How to Get the Most Out of Your Coach…

How to Get the Most Out of Your Coach…

Do you have a coach/consultant/partner? Do you know how to maximize your investment — both in time and budget?

In today’s vlog post, I outline three considerations about coaching: 1) the Importance of Professional Coaching, 2) Effective Coaching Session Strategies, and 3) the Importance of a Mutual Coaching Relationship.

Highlights include:

• Importance of Professional Coaching

  Drawing parallels to how athletes rely on coaches and psychologists, I emphasize that successful business professionals leverage their coaches by being vulnerable and open. While some people approach coaching defensively, especially if it's offered by their company, I believe that all professionals could benefit from having a coach.

• Effective Coaching Session Strategies

  When determining the effectiveness of coaching sessions, I have witnessed that the best results come when coaches are open and prepared with specific topics to address during the session. For instance, I have a client who comes to each of his monthly coaching sessions fully prepared with a list of questions. This always leads to productive and energizing discussions.

• Mutual Coaching Relationship Importance

  Finally, I can’t emphasize how important a mutual client-to-coach relationship is to the sessions’ success. Both the coach and client must actively engage and be vulnerable to see significant results.

Click here to watch the full vlog post where I share my own personal experience working with my coach.

• Well in advance of our appointments, I identify specific challenges for us to work on.

• During our sessions, I seek her guidance on blind spots in my business and sometimes in the tactical projects I’m producing.

• I have no ego with my coach, nor do I present myself as knowing everything.

Want to learn more? Contact me and schedule an Executive Brief today at dlandry@authentizity.com!

As promised, I have included a blog post that I wrote several years ago about hiring a coach here: https://www.dawnflandry.com/articles/want-to-improve-get-a-coach-consultant-or-trainer?rq=coach

— Dawn F. Landry

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