learn more about Rosa’s journey and what she does best at com. Connect with Rosa: Facebook LinkedIn Instagram

With the world in turmoil, it looks like the way work is done may be changing. Scott Anthony Barlow and Phillip Migyanko kick off season 3 with discussing how the future of career coaching will evolve. Also, Scott is passing the baton to Phillip as the host of this podcast for the season! It's going to be exciting as we get to dive further into what you can do to start or accelerate your career coaching business.   If you're looking for help with your career coaching business, check out our Professional Career Coach Training and Certification (PCC, for short) program. We are just opening the doors to this program next week, so check out the details now! In fact, you can get a head start and schedule a conversation with Phillip to see if PCC is right for you!

Over the years, we have analyzed a ton of coaching conversations to identify critical moments that lead to change. Then, we pulled out those moments and built a framework that delivers effective results over and over again. Whether you’ve never led a formal coaching session life or you’ve been coaching for many years, this model can help you piece together an entire coaching conversation from beginning to end. When you trust this model, you’ll go into each session confident that you’re providing value to your client. To understand the “why” behind the model, think of bumpers on a bowling lane.  When you go bowling WITHOUT bumpers, there’s no telling where your ball could end up. Maybe you’ll make it all the way down the lane and hit a pin, or maybe you’ll drop it into one of the gutters and get a giant goose egg on the scoreboard. But when you add in bumpers, you’re basically guaranteed to score a lot of points. Whether you’re the best bowler in the world - staying perfectly on track for a strike - or a newbie bouncing back and forth between the boundaries, your ball will end in success  That’s exactly what happens with our Coaching Conversations Model. When you follow this 5-part framework, you’ll end in success again and again and most importantly… this will create progress for your client (which we know creates momentum). You’ll have raving clients who feel like they’re getting an immense amount of value .   This week on the How to Become a Career Coach podcast, Jennifer Stokes joins Phillip Migyanko to talk about having these coaching conversations. Jennifer and Phillip have both been on the podcast before. Phillip is the one that helped develop the Professional Career Coach Training and Certification program and Jennifer is one of the coaches we have here at HTYC, and she helps the PCC program in the background.   Check out our Professional Career Coach Training and Certification program here!

"There’s a reason why free gym memberships don’t work: if you don’t put your own skin in the game, you aren’t going to prioritize it in your own life." That's a quote from Alex Durand, our guest on the How to Become a Career Coach podcast. Alex made this statement talking about how he learned to charge his clients for the coaching sessions. This thought process helped him (and his clients) to see the value in what he was offering while coaching. During the conversation that Phillip had with Alex on the podcast, there are a bunch of other great take-aways: What is coaching, really? Confronting the depression and burnout. Connecting the brain and body and know when to make a change - knowing when to take the leap. The ‘holy s*** what am I doing’ moment. Managing the feast or famine cycles Clinging to the identity of coach and being a coach. Taking action, building value, and delivering valuable services to the client.    Check out all the information about the Professional Career Coach Training and Certification program! Schedule a conversation with us to see how we can help you with your career coaching business.

Tara Padua faced her fear of becoming a career coach. Yes, she had many instances in her life that pointed to her skills and abilities as a coach. Yes, she had proven to be successful doing coaching sessions. But creating a full-time business was terrifying to her. But Tara knew that it was the right move to make. She created a plan that if she could get 10 paid clients successfully for six months, and save up six months worth of salary, then she would resign. It was an arbitrary goal at the time, but she felt like she needed a little runway just in case she didn’t get enough new clients. Those 10 paid clients made a huge difference in her coaching business and life. Tara was able to gain the confidence she needed to know that she really could build a business around coaching. She was able to establish systems and routines to keep new clients coming. And Tara joins Philip on the How to Become a Career Coach podcast to share her journey to become a career coach, jump the hurdle of her first 10 paid clients, and build her successful career coaching business. You’ll also learn: Tara’s formula for a successful coaching business How to overcome internal interferences How to help yourself reach your potential while helping your clients do the same What Brene Brown and Stephen Pressfield have to do with coaching

So you've been working with some coaching clients - congratulations!   But...   You are coaching for free or much less than you would like. As much as you love working with and helping people, you know that continuing doing this path is not sustainable in the long term. But you don't know how to make the transition. Good news - you're just like almost every coach out there. We have all been there, done that, got the t-shirt (or coffee mug, because we need coffee, right?).   Earlier this week in our training session, I addressed this question from Lara (and I want to share this with you, too): "I'm switching from unpaid to paid coaching. How to I explain my various services?"

