Fireside Chat with Ross Nichols

Initial chat - key moments:

3.47 - Introduction to Ross 

5.37 - How Ross made the journey into coaching

7.32 - What influences Ross’ coaching style

8.57 - What transpersonal coaching is

10:40 - How Ross taps into the deeper, more intuitive space with his clients

12:25 - How to understand your own coaching style

13:45 - How Ross works with a client’s shadow side

16:12 - What are the type of clients Ross normally works with 

16:38 - What type of leadership coaching Ross undertakes

18:53 - How Ross’s coaching approach changes according to who he’s working with

19:46 - How Ross uses some of the exercises in the Firework toolkit

21:27 - Why Ross built his coaching business around his intuitive side

23:51 - What methods Ross used to develop his business plan

27:55 - How Ross is allowing is business to develop

28:39 - Why Ross undertakes pro-bono work 

Audience Q&A - key moments:

29:56 - Whether working in the shadow side borders working in the realms of psychology

31:23 - How Ross’ coaching with people affected by cancer evolved

33.27 - What Ross does to maintain his resilience when working with clients in the shadow side 

35:05 - How Ross uses his knowledge and personal experience when working with his clients

36:29 - How Ross finds his clients

38:21 - Which method Ross uses to contract his clients

39:44 - Whether Ross uses more conventional approaches to grow his business

41:27 - What is a Firework Coach and how it differs from other career coaching

43:37 - Whether Ross ever follows the full structure of the Firework programme

44:12 - How Ross charges for his coaching sessions

48:28 - Whether Ross has developed his own framework for coaching clients

53:12 - Whether Ross gives exercises as homework

53:21 - How Ross introduces some of the techniques to clients that might be a bit ‘stiff’

54:35 - Whether Ross recommends the ICF qualification

55:27 - What is Ross’ biggest learning as an experienced coach, compared to when he was a novice