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INFORMATION FOR TRAINEE LIFE COACHES ON THE CLASSIC PLUS CERTIFICATION TRACK

If you're enrolled with New Insights on the CLASSIC PLUS Certification Track there's some information you should know about the process and the rules of engagement that apply with your mentor coach.

VIP COACHES: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

New Insights VIP (Valued Independent Partner) coaches are quite a rare breed. They are all experienced, New Insights trained and certified coaches that are well versed in our Coaching System and processes.

The appointment of VIP coaches is exclusively by invitation, based on their passion and commitment. They then complete specialist advanced level training.

We trust them to provide quality coaching and mentoring services with care and attention.

It's important to know that these coaches are not employed by New Insights. They are independent operators who contract their coaching services to New Insights under mutually agreed terms.

APPOINTING YOUR VIP MENTOR COACH

Your mentor coach will be appointed by New Insights, based on availability, approximately one month after you enrolled with us. You will be notified of the appointment by email.

You can then contact your coach and agree when it will be best to start the engagement (subject to the six month restriction below).

This gives you some time to study the first two or three modules of the skills training theory (See: 'Keeping Ahead With the Theory' below).

RULES OF ENGAGEMENT WITH YOUR MENTOR COACH

THE WINDOW FOR COACHING SERVICES

In order to assist our mentor coaches with planning their commitments we restrict the mentoring services offered as part of the CLASSIC PLUS Track to a 12 month window during your maximum 24 month certification period.

You must commence coaching and mentoring services (i.e. the agreed starting date) at any time before the 6 month anniversary of your registration/enrolment date as detailed on your invoice.

You must then complete the coaching/mentoring engagement within a further 12 months of the starting date agreed with your coach.

COACH's OBLIGATION

Your mentor coach is contracted to provide you with coaching and mentoring services that may involve up to a maximum of 20 hours of their time.

the objective of mentor coaching

The primary aim of the mentoring is to help you build confidence and competence with your practice coaching, and your effectiveness in applying the various concepts, tools and techniques you have learnt from the skills training theory.

NATURE of mentor coaching

You will work with your coach to agree the blend of coaching and mentoring that will be most effective for you.

It is anticipated that most of the time will be used to help familiarise you with the New Insights Life Coaching System. You will gain a lot from getting to experience what it is liked to be coached while, at the same time being offered tips and advice to enhance your own coaching ability.

We strongly advocate setting aside enough time during the period of your engagement for the following:

A 'coach-the-coach' session to test your basic coaching ability.
A session in which your coach will test your ability to explain, succinctly and accurately, the topic of each of the sessions included in the System.

KEEPING AHEAD WITH THE THEORY

The coaching and mentoring services can only be effective if you have already studied the skills training material that will be covered in the coaching and mentoring sessions.

To this end we strongly recommend that you complete at least the first two skills training modules before starting the engagement with your coach. Your theory study plan should ensure that you keep ahead of the practical work to be covered in the sessions you plan with your coach.

THE COACHING MEDIUM

The Coaching and Mentoring services will be provided remotely via Zoom, Skype or similar free VOIP services, and will require you to have a suitably reliable broadband Internet connection.

ADDITIONAL CHARGES

The Programme fee you have paid covers the services described above.

Should you and your coach agree to any alternative arrangements (such as meeting face-to-face at a neutral venue for example) then your coach will be entitled to charge any additional costs that he or she may incur in carrying out such arrangement (e.g. travel costs).

Any such costs must be agreed separately between you and your coach and will be payable by you directly to your coach.

GENERAL

It is important that you respect your coach's professional time (you would no doubt expect the same from your clients one day).

Please give your coach at least 24 hours notice if you need to reschedule a pre-agreed session. As you will come to appreciate in your practice coaching, preparing for a session only to be let down with minimal notice, is a real inconvenience!