As I talk with people about how they got into coaching, it’s always interesting to hear about all the different ways. It reminds me that there is no one path to becoming a coach. Our guest on the How to Become a Career Coach podcast today started as a marketer that was terrible with analytics but was great with the psychology aspects. He got tired of the networking events he attended and started hosting his own events that fostered great conversation. These events led to elevator pitch coaching, then to Personal brand coaching, and then a podcast. Through the podcast, he met people at the Muse, which brought him on as a career coach. That was just the beginning, though. It took years before he took his coaching full-time, and he’s going to share how a 6-month review at work led him to realize that his coaching on the side is what actually fit his life.   We are accepting application for the Professional Career Coach Training program. Your first step is to schedule a conversation with Phillip, our Director of Student and Client Success (no commitment or obligation). Is the future of your career coaching business worth the investment of 45 minutes?

As you become a career coach, you go through different stages. It’s a little different for everyone, but the basic stages are: You realize that you love helping people and having deep conversations You realize that coaching is something that you can actually do You start coaching on the side of your full-time job You eventually make the leap to full-time coach But when you’re standing on that dock ready to get into the boat, how do you figure out when and how to make the leap? Well, today, we’re going to hear from someone has recently made that leap. She officially decided to become a career coach full-time back in 2018, but had some mind gremlins to deal with. So you’re going to hear how she overcame those mind gremlins to make the leap. You’ll also hear how she used Linkedin to get her first paid client, the value of investing in herself, and how she was able to go from crawling to jogging in just a matter of months. I want to introduce you to our guest today, Erin Allett, a career coach at the University of Michigan. She is also enrolled in our Professional Career Coach Training and Certification program. If you want to schedule a conversation with Phillip to see if PCC is right for you, click here.

In this last episode Season 3 of How To Become a Career Coach, Scott Anthony Barlow, CEO of Happen To Your Career and founder of the professional Career Coach Training and Certification, shares what makes the most successful coaches, what failures he’s had along the way, and the surprising place you should focus your time if you want to become a phenomenal coach that truly helps others get insane results. 

That's a wrap for season three of the How to Become a Career Coach podcast! Thank you for listening and for rating, reviewing and sharing the show. Stay tuned for some bonus episodes soon and for season four later this year. Season 4 is not about just getting started, but transitioning to full-time coaching and diving deeper into what this could look like for you

Every superhero has an origin story. When you look at Iron Man (you can substitute your favorite superhero), what you see when he is fighting Thanos in Avengers: Endgame is not his whole story. He started as a very different person - a self-indulgent billionaire playboy - and had a journey of change and growth to become the hero we love. On the podcast today, we’ll be looking at the origin story of our company, Happen To Your Career, and pulling out the lessons you can learn as you start your career coaching business.

Many beginning career coaches think, “We've got this brand that came with the idea, it's gonna go forever!” But at the end of the day, it changes it more as you grow as a person, because that's this whole process that your business grows as well. And with that growth that comes challenges. Lisa Lewis-Miller joins us on the podcast to share her advice as she has gone through 3 big changes in her coaching business in 5 years. You’ll learn: Breaking down some of the biggest challenges Lisa had in starting her own business The sacrifices Lisa had to make along the way Some of the biggest things that you need to know about opening up your own business Things you don't need to worry about (especially in the beginning stages) What's going to actually get you in front of paying clients to build a six figure business

Jess Smith spent years in a role that didn’t fit. She then moved into a role as a recruiter in a tech firm, utilizing her skills and strengths. She breaks down the first steps of becoming a coach and takeaways from her experience starting her own coaching business a year and a half ago. On the podcast, you'll hear the biggest insights, lessons, and takeaways Jess had in her first year and a half of going full time into her coaching business.   Check out the Professional Career Coach Training and Certification program now!

