Comments on: Free Coach Training: What’s It Worth?

By: Janice Learmond-Criqui

Janice Learmond-Criqui — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:22:30 +0000

No probs Julia…. I am smiling…..

By: Julia Stewart

Julia Stewart — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:52:56 +0000

Hi Janice – We do have those certifications, but they’re labor intensive and expensive to administer, so we don’t offer them for free.

By: Janice Learmond-Criqui

Janice Learmond-Criqui — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:27:36 +0000

Dear MJ Brewer: I fully applaud and love Julia’s idea “to spread the value of coaching to anyone who wants it” and to provide a certificate for this training. All I am saying is that the certificate should be provided upon completion of an assessment of the individual. In Trinidad, the citizens can attend University and get access to Tertiary Education for “free” because the government will pay the “school fees” but that does not mean that we get away from having to take exams and graduate from the respective institution that we will be pursuing the program/course with.

A certificate from SCM must be able to stand up to scrutiny and protect the reputation of the organization.

By: Julia Stewart

Julia Stewart — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:51:49 +0000

Thanks Rey, Janice and MJ ~ The feedback is great!

By: MJ Brewer

MJ Brewer — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 07:06:08 +0000

I applaud Julia for putting this practice together, whether for herself or for us, because either way I’m using the information I’ve been able to gather.

I’m sorry to disagree with Janice when she says, “Only then can I see the free coach training program working and being of benefit to alot of people” in reference to verbal interaction with coaches. I see a lot of benefit, albeit not a full-license benefit. That would be greedy and expecting Julia to do it all for free… I’m guessing she must eat like the rest of us.

I just want to say I’m very pleased to get the useful information Julia’s willing to delve out and eager to sink my teeth in and make it my own. They say that coaches can be taught, but REAL coaches are born, and I believe it. Only the ones needing to be spoonfed every ounce of information are lacking the integrity to do some work and make their own discoveries known. This is known as “piggybacking” in the marketing world. I am an explorer!

By: Janice Learmond-Criqui

Janice Learmond-Criqui — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 20:54:22 +0000

I am so happy that I have been able to generate some comments on this post. As indicated, my concern is that proper oral and online assessments are put in place. Only then can I see the free coach training program working and being of benefit to alot of people.

By: Rey Carr

Rey Carr — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 18:57:15 +0000

I echo the comments made by others in response to the direction taken by Julia. Some people might balk at the risk of providing valuable work for at no cost, but as Chris Anderson has pointed out in his book, Free…, there is not only a significant marketing payoff, but also considerable spiritual and emotional value.

We stumbled onto this idea when we started our web presence in 1991, and the return has been exponential. Way to go Julia!

By: Donna Steinhorn

Donna Steinhorn — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:09:26 +0000

Thomas Leonard, who popularized coaching in the 1990s, used this identical paradigm, giving away for free much of his intellectual property around coaching. Many of today’s coach training programs are based on his work, and many of the trainers in the universities were trained on his work. Bottom line, whether the training is free or expensive, good content (and Julia’s is) studied by many people will have a ripple effect. A good coach will go on to study further, digging deeper. I see this when I mentor coaches, and even more at CAM. Bravo to Julia.

By: Janice Learmond-Criqui

Janice Learmond-Criqui — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:12:32 +0000

Looking forward to the experience..

By: Adela Rubio

Adela Rubio — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 19:09:17 +0000

Julia is not only a brilliant marketer but a brilliant coach trainer. I can get behind anything she does because she embodies excellence and integrity.

It blew me away when she told me what she was doing. My sense is that when people experience her free coach training not only will they be wowed by it, but it will also raise the bar for other coaching programs. That’s great news for everyone, a win-win all around.

I know Julia delivers. Her focus on coaching mastery in her paid programs is a purposeful and powerful expression of Julia’s talent and expertise.