Do you ever find that the "coaching conversation" alone isn't enough and that your clients, whether they be individual or corporate, need more?

This is where having access to a multi-media resource library comes in handy, and there are lots of ways to create and use one.

Here are some examples:

• Book Summaries - It seems most people don't have as much time to read books as they might like and yet there are thousands of great personal and professional development books launching every year. I highly recommend Executive Book Summaries which condense the leading books on leadership to just 8 pages each. Here's the link to explore further: www.summary.com

• Write your own Resource Documents - It can be great to give a client a resource document about a particular coaching model, or a concept, or even a workbook to use on their own in between sessions. One of our company's websites is called Coaching Tools and Resources where we give away a lot of these for free. Here's a sample you can either use yourself or as an example in creating your own: http://www.coachingtoolsandresources.com/content/ctar-tools-understanding-your-values-workbook

• Leveraging from TED and other video sources - There is a lot of great multi-media content out there already, such as what you can find on www.TED.com. We've also written some "learning guide" documents that we give to clients to use after they've watched a particular TED video. Again, here's an example for you.

• Create your own video library - This can be particularly useful for corporate clients where they would benefit from having a long-term asset to their business for continuous learning and growth of their personnel. We partner with www.FilmStretch.com.au to create these for our clients.

• Lending Library - Quite a few coaches have an extensive library of books, articles, magazines, CDs and DVDs that they sometimes lend out to clients. It's important to have a "lending library card" system of some sort so that you remember who has what resource and when it's due back. The risk on this particular strategy is that sometimes resources go missing for good.

So, consider that you have many options as to how to add value and support to your clients through making a variety of additional resources available to them.

The next issue of "Coach the Coach" will look at the "Drama Triangle" that so many clients are either "in" or need to know how to respond when the threat of the triangle is looming.

If there are any topics you'd like me to cover in this column, please feel invited to email me directly with your requests through my website.

Noel Posus is a master coach with 20+ years experience as a professional educator, coach and author. He won the prestigious inaugural "Coach of the Year" award (2008/2009), Finalist in the Coaching Business of the Year (2010) and is an ambassador/leader for the coaching industry. www.noelposus.com