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You may wish to prepare your own, or buy books on teambuilding exercises, confidence building exercises, or quizzes on how to figure out what career is right for you.<\/p>\n<p>Preparing your materials may be the part of starting out as a coach which may take the longest, but readily available activities can make every meeting or team building exercise much smoother. Your own activities helps you personalize exercises to fit specific client needs, or to use your areas of strength to your advantage.<\/p>\n<p>You will probably need to prepare:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Exercises to determine the right career for a person; or to determine what a person\u2019s priorities are<br \/>\n\u2022 Team building exercises<br \/>\n\u2022 Relationship building exercises<br \/>\n\u2022 Problem spotting exercises (to help your clients recognize weaknesses and form plans to fortify the area of weakness<\/p>\n<p>Once you have your materials and your business plan ready, you\u2019re ready to get going on your business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a coach, many of the skills and materials you need are less quantifiable than a consultant. A computer consultant will need a computer and relevant software and electronics. An accounting consultant will need a computer equipped with accounting software. 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