Gifts For Those Who Have Everything Except Good EQ Skills - Topix

Last year, Anderson & Anderson Anger Management was asked to offer Gift Certificates for a ten-hour course in Emotional Intelligence/Anger Management. We placed a small announcement on our website and were surprised with the results.

1). The first participant was a Catholic Priest who was stunned but appreciative.

2). Another participant was Mormon Bishop from an adjoining County who drove considerable distance on a weekly basis to complete the 10 -hour course.

3). A physician received his Gift Certificate from his thirteen –year- old son who claimed to be afraid of his father.

4.) An Attorney came at the urging of his own HR Manager who feared a hostile work environment lawsuit based on the attorneys’ behavior at work.

5. Four members of a five person Medical Group insisted that the fifth member of the group accept their gift for this course.

6). The man who suggested that we offer Gift Certificates bought tem which he gave to special people in his life including his mother.

7.) Finally, a women ended her engagement with her fiancée and gave him a certificate to attend anger management.

Anger Management Coaching begins with the internationally recognized Bar On EQi Emotional Intelligence Assessment which can be accessed On-line. When based on skill enhancement in Emotional Intelligence, impulse control/ Anger Management is useful and positive for anyone interested in increasing his or her skills in emotional intelligence.

George Anderson, MSW, BCD, CAMF

www.andersonservices.com

Coaching for Emotional Intelligence/Impulse Control is the latest Celebrity Trend

Civility Training for Attorneys, Executive Coaching for Emotional Intelligence and Coaching for "disruptive physicians" have gone a long ways in making intervention for anger management acceptable if not a new sign of status.

Sports figures, the Hollywood elite as well as discrete politicians are quietly seeking Emotional Intelligence Coaching for Impulse Control/Anger Management. Since Emotional Intelligence Coaching does not have any stigmas attached, it has no negatives. High profile clients who may consider counseling or psychotherapy or even anger management as negative are more open to Emotional Intelligence Coaching.

This new Coaching for self-control consists of the Bar On EQi Emotional Intelligence Assessment, The Practice of Control client workbook, DVDs as well as the popular Contrasting Wheels of Behavior. Coaching can be scheduled live and via phone.

George Anderson, MSW, BCD, CAMF

310-207-3591

andersonandandersonapc@gmail.com

How To Get Listed As A Certified Anderson & Anderson Provider

We at Anderson & Anderson are excited to announce that we are in the process of updating our internationally recognized Certified Anger Management/Emotional Intelligence Provider List.

Click here to see if your practice is on this prized list: https://www.andersonservices.com/blog/certified-providers/

If you are a for-profit organization and you would to have your site listed. Visit our store or phone our office and confirm that you meet the following requirements:

·      You have completed the 40-hour certification in the Anderson & Anderson Anger Management/Emotional Intelligence Curriculum.

·      You must show evidence that you have completed 16 hours of CEUs each year since becoming certified.

·      You have purchased and routinely use the Anderson & Anderson client workbooks for Adolescents and Adults.

·      You have purchased and use the Gaining Control Of Ourselves DVD, Styles of Communication DVD, Session One DVD, Contrasting Wheels of Behavior Posters and Mini Wheel Cards.

·      You use either the new Bar On EQi 2.0 Emotional Intelligence Assessment or some other Pre and Post Test for Anger Management. Anderson & Anderson is MHS Certified to administer and interpret the Bar On EQi 2.0 Assessment for your and all of your clients.

·      You must provide us with the information for your listing consistent with the format already used on our website and, you must pre- pay for 12 months at a rate of $39 per month.

For additional information, contact George Anderson at 310-207-3591.

George Anderson, BCD, CEAP, CAMF

Trends In Executive Coaching

By Joan Caruso

It’s been more than a decade since coaching gained a toehold in the corporate environment, and it has continued to broaden its acceptance. I find it valuable to periodically take stock of emerging trends in the field and validate them against our own experience at The Ayers Group.

1.             Here are some of my observations:  

2.             Coaching continues to become more of an executive perk. As I reported in the Fall 2004 issue of the Ayers Report (“The Perk That Pays Back”), this trend emerged at the beginning of the decade. Then coaching shifted back to a remedial focus during the economic downturn. Over the last two years, however, we’ve seen steadily less use of executive coaching for remedial situations and more of a focus on using it to develop and retain high-potential employees and high flyers.

3.             Companies are giving more attention than ever to the coach-coachee matching process. A 2004 survey* of executive learning methods by Executive Development Associates found “the match between leader and coach to be much more critical than expected.” Our clients are asking for more information about the criteria for creating the optimal match. We tell them it’s our responsibility to bring in-depth knowledge of our coaches to the table, but the more information the client can provide about a coaching candidate—learning and developmental style, coaching objectives, etc.—the better the match we’re able to create.

