Coaching World Issue 17: February 2016 | Page 18

Shutterstock.com/ bikeriderlondon Growing Your Coaching Practice: Why Executive Presence Matters As a professional coach practitioner, establishing your credibility with prospective clients and organizational decision-makers from day one is essential. You have just a brief time to establish rapport and the basis for developing a coaching relationship. If you do this you will consistently win business and enable your practice to thrive. 18 Coaching World Suzanne Bates Suzanne is the CEO of Bates, a firm founded in 2000 with a mission of helping leaders influence the world. In 2005 she published her first book, Speak Like a CEO: Secrets for Commanding Attention and Getting Results (McGraw-Hill Education), which went to No. 6 on Amazon’s bestseller charts. Suzanne is also the author of Motivate Like a CEO (McGraw-Hill Education, 2009) and Discover Your CEO Brand (McGraw-Hill Education, 2011). Suzanne is also author of the forthcoming All the Leader You Can Be: The Science of Achieving Extraordinary Executive Presence (McGraw-Hill Education).