{"id":12270,"date":"2015-04-07T06:00:15","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T10:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webstage1.com\/c4c\/?p=12270"},"modified":"2018-11-28T11:24:00","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T16:24:00","slug":"coaching-challenge-3-charging-a-fee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coaching4clergy.com\/coaching-challenge-3-charging-a-fee\/","title":{"rendered":"Coaching Challenge #3 &#8211; Charging a Fee"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>We&#8217;re looking at the biggest challenges as a new coach.\u00a0 In previous articles, I wrote about the problem with <b>Trying <a href=\"https:\/\/coaching4clergy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/dollar-sign.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11032\" src=\"https:\/\/coaching4clergy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/dollar-sign.jpg\" alt=\"dollar sign\" width=\"125\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a>to Fix People<\/b> and <b>What to say next.\u00a0 <\/b>Today I am writing about the challenge of <b>Charging a Fee<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>This challenge appears in a variety of issues:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How do you get people to hire you?<\/li>\n<li>What should I charge?<\/li>\n<li>When should I begin charging a fee?<\/li>\n<li><b>I&#8217;ve never sold anything, how do I sell coaching?<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m smiling as I review these questions &#8212; as a new coach, I also asked these questions. In fact, I was convinced that if there was an assessment that could gauge how successful a person would be at getting hired, that I would fail. To my knowledge there is no such assessment, and\u00a0<b>if you arenot good at selling &#8211; I have good news for you!<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the good news:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>No &#8220;selling experience&#8221; is a positive, not a negative!\u00a0 <\/b>I&#8217;m living proof.<\/li>\n<li><b>Stop SELLING!<\/b>\u00a0 Instead, focus on meeting a need. What&#8217;s the need your coaching is addressing? People hire me because I am meeting a need that they have. And if I can&#8217;t meet their need, I help them find someone who can.<\/li>\n<li><b>It&#8217;s an INVESTMENT!<\/b>\u00a0 When I charge a fee, I am inviting the person to invest in themselves. The fee, along with their time and the action they take, is their investment. In my opinion, if someone is unwilling to invest in themselves, then they are not ready to be coached.<\/li>\n<li><b>Start small. <\/b>Set a fee that you can ask for with a straight face, and without apology.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t laugh, but the first fee that I charged for a month of coaching was $25.00. At that time, it took $25.00 to fill my car&#8217;s gas tank.\u00a0 I figured I was worth at least a tank of gas.\u00a0 BTW-the next person to hire me paid a higher fee. Over time, I stepped up my fees.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I know that for many of you, coaching is built into your job description.\u00a0 Charging a fee of your ministry group may not be appropriate. I would still press for some kind of investment on the coachee&#8217;s part.\u00a0 It&#8217;s in their best interest.<\/p>\n<p>Next week&#8217;s topic&#8211;how to let go of a brilliant question or insight.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>All the best to you,<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><em><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/origin.ih.constantcontact.com\/fs132\/1100617686073\/img\/30.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"40\" name=\"ACCOUNT.IMAGE.30\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" \/><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re looking at the biggest challenges as a new coach.\u00a0 In previous articles, I wrote about the problem with Trying to Fix People and What to say next.\u00a0 Today I am writing about the challenge of Charging a Fee. 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