Want to know how you rank as a health, fitness, and nutrition coach? Then take this short coaching skills quiz. Not only will it help you see where you are today, it’ll help you level up for tomorrow.
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I know this because I’m a coach, and because I’ve been around a lot of good ones. The best coaches I’ve ever seen are the ones who love to ask questions.
They love to try stuff. To play. To show up with an open mind (and heart), looking for fresh ideas and new insight to chew on.
They don’t love to fail (few people do), but they do love the feedback and useful data they get from their mistakes.
You see, great coaching requires us to wonder about the world: About how biology works, about the chemistry of food and nutrients, about biomechanics and human movement.
It also requires us to think about why people do what they do, about how stories shape reality, about what people hope, think, dream, feel, and do… on Tuesday at 3pm when it’s break time.
Plus, the best coaches in the world never shy away from asking smart questions about their own practice.
Questions like:
There is always something new to learn in coaching: Fresh ways to grow, evolve, and challenge yourself.
New ways to be curious and ask interesting questions that produce enlightening answers (and results).
Of course, mastery takes time and lots of practice. (So, so much practice.)
But this is great news for folks who want a long, lucrative, fulfilling coaching career. Because it means that if you’re dedicated to becoming an excellent coach, you’ll never, ever get bored.
In our Level 2 Certification Master Class, we break coaching skills down into 14 areas for development and then teach coaches how to grow in each area.
In this quiz, we’ll give you a chance to assess where you are in each domain.
To complete the quiz, give yourself a score (from 0 to 5) on how well you do — consistently — in each of the 14 areas below. For each question, simply click the number that corresponds to where you think you are today.
(Be honest and real. All of us have stuff to work on. It’s rare to be perfect.)
Then read about your score and consider what it means for your career.
(Prefer to print the quiz out? Download a PDF version here.)
How well can you juggle a client/patient load and not miss anyone?
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How well can you allocate and prioritize time properly, using trusted systems?
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Do you have time for yourself — your own self-care and development?
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How sustainable is your work? Could you do it this way forever?
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Do you know exactly how to start and end a session, and why?
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Do you know how to ensure that your clients or patients get the very most out of every session?
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Do you do preparation and follow-up?
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Do you understand your clients/patients? How well?
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Do you know their fears, anxieties, motivations, drives, hopes, dreams, obstacles, stories?
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How long can you listen to your clients/patients without jumping in to talk?
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How well can you give your clients/patients your full attention?
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Can you easily find and use your clients’ or patients’ strengths and resources?
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Can you make your program fun? Interesting? Memorable?
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Do you know what to look for when assessing a client or patient?
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Do you know how to understand and use any information you collect?
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Do you know how to set the level of challenge properly for your client/patient?
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Do you know when a client/patient has made progress?
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Could you explain HOW you know a client/patient has made progress?
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Can you read, understand, and properly interpret a research study?
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Can you decide what is valid evidence or useful data?
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Can you analyze information in order to take action, and help your client/patient do the same?
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Can you explain to a client/patient why something works (or doesn’t)?
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How well do you understand the basic facts of nutrition and physiology?
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How well can you learn and assimilate new data and information?
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How well can you help your clients/patients get motivated to change… and keep changing?
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Can you recognize when a client/patient is truly ready, willing, and able to change?
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How good are you at getting clients/patients “un-stuck”?
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What about the “difficult” ones?
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Effective coaching unearths complex systems — behaviors, causes, and effects with many moving parts that all interact.
How well do you understand the complexity of human bodies and physiology?
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How well do you understand the complexity of human lives and experiences?
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How comfortable are you with the idea of complexity in general?
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Can you help a client/patient move from vague goal to specific “do this today” habit?
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Can you get your client/patient to “buy in” to what they need to do?
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Can your client/patient actually do what you suggest? Every day?
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Can you adjust your plan if it isn’t working? Do you know what things to change, and how?
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How well can you teach mental and emotional skills relevant to nutrition coaching, such as mindfulness or visualization?
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How well can you teach physical skills, if you train people?
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How well can you teach life skills (such as planning and preparation) to help your clients/patients succeed?
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How good are your own skills in these domains?
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Do you communicate well in writing?
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When you speak?
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In images or video?
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How effectively can you communicate with your body language and other nonverbal cues?
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How well do you sense what a client/patient is thinking, feeling, wondering about?
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How well do you explain complex ideas or technical jargon simply and clearly so clients/patients “get it”?
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How well can you give and take feedback?
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How well do you document each client’s/patient’s progress as well as other important information about them?
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Are you comfortable working with all kinds of clients/patients, from all kinds of backgrounds, with all kinds of needs?
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Can you connect and communicate with a client/patient who’s different from you?
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Do you know what to do when things get weird, or go outside your scope of practice?
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Do you have a support and referral network of other professionals?
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Do you have your own mentors and coaches?
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Do you conduct yourself with professionalism, integrity, and courtesy?
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Do clients/patients appear to respect and trust you?
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Do clients/patients enthusiastically seek out what you’re offering?
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Do you have demonstrably ethical business and marketing practices?
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Can you manage your own workload, stress, emotions, and career development?
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Can you show up to coaching with integrity and feel genuine, rather than having to “perform”?
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How well do you know your true self and values, and how those relate to your coaching?
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Do you have systems in place for lifelong learning and growth?
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We gave you a total score, but we also suggest you review your scores in each domain to see specific areas where you might improve.
You’re just starting out and finding your “coaching legs”. Good for you. Consider building your skills a little more and observing more experienced coaches before you take on nutrition and lifestyle coaching clients.
You’re working on building fundamentals. Keep practicing! Find a great mentor to spend time with, and ask clients/patients for feedback as you progress.
You’ve got a solid foundation, and probably have plenty of good coaching days. Now’s the time to study coaching methods, refine key details, and develop the nuances of your skills.
World-class supercoach!
It’s no secret that master coaches develop over time, through education and consistent practice, usually under the guidance of a mentor or coach.
Precision Nutrition is the only company in the world that both works with thousands of our own nutrition coaching clients and teaches health, fitness, and wellness professionals our real-world methods for getting results.
And here’s some great news: Our next Precision Nutrition Level 2 Certification Master Class kicks off on Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019.
Want to achieve total confidence in your coaching skills? Get (and keep) more clients? Grow and strengthen your practice? If so, the Precision Nutrition Level 2 Certification is definitely for you.
It’s designed specifically for Level 1 students and grads who realize that knowing about the science of nutrition isn’t enough.
Part master class, part grad program, part mentorship, it’s the only course in the world designed to help you master the art of coaching, meaning better results for your clients and a better business for you.
Since we only take a limited number of professionals, and since the program sells out every time, I strongly recommend you add your name to our VIP List below. When you do, you get the chance to sign up 24 hours before everyone else. Even better, you get a huge discount off the general price of the program.
[Note: The Level 2 Master Class is only for students and grads of our Level 1 Certification. So if you haven’t yet enrolled in that program, please begin there.]
We’ll be opening up spots in our next Precision Nutrition Level 2 Certification Master Class on Wednesday, April 3rd.
If you want to find out more, we’ve set up the following VIP list which gives you two advantages.
If you’re ready to take the next step in becoming a world-class coach, we’re ready to share our knowledge and help you master the art of coaching.
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