Everyone loves getting a behind the scenes look. Today, we get a glimpse behind the scenes of our Professional Career Coach Training program as we have a conversation with Stephanie Constant. Stephanie has vast experience: working at large tech companies (like Adobe and Amazon), owning her own businesses. She has conducted over 500 plus interviews at Amazon. She has this world-class ability to listen. You'll hear how that's projected her now and in her coaching business to build her success and earn the opportunity to help people.

Finding and growing a relationship with your audience is a key aspect of your career coaching business. Austin Belcak is one of those people who is really great at his craft, both coaching and really creating his own career coaching business while working a full time job at Microsoft. You’ll learn how he developed his SEO, LinkedIn strategy, and Instagram strategy in developing his business and ultimately creating an audience, cultivating relationships along the way.

As you work on building your coaching business, you have to make the decision how you want to build it. For example, you can do it all yourself or you can build a team. If you build a team, there are then different options on how you do that. We have discovered that there is a difference between running a coaching business and being the CEO of your coaching business. Jena Viviano joins us to share how she has made several bold moves to build her coaching business.

If you were to list some of the hardest things to do in life, it would include things like getting married, having a baby, starting a business, and moving. Now imagine moving internationally and starting a coaching business at the same time. Rosie McCarthy joins us on the How to Become a Career Coach podcast today to show us how to do the hardest things in your life all at the same time. You’ll learn how to focus on just one simple method to building a coaching business that works (even if you’re not moving internationally at the same time). You'll also learn how to use your past learnings and experiences. For her, it was using the Youtube channel she already created.

There are 3 main stages or types of coaching businesses. It’s not like you have to progress to the 3rd stage or that you are less successful at the first stage, but you do need to understand what they are and which stage you’re in. You also need to decide what stage you want to be in (if you’re not already there). Jenny Blake went through all three of these stages as she grew her business. She not only learned how to help her clients pivot in their career, but she also learned how to pivot her own business through each of the 3 stages. Listen to this episode to learn what these 3 stages are, decide both where you are now and where you want to go, and then create a plan to pivot and grow.

We are at a time when anybody can call themselves a coach. The hard thing is getting yourself to stand out from the rest so people can understand how you’re different and how you can help them. So today, I’m excited to start season 5 of this podcast by bringing on Scott Anthony Barlow, the founder of Happen To Your Career. We talk about how you can differentiate yourself as a coach and how running a coaching business is more than just having 1-on-1 conversations with clients.

Part of taking your coaching business to the next level is honing your skills, setting up systems, and knowing your target client. Another, and equally important, aspect is surrounding yourself with the right people. If you’re the smartest person in the room, you won’t be on a growth track - you need to surround yourself with those that you aspire to be like. Brad Finkeldei joins Phillip to talk about how he leveraged relationships to grow himself and his coaching business.   To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts at https://www.happentoyourcareer.com/how-to-become-a-career-coach-podcast/ Check out our Professional Career Coach Training and Certification program: https://www.happentoyourcareer.com/professional-career-coach-certification/

Many new coaches get tripped up on the idea of how they help people and how they figure out what they want. Mo Chanmugham, one of our amazing coaches here at HTYC, joins us to break down how new coaches can help people start figuring out what they want and how you can begin figuring this out for yourself in your coaching journey. You'll see how we help train people to become world-class level coaches (specifically in our PCC program), how people decide what they want in their career and ultimately lives, and validate those decisions by setting up career experiments.

One of the struggles that new coaches have is imposter syndrome. It keeps them from having the confidence they need while working with their clients. It keeps them from helping their clients to their full potential.It keeps them from raising their rates. So what is imposter syndrome? How can you overcome it? Keep listening to this conversation I’m having today with Goli Kalkhoran. She’s a lawyer-turned-entrepreneur, but that’s just a quick summary of her story.

