Training as a coach can be a life-changing learning and personal development experience but what is life actually like once the training is over? We spent a ‘day in the life’ of three Barefoot Coaching alumni to help shed some light on the daily realities, challenges and rewards of working as a coach.

Training as a coach can be a life-changing learning and personal development experience but what is life actually like once the training is over? We spent a ‘day in the life’ of three Barefoot Coaching alumni to help shed some light on the daily realities, challenges and rewards of working as a coach.

My experience of working as a coach for the past 20 years has taught me that women often have difficulty acknowledging their achievements and ‘blowing their own trumpets.’ Many of my female coaching clients have confessed to experiencing Impostor Syndrome, which means that they are unable to believe that they are competent, they feel like a fraud, think they will be “found out” and lack self-belief.

Newly qualified coaches often ask me “How do I get credibility as a coach when it is obvious to clients that I have not been coaching for very long?”. So, how do you bridge this credibility gap? What got you here WILL get you there.

The creation of a coaching culture has become a goal for many organisations. If you are just starting out on this journey here are some questions to ask before you begin, followed by some of Barefoot’s top tips to move you closer to achieving your goal.

Most of the students who graduate from our Postgraduate programmes in coaching say that they use the coaching skills in their daily lives – with their partners, children and friends as well as in the workplace.