4.             Anger management has become one of fastest-growing disciplines in executive coaching. Undoubtedly fueled by a fast-paced business environment where change, complexity, pressure, and stress are on the increase, the number of requests we’re getting in this area is on the increase. I’m very cautious in dealing with these situations, going only to executive coaches with demonstrated expertise in this discipline. With demand for anger-management coaching outstripping the supply of trained providers, it’s important to vet providers very carefully. Anger management touches on a variety of issues—stress management, emotional intelligence, etc.—and crosses into the realm of psychology. You walk a fine line to avoid a situation where the coach slips into becoming a shrink, and that isn’t what executive coaching is about.

5.             As companies increasingly recognize the benefit of coaching, they are pushing it downward in the organization. More and more of our clients are now offering coaching to high-potentials at junior, as well as executive, levels.

* Koriath, John J., and Underhill, Brian O. 2006. "Top trends in executive coaching," Choice, vol. 4 no. 1: 29-32.

What Professional Coaches Need Most Is a Reliable Assessment Instrument

Life Coaching in contrast to Executive Coaching is comprised mostly of persons who are not trained or licensed in psychotherapy, mental health or organizational development. Therefore, Life Coaches are less likely to have any type of theory, curricula or assessment instruments for use in their practices.

One of the many consequences of this lack of substantive training and coaching material is a tendency to be trapped in an average yearly income range of less than $30,000. Fortunately, many Life Coaches are basically more interested in helping others than earning additional income.

Take a look at the list of niches that are considered as areas of specializations for Life Coaches:

Personal life coaching
Relationship coach
Breakup coach

Communication coach
Sales coach

Executive coach
Lifestyle design coach
Spiritual coach
Career coach

Goal setting coach

Mental strength coach

Fitness coach


How long will it take to masters any of these areas?

Average Length of Study for Certification in Life Coaching
Depending on the program, life coaching training can take anywhere from 16 to 100 hours to complete. You will find traditional colleges that offer life coaching as part of their curriculum. However, many life coaching certification programs are offered online and provide courses, class materials and professional coaching tools over the Internet
Life coaching training programs focus a large part of their training on communication, teaching students the tools and concepts needed to help motivate clients to take action in achieving their goals. Typical course work in a life coaching certification program involves the following:
• Results-driven life coaching and the life coaching process
• Effective communication techniques
• Goal setting and action steps
• Developing professional client/coach relationships
• Record keeping and confidentiality
• Ethics
• Business topics for building a life coaching practice

A careful review of the trainings listed above clearly indicate that there are no assessments nor specific curricula included in theses trainings. This void in tools makes it extremely difficult to establish any type of credibility that can be objectively demonstrated via Pre and Post Tests.

The most useful instrument to increase the credibility and scope of practice for coaches is the Bar On EQi 2.0 Emotional Intelligence Assessment. Any Coach can make this assessment available to all of his or her clients via e-mail. Certified Bar On Assessment Professionals can administer and interpret this assessment for any referrals.

After your client completes the 30-minute assessment he and she can download his report. This report includes the results of 15 Emotional Intelligence scales. In addition, it contains a section on goals and actions that need to be taken to reach those goals.

The Coach receives access to the Client Report as well as the Coach Report. The coach report includes follow-up questions for the Coach to review with his client. This report also explains how to debrief the client on the meaning of each of the scales on his report. More important for Coaches is the step by step explanation of how to assist the client in accomplishing his or her goals.

In summary, what Life Coaches need to add credibility to their practice as well as increase their income is the Bar On EQi 2.0 Assessment for use with each client. Finally, The EQ Edge is excellent for use by the Coach and the Client in mastering Emotional Intelligence and the Bar On EQi 2.0 Assessment.

For a list of Certified Bar On Assessment Professionals, contact George Anderson, BCD, CBOAP
georgeanderson@aol.com
310-207-3591

Increase your Private Practice income by offering the Bar On EQ 2.0 Emotional Intelligence Assessment.

Inclusion of the Bar On EQ 2.0 Emotional Intelligence into your Counseling, Psychotherapy, Substance Abuse of Psychiatric practice is real asset to any practice. Here is how you can immediately use this assessment:

• Contact George Anderson at 310-207-3591. You will be charged a fee of $150 per assessment.
• You will be asked to provide the name of your client and his or her e-mail as well as your own e-mail.
• Anderson & Andeson will send an e-mail invitation to you client inviting him or her to access the exam on-line. This can be done at anytime. The exam will take 30 minutes or less. Shortly after the exam is completed the results will be provided to the client.
• Anderson & Anderson will provide the Coach with the Client Report as well as the Coach Report. The Coach report will detail how you can gain additional information or to debrief the client on the meaning of the assessment. In addition, suggestions are provided in the Coaching report relative to articulating a plan of action for skill enhancement in emotional intelligence.
• This instrument provides the needed information to increases your income,status and competence.

George Anderson