Many times, there isn’t a straight line from your first career to becoming a career coach. This isn’t a bad thing, and it can lead to some really great opportunities; but not everyone sees or understands the potential benefits. Jenny Foss was one that didn’t take a straight line in her life in general, so her mom called her a unicorn. Jenny shares how she used her unique skills and approach to life and careers to transition from journalism to career coach to adding other career services. To binge-listen to all the Career Coach episodes: https://www.happentoyourcareer.com/how-to-become-a-career-coach-podcast/ Or check our our Professional Career Coach Training program

There isn’t just one way to become a career coach or build your coaching business (which we talk about a lot on the podcast). The best way to be successful is to make your business fit you. Lydia Lee started her career coaching business 7 years ago. In this conversation, she talks about how you need to rewrite the story in your head, adapting marketing strategies to fit who you are (not just make yourself fit into someone else’s business model), and how to grow from one stage to the next.   To binge-listen to all the Career Coach episodes: https://www.happentoyourcareer.com/how-to-become-a-career-coach-podcast/ Or check our our Professional Career Coach Training program Check out the Ultimate Guide to Becoming a Career Coach!

Change is inevitable and, many times, out of our control (2020 has been a prime example of this). But the question is: How do you deal with the change? Specifically, how can you adapt your coaching business when facing changing circumstances in your life. Jeff has spent 40 years as an IT professional in a wide variety of industries and roles. In March of 2020, he left IT to go out on his own to start his own coaching business (he transitioned into full-time coaching during Covid AND at 62 years old). To binge-listen to all the Career Coach episodes: https://www.happentoyourcareer.com/how-to-become-a-career-coach-podcast/ Or check our our Professional Career Coach Training program Check out the Ultimate Guide to Becoming a Career Coach!

It would be great if building a business was easy. But entrepreneurship does have its (many?) struggles. What if you could strategically choose your struggles? Chris Villanueva learned how to choose his own struggles, which actually was the best thing for his business. Listen to this conversation to hear you can strategically layer success by listening to where the opportunities are.   To binge-listen to all the Career Coach episodes: https://www.happentoyourcareer.com/how-to-become-a-career-coach-podcast/ Or check our our Professional Career Coach Training program Check out the Ultimate Guide to Becoming a Career Coach!

Many people that start a coaching business start their business while working a full-time job. This enables them to have a consistent income through their day job, but start working with clients and slowly building their business on the side. Rachael Gatling works a full-time job, but she is also the founder of ‘Change Your Story’ professional development coaching. Rachel shares her productivity tips, her processes to keep things running smoothly, and how to be intentional with your resources.   To binge-listen to all the Career Coach episodes: https://www.happentoyourcareer.com/how-to-become-a-career-coach-podcast/ Or check our our Professional Career Coach Training program Check out the Ultimate Guide to Becoming a Career Coach!   To binge-listen to all the Career Coach episodes: https://www.happentoyourcareer.com/how-to-become-a-career-coach-podcast/ Or check our our Professional Career Coach Training program Check out the Ultimate Guide to Becoming a Career Coach!

One of the struggles when starting or growing a coaching business is wondering if you’re actually connecting with your target audience. Today, we get to hear from Dr. Benjamin Ritter of Live For Yourself Coaching. He works with individuals to develop their personal brand, get clear on the work they were meant to do, and grow that into a meaningful career. As a career coach, you also want to develop both your personal and professional brand so you can really resonate with your target audience.   To binge-listen to all the Career Coach episodes: https://www.happentoyourcareer.com/how-to-become-a-career-coach-podcast/ Or check our our Professional Career Coach Training program Check out the Ultimate Guide to Becoming a Career Coach!

Rachel Fritz joins us to share how taking care of yourself really helps to grow your coaching business. Rachel is a Registered Nurse who transitioned into career coaching. Rachel is also a life coach who specialized in the Enneagram. She shares her journey to discovering her true type, connecting all the dots in her own life, and how she implements what she’s learned with her coaching clients.   To binge-listen to all the Career Coach episodes: https://www.happentoyourcareer.com/how-to-become-a-career-coach-podcast/ Or check our our Professional Career Coach Training program Check out the Ultimate Guide to Becoming a Career Coach!

Building a coaching business can be hard. Not only are you working hard to help people with their careers, but you need to take care of yourself as well. Plus, what about all the personal issues your clients come across, but you still need to help address because it affects their career. Beth Rashleigh is a career coach and she shares how to choose your niche as a new coach, take care of yourself, and develop resilience so you can help your clients even better.   To binge-listen to all the Career Coach episodes: https://www.happentoyourcareer.com/how-to-become-a-career-coach-podcast/ Or check our our Professional Career Coach Training program Check out the Ultimate Guide to Becoming a Career Coach!