Fifteen Minute Personal Coaching

Now more than ever people need a mentor, a coach to help them with challenges in their lives. Many of us are dealing with financial loss, layoffs, relationship problems and are looking for help. Unfortunately hiring a life/success coach can be expensive. However in response to this need many coaches are offering alternatives.

The standard life coaching program is 3-4 one hour phone sessions a month at a monthly average fee of $300.00. Some of the top coaches charge even more. Of course as a coach I will tell you that whatever the fee is the changes that can occur in a successful coaching relationship more than pays for the cost of the fees, especially when measured against what these changes will mean through out a person's life. But the realty is many people just can't afford these fees and coaches like every business are feeling the effects of the economic slow down.

So here's the newest alternative. It's called the 15 Minute Coach. This is an intensive, focus approach usually dealing with an immediate, urgent challenge the client is facing. Here's an outline of how it works.

1. The client and the coach set up a schedule of 15 minute sessions usually three sessions a month.

2. The fee is usually $15.00 a session or $45.00 for the month.

3. The coach and client agree on one area to focus on.

4. Most coaches allow emails throughout the month where the client and coach can check on progress and/or ask questions.

5. An action plan is drawn up with specific steps and objectives and a schedule for completion.

6. Each session is intense and to the point. With the client reporting on progress and the coach guiding them to the next step.

Obviously fifteen minutes is a very short period of time. Because of this the weekly action steps need to be achievable within the time frame. Most importantly the client must be ready, willing and able to make this commitment. The coaching serves almost as a weekly reminder. Did you complete the action step? if not why not? What do you need to do to complete the action and move on to the next? It takes commitment by both the client and coach, but the fifteen minute coaching can be a solution for a problem/challenge that has you struck.