Maximize Your Coaching Impact: 5 Techniques for Delivering Powerful Results for Your Clients

As a coach, one of your key responsibilities is to ensure your clients keep moving forward. This involves using a range of coaching techniques to help their growth. It’s all about guiding them on their transformative journey.
Here are 5 techniques to provide powerful results for your clients.
Goal SettingGoal setting is an essential technique to help clients achieve their desired outcomes. Coaches usually use the SMART goal-setting approach to make goals clear and achievable. It states they should be Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound.
Another important technique is breaking up large goals into smaller milestones. This makes the process feel less overwhelming and gives your clients successes to celebrate along the way.
Setting ExpectationsSetting the right expectations for each session is essential for maximizing results. Each session should move clients toward their milestones and goals. This keeps things focused and helps to demonstrate the progress you’re making together.
Before each session, you should be clear with the client about what you hope to achieve. Coming up with an agenda can help with this.
The client may also have homework or action items to prepare before the lesson.
Be EmpatheticEmpathize with your client. Put yourself in your clients’ shoes and try to see the world from their point of view. This helps you better understand and connect to give them the proper guidance.
Express this empathy with phrases that show you understand. These could be things like, “That must be frustrating,” or, “You must be worried.” Use ones that move this expression of empathy in a constructive direction, like, “I understand why you feel that way,” or, “Let’s talk about how we can move forward.”
Positive FramingA significant part of your coaching role is providing emotional support and motivation. While acknowledging challenges and setbacks, you should emphasize what’s working well and focus on your client’s strengths. This is more likely to generate insights and lead to positive transformation.
Following upAfter each session, summarize its key takeaways and action items for the client to complete before the next session. You can take the energy of the lesson and keep the momentum going so they continue progressing between this session and the next. This may include check-ins between sessions to confirm progress and provide feedback.
Your coaching sessions are only as valuable as the results they deliver to your clients. That is why using these techniques is crucial to ensure you provide the promised value.
By understanding these techniques for delivering results to your clients, you will begin to build relationship and credibility which thereby creates a more fulfilling and profitable business relationship. 

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​Pat Simes is a Business Strategist, blogger, course creator and Founder of Innovative Business Solutions and Innovate Academy. She currently resides in the Midwest and is committed to inspiring and empowering entrepreneurs to transform their vision to reality.