Bad Experiences with Coaching

Bad Experiences with Coaching ! 

Yes. There are bad coaches out there. Its the bane of any industry. As any industry gets popular (for whatever reasons - demand or monetary opportunity or low entry barrier); it will invite a whole lot of people across the capability spectrum. 

Some will be excellent, some will be good, others will be average (and yet deliver results) and then, of course, there will be a whole lot of 'bad apples'! 

Coaching definitely helps and can be transformational. No doubt about that. BUT, you need to engage the right coach. 

The proverbial 'give a man a fish versus teach him fishing' concept applies here too. The coach should be enabling you to figure out things and NOT figuring out things for you. Coach should enable you to think about yourself clearly, think of your goals and how to achieve them, help you understand your life vision ... and not do anything of that FOR You. 

The Coach should nudge you in the right direction and NOT hold your hand and lead you. 

Definitely engage a coach to help you go further and higher in life. (I write life and not career, work, business, relationships, health, wealth ... all of those are integral parts of LIFE) 

Choose Wisely. Evaluate your coach in the interaction that you have with them. Trust your heart and feelings along with your logical analytical mind. In your first one-two conversations, do you feel comfortable with the coach (remember, s/he is going to make you uncomfortable during the coaching exercise ... got to hammer the metal to shape it - its either hammer or heat)

happy to get into a conversation ... even if it is about how to identify a good coach (which you then use to identify a coach, other than me) :) 

To book time with me to have a conversation, find the link here - linktr.ee/CoachHemant 

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