Friday Review: Coach-Ability
How “Coach-Able” are you? Here are a few related posts you may have missed.
How do the good and bad examples set by others offer you lessons on how to live?
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How do the good and bad examples set by others offer you lessons on how to live
How do the good and bad examples set by others offer you lessons on how to live?
—Calm App Reflection
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When most people think about coaching, they visualize two people having a conversation, or someone speaking with a group such as a sports team. In both cases, speaking and listening seem integral to the process.
What if far more coaching occurred with a bit more show and a lot less tell?
In this case, our sense of sight and our ability to notice significant and subtle behaviors would play a more important role in what we take away and apply to our own efforts.
Our ability to explore the successful and unsuccessful results of our actions can then be applied to our future attempts.
EXERCISE:
Who are the people that set the best examples to help guide your life?
Where are your seeing bad examples to avoid?
How does an objective examination of the results of your efforts provide the best lessons to carry forward through your days?
“When you counsel someone, you should appear to be
“When you counsel someone, you should appear to be reminding him of something he had forgotten, not of the light he was unable to see.”
—Baltasar Gracian, 17th Century Spanish Jesuit philosopher
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Coach-ability is the quality of openness and receptivity an individual has to the input, ideas, and general support of another individual or experience.
We all wish to be helpful and contribute to others, but on some occasions our intentions seem to miss the mark or can be dismissed or rejected.
Encouragement and enrolling an individual in being far more receptive and coach-able works better when their own thoughts and ideas are brought forth or drawn out, rather than simply showing them the light of our wisdom.
EXERCISE:
Where in your life have your efforts to counsel others fallen on deaf ears? Who in your various professional or personal communities is dulling their axe on you? How would the wisdom of today’s quote generate far more coach-ability and progress through these valuable interactions?
“I will accept your influence, guidance, and direction if (and only if) I believe that you and I share similar goals.”
“I will accept your influence, guidance, and direction if (and only if) I believe that you and I share similar goals.”
—David Maister, former Harvard Business School professor
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How coachable are you? How open and receptive are you to the guidance, direction and influences of others in your professional or personal life?
I begin working with all new clients with an all-day, one-on-one workshop in my office to clarify and fully align on the specific goals and objectives we intend to produce. With this up-front investment to align our objectives we can optimize the full benefit and value of our relationship.
EXERCISE:
How can and will you enhance the receptivity and coach-ability of yourself and those around you by doing the up-front work of assuring shared goals for your efforts?
“Live your truth. Express your love. Share your enthusiasm. Take action toward your dreams. Walk your talk. Dance and sing to your music. Embrace your blessings. Make today worth remembering.”
“Live your truth. Express your love. Share your enthusiasm. Take action toward your dreams. Walk your talk. Dance and sing to your music. Embrace your blessings. Make today worth remembering.”
—Dr. Steve Maraboli, behavioral scientist and author
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Today’s quote packs quite a punch. It is actually eight bite-sized pieces of coaching stuck together. Take a moment to separate each of these nuggets of wisdom and see how well you are doing in each area by rating yourself on a 1 – 10 scale.
Exercise:
Select at least one of these areas you wish to enhance today and in the coming weeks, and identify a specific action or two that will take you to the next level.
Feel free to choose a second, third, etc.