A Fireside Chat with Dr. Patrick Williams

Dear Fellow Coaches:

I just returned from my second National Wellness Conference in Stevens Point on the University of Wisconsin campus. I love this conference. I went last year for the first time and delivered two presentations on coaching. My colleague and the director of our wellness coaching classes at ILCT, Dr. Michael Arloski, also presented on coaching. Michael has been going to this conference for 25 years and encouraged me to go and I am so glad he did. Coaching is becoming a hot topic at the wellness conference and they now give continuing education credits for ICF certified coaches!!!

I encourage you to attend next year, and even submit a proposal to present. This is a conference (www.nationalwellness.org) where everyone wears shorts and t-shirts all week, does Tai Chi, yoga, NIA classes and more in the morning, noon and evening and the presentations and keynotes are very good. So if you want to learn, and make new friends in a college atmosphere come to Stevens Point, Wisconsin the week of July 15, 2006...and stay in the college dorms for a real campus experience (but bring your own pillow!!!)

Happy Coaching,

Pat

20 Moments of Truth

20 Moments of Truth are the moments at which a person
1) chooses to use your services
2) chooses to continue to use your services, or
3) chooses to use your services again and recommends you to their friends
    and family.

These occur:
1. When a person hears someone else praise you or your work.
2. When a person likes your physical presentation (appearance, handshake, voice,
    smile, etc.)
3. When a person is touched intellectually and emotionally by what you say.
4. When a person recognizes you as a model of who or what they would like to
    become.  (Unconditionally constructive, get that people are right; tell the truth;
    the present is perfect, etc.)
5. When a person experiences that you are consistently excellent technically.
6. When a person knows that you care.
7. When a person feels that they are safe with you.
8. When a person trusts your professional credentials.
9. When a person thinks they will be challenged and get what they need from you.
    (Specific coaching for what they presented.)
10. When a person pays your fee without any conversation.
11. When a person looks forward to small gifts and  thoughtful messages from you.
12. When a person knows that you will make it right for them, if they have a complaint.
13. When a person knows that your fee is slightly above the industry standard, and
     feels you’re worth it.
14. When a person is sure that their success and well-being is your priority.
15. When a person knows that you never stop growing professionally.
16. When a person is asked to tell you their expectations and frustrations about
     the service you provide.
17. When a person knows that you have designed your business around what is
     convenient for them.
18. When a person is able to reach you effortlessly. (If you can’t answer the
     phone in person, you have a secretary, voice mail or answering machine,
     cellular phone or pager, AND you respond.)
19. When a person can count on you to treat them as a unique individual with
     unique needs.
20. When a person knows you will remember their birthday and their kids’ names.

Live Training with Patick Williams, the ambassado of life coaching

Opportunity to train with Patrick Williams live in Cape Cod!!!!
Dear ILCT members, and Tomorrow's Life Coach subscribers

Patrick Williams is once again presenting his very popular workshop in Cape Cod this summer with the New England Educational Institute, August 22-26. Even though the symposium is called Therapist as Life Coach, it is applicable for anyone who wants to hear Pat's perspective on Life Coaching as the operating system of all coaching and how it is different and a unique profession. Topics include history of coaching, distinctions, and practice....all done with Pat's humor and enthusiastic and engaging style.

Click here for details:

http://www.neei.org/workshops/conference_details.aspx?WID=2&CID=25

THERE IS STILL ROOM FOR 25 PEOPLE!!!!

This symposium has been designed to provide participants with an understanding of the theory, historical perspective, and practical methodology of the profession of personal and professional coaching and how it has evolved. This symposium will clarify the distinction between therapy and coaching. Participants will learn skills that are transferable from the field of therapy and skills that need to be "unlearned." This symposium has been designed for participants who would like to understand further the field of coaching and how they may incorporate it into their practice or evolve their practice into one entirely of coaching.

Live coaching demonstrations, practical experience, and interactive worksheets will be utilized to illustrate coaching principles and techniques.