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Coaching LifeAustralia
Edition No. 01

Getting Started

November 2015 · 19 articles
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Take Your Mark, Set… How to Build a Sustainably Successful Coaching Career
7 min read
Career

Take Your Mark, Set… How to Build a Sustainably Successful Coaching Career

Wayne Goldsmith·1 June 2019
Editor's Pick

In This Edition

What Makes YOU Tick?
10 min read
Business

What Makes YOU Tick?

Whether you're new to the coaching profession or taking a fresh look, Tarran Deane poses five key questions every coach needs to answer to stay at the top of their game.

Tarran Deane·17 Apr 2026
Club Coaching vs High Performance Coaching
9 min read
Sports

Club Coaching vs High Performance Coaching

Coaching at the club level is very different to being a high performance coach.

Simon Cusack·17 Apr 2026
Three coaches to five Olympic Games
12 min read
Business

Three coaches to five Olympic Games

From a youngster in the country to five Olympic Games and the youngest Australian of the Year, Shane Kelly talks about the three coaches that influenced his cycling.

Shane Kelly·17 Apr 2026
Coach Evaluation and the Team Model
13 min read
Business

Coach Evaluation and the Team Model

“HALF the season gone, half the coaches gone; forget the Tasmanian devil - the A-League coach is Australia's most endangered species”

Sean Douglas·17 Apr 2026
The knowledge trap
9 min read
Life

The knowledge trap

You have just landed yourself a bright, shiny new client. What next?

Robert Holmes·17 Apr 2026
Clarify your passion
8 min read
Business

Clarify your passion

Identify Your Niche

Nanette Irvine·17 Apr 2026
The Benefits of a Coaching Methodology
8 min read
Business

The Benefits of a Coaching Methodology

I have produced many black belts but I continue to access new ideas provided by experts to assist me to bring out the best in my students.

Michael Smith·17 Apr 2026
Where Is Your Money Going?
8 min read
Business

Where Is Your Money Going?

There is never a perfect time to get started. If you wait for that elusive moment it will never happen – paralysis by analysis!

Melissa Meagher·17 Apr 2026
Coaching Through Vibration
9 min read
Business

Coaching Through Vibration

As a vocal coach, I frequently train coaches from varying fields on how to effectively communicate to their clients, teams, management and athletes.

Lisa Lockland-Bell·17 Apr 2026
Coaching the Boss
8 min read
Business

Coaching the Boss

And the Boss's Boss

John Raymond·17 Apr 2026
Nudging the Dial of Human Consciousness: The Path Ahead for Coaching?
9 min read
Business

Nudging the Dial of Human Consciousness: The Path Ahead for Coaching?

Socrates, sometimes described as one of the earliest coaches, declared that he could not teach anybody anything; he could only make them think.

Jenny Devine·17 Apr 2026
The Authentic Business Coach: A Philosophical Reflection
5 min read
Business

The Authentic Business Coach: A Philosophical Reflection

Anyone can be a business or life coach nowadays as there are very few, if any, enforced regulatory guidelines to practice here in Australia.

Dion Klein·17 Apr 2026
What I know at 73
9 min read
Business

What I know at 73

There are 12 key things I know at 73 that I wished I’d known at 30!

David Parkin·17 Apr 2026
Starting a Coaching Service Inside an Organisation
5 min read
Business

Starting a Coaching Service Inside an Organisation

An organisation is, in some ways, a collection of people who have adopted a certain mindset about how work happens and how business relationships need to occur.

Callan McDonnell·17 Apr 2026
Coaching Benefits
8 min read
Business

Coaching Benefits

In most sporting environments, it is accepted and expected that if you want to be the best you can be, you will use a coach. Often that coach comes attached to the team or the club to which you belong.

Anthony Davis·17 Apr 2026
Walking the Walk: Why Successful Coaches Must Practice What They Preach
7 min read
Business

Walking the Walk: Why Successful Coaches Must Practice What They Preach

Credibility is the #1 currency of a successful coaching practice. After 25 years as a career coach, Grant Cooper shares the best practices that ensure a profitable and rewarding coaching business.

Grant Cooper·15 June 2019
Healthy Coach, Better Coaching: Ten Tips for Sports Coaches to Stay Healthy and Happy
6 min read
Sports

Healthy Coach, Better Coaching: Ten Tips for Sports Coaches to Stay Healthy and Happy

Coaches spend all their time helping athletes get better — but do they apply the same standards to their own health? Wayne Goldsmith's ten tips for coaches who want to thrive, not just survive.

Wayne Goldsmith·1 Mar 2019
Coaching Transcends the Field of Play
8 min read
Editor's Pick
Sports

Coaching Transcends the Field of Play

As Head Coach of the world champion Australian Diamonds, Lisa Alexander breaks down the five leadership principles that unite grassroots coaches and elite performers alike.

Lisa Alexander·1 Nov 2015