Why Your Coaching Clients Don't Do The Work
It's usually not motivation, and more mindset coaching can actually make it worse.
"They nod at all the right moments.
And by Wednesday,
they've done nothing."
You know the client. Great session, clear plan, real agreement. Then the week happens and nothing moves.
So the labels come out:
And the fix is usually more mindset work. Sometimes that's exactly right. But for a lot of clients it isn't, and pushing harder on mindset makes them feel more stuck, not less.
This workshop shows you how to tell the difference in about 30 seconds.
You coach one hour.
Their life coaches the other 167.
Motivation is a matchstick: bright, then gone. What actually drives behaviour is what a client's week rewards them for. Map the actions, not the labels, and the stuck point usually shows itself.
You'll run the Behaviour X-Ray, live
Three yes/no questions about one real client. Everyone in the room does it, no worksheets, no homework. You type one number in the chat and you'll know where they're stuck.
Do they understand what to do?
If not, it's a clarity problem.
Could they do it if their life depended on it?
If not, it's a skill problem, and mindset work won't fix it.
Yes to both, and still not doing it?
Then something else is going on, and this is where we'll find what their landscape is paying them to NOT act.
I'll map one person's client live, so you can see the whole process start to finish.
The hour
- 0:00Name your stuck client
- 0:05The Wednesday problem
- 0:10The 167-hour idea
- 0:20Behaviour X-Ray: everyone runs it
- 0:30One live client map
- 0:45How to work with me
- 0:50Q&A
Is this for you?
- You coach paying clients, in any niche
- You've got at least one client who agrees in session and stalls between them
- You suspect "more mindset" isn't the answer for everyone
- Not for you if you haven't started coaching yet
Your host: Des
Des runs REWIRE, a coaching programme built on psychological flexibility and behavioural science. He works with coaches on the bit between sessions: why clients who want to change still don't, and how to change the landscape instead of pushing harder.
One hour.One stuck client.One clear answer.
Monday 26 October · 7pm UK · Free · Online
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Free. Monday 26 October, 7pm UK, online. You'll get the joining link by email.
Questions
Is it really free?
Yes. At the end I'll mention one way to work with me. No hard sell, and you'll have everything you need without it.
Will there be a replay?
For all Premium members of REWIRE - inside the community
Do I need to prepare anything?
Just think of one client who agreed to something last session and hasn't done it. First names only, nothing confidential.
I'm a mindset coach. Is this an attack on what I do?
Not at all. Mindset work is the right tool for all of us sometimes, this is about those other situations. This is about spotting those, so you use it where it works.
Where does it happen?
Online. The joining link arrives in your confirmation email.
One hour.One stuck client.One clear answer.
Monday 26 October · 7pm UK · Free · Online
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