The CoachAccountable Perspective

Let’s check the dictionary for this one.  Ah, here we are: sycophancy, noun.  The fawning behavior of a sycophant; servile flattery.   You know what’s a great way to get someone to like you, and jibe with what you have to say?  Agree with them. …

Finishing up an Engagement?  Great!  Now is the time to review with your client those clear, up-front intentions! Practically no coaches do this.  Have the courage anyway, to acknowledge whichever intentions that were not fulfilled.  By taking the time, you get to model for your…

“Why bother to have this coach/coachee relationship at all?” At the top of an engagement you should look your client square in the eye and ask this question.  Why? All too often the answer is taken as a foregone conclusion, and why wouldn’t it be? …

And anything that shatters that illusion makes us less eager to keep paying you. How do you make us believe that you care? By tracking with our story By knowing where we’ve been and what we’re up to By having all your words be your…

This is a distinction around the flavor of coaching that doesn’t really get talked about, but I think it’s actually crucial for coaching to live up to its promise. So what do I mean by “The Yin and Yang of Coaching”? Let’s begin with the…

Probably.  Consider the possibility that the answer to that question is: probably. I want to distinguish a scale, call it the “Degree of Investment” scale, i.e. how invested you are in the person you’re talking with. At the lower end of the scale, you’re like…

I remember the first time I heard the word “coaching” used to refer to the sort of coaching we here all know and love, i.e. NOT to do with sports or athletics of any sort. This new