The East London Coaching Support Group (CSG) aims to provide a supportive environment for coaches and those interested in coaching, organizing monthly meetings to foster awareness and practice of coaching skills. It operates under the management of a team responsible for various roles, including support, finance, public relations, and education, facilitating peer coaching and mastermind alliances. Membership involves a fee and offers benefits such as enhanced community exposure, referral commissions, and access to valuable resources and support within the coaching community.

1. East London
Coaching Support Group
Noble Manhattan

2. Purpose of CSGs
n To provide a central hub for supporting
coaches, student coaches and anyone
working in or interested in coaching and
developing human potential (their own and
that of others)
n To hold regular monthly meetings open to all,
to raise awareness of the benefits of coaching
n Provide support, motivation, inspiration and
information

3. Objectives
n To practise coaching in a safe and encouraging
atmosphere
n To improve the overall level of coaching support by
enabling coaches and students to share problems
and best practice
n To act as a ‘mastermind alliance’ to help overcome
personal and business challenges
n To provide a networking opportunity
n To raise awareness of the general public and
business communities of the benefits of coaching
by welcoming them to meetings and having taster
sessions

4. About Noble Manhattan
n UK-based Coach training company that
trains life and executive coaches
n Trades in 27 countries worldwide
n Longest established outside the US (first
registered in 1993)
n Well-established leaders in the field of
personal development

5. Management Team
1. Support group leader
2. Deputy support group leader
3. Membership & finance officer
4. Public relation officer
5. Education officer
6. Logistics officer
7. IT officer
8. Chairperson for Mastermind Alliance
Also – ambassadors for NM

6. Mastermind Alliance
n Go round, each person has one minute maximum to mention
a challenge they’ve got at the moment to work on today
n Group decides which to work on
n Person given 5 minutes (max) to explain issue or challenge in
more depth
n Go round each of group – 30 secs / 1 min to ask questions,
so everyone has complete understanding
n Group act as person’s executive board (controlled discussion,
facilitated), give coaching / mentoring / guidance
n 5 minutes before end, facilitator asks – how feel / where to
go next.
n Facilitator gets person to make note of actions.
n Feedback if come back the following month (no more than 8
for mastermind group)

7. Peer coaching
n Sit in semi-circle, have facilitator
n Who would like to improve their coaching
skills / techniques? Which aspect? E.g. open
questions / challenging appropriately
n Person comes out in front, coaches volunteer
n Facilitator stops it after 10/15 minutes, then
gets feedback in an orderly way
n Give feedback on the thing requested
n May have time to do a second one

8. Management Team Benefits
n Enhanced personal profile
n Higher exposure within local community
n Further develop organisational skills
n Develop presentation skills
n Opportunity to
n earn referral fees
n generate income from commission sales of
selected Noble Manhattan products

9. Referral fees for ambassadors
Course Referral Fee
n Life Coach Training n 2.5%
n Corporate coach n 2.5%
training
n Business for n 10%
Coaches
n All other courses n 2.5%

10. Membership
n Joining fee / standard annual membership fee of £15,
goes to NM to cover costs of:
n Community manager
n IT upkeep of the different websites involved and Facebook
sites involved
n Expenses of the regional and area governors (to be
appointed in the near future)
n Folder, badge, ribbon and joining pack that people get when
they register as a member
n Executive membership £25 entitles you to:
n have your photograph and biography put on the coaching
support website
n temporary free membership of Business for Coaches

11. Monthly fee
n Approx £3 - £5 tbc
n This money stays within the group and
covers group costs e.g. venues, resources,
treats
n Members may bring along guests for free
n A guest may attend the first two meetings
for free before being required to join the
group

12. Group Status
Groups either Chartered or Non-chartered
n When a group initially forms it will be non-
chartered
n When it achieves the following it will receive
full chartered status
n Has three appointed officers
n Has total of 10 fee paying members
n Has run a first meeting with minimum 10 people