article · January 2006
Nine coaching tips
Before a client or player starts to speak, I close my eyes and I stop my self chatter, stop what is going on in my own head. I just say to myself, "Get present."
Before a client or player starts to speak, I close my eyes and I stop my self chatter, stop what is going on in my own head. I just say to myself, "Get present."
So tell me what worked; tell me what didn't work; and then ALWAYS, tell me WHAT'S NEXT. Where do we go from here?
It boils down to our interpretations. They are what cause you and me to act. If we have the right interpretations, the right pictures in our minds about what we expect the outcomes to be, we act, and act powerfully.
When you hold the player to his or her standard of excellence, that's the only role you need to play as coach.
My strategy— which is probably not as effective as it should be— has always been to give them something they WILL hear, rather than giving them what they NEED to hear...
People want you to coach them their way. But I can't coach you your way.
Creating alignment is what makes a team work. No matter whether it's network marketing, a corporation, a small business or any level of sports team to be an effective team, you need to create that alignment.
Probably the most important quality of a coach, which I think all coaches have, is to love people deeply.
First the coach has to be managing her/his own energy. You can't BS that! SO, you have to do the "work" of managing and it is something you have to be committed to FOR LIFE.