Not Another Thing Being Sold to Coaches
After qualifying, most of what reaches a new coach is about growing the business. Robin is for the other thing: getting better at the work. Free, on purpose.
Notes for practising coaches.
Practice hours, credentials, finding partners, and getting better at the work. Plain answers to the questions coaches actually ask.
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Will AI replace human coaches?
Anyone offering you certainty in either direction is going beyond what has been measured.
How to Get Coaching Practice Hours (and When Peer Coaching Counts as Paid)
Find people to practise with, understand when peer coaching counts as paid ICF experience, and keep a clear record of the hours you coach.
Why Robin Will Always Be Free
Robin is free for coaches - not free for now, not free until we grow. Here is the reasoning, from the founder.
Private by Default: How Robin Handles Your Details
How Robin lets coaches meet, message, and video call practice partners without sharing an email address, phone number, or anything else they did not choose to share.
You Don't Have to Feel Ready to Practise Coaching
Many newly certified coaches feel too inadequate to practise, so they wait. Feeling ready comes from practising, not before it.
Why Practice Partners Ghost (and How to Find Ones Who Show Up)
No-shows and vanishing practice partners are the most common frustration in peer coaching. The causes are structural, and so is the fix.
Why Practising Coaching on Friends and Family Doesn't Work
Coaching people you know feels like the obvious way to build hours. The dynamics are wrong, the feedback is missing, and the hours barely count.
What Is Peer Coaching Practice? (And Does It Count as Real Practice?)
How reciprocal peer coaching works, why coaches from different programmes make the best practice partners, and what the ICF says about peer hours.
The Coaching Practice Gap: The Part of Coach Training Nobody Provides
Coach training costs thousands and teaches you the craft. Then it hands you an hours requirement and no way to meet it. This gap has a name.
How to Improve Your Coaching Skills Between Client Sessions
Most coaches only get structured feedback in occasional supervision. Here is how practising coaches keep improving between client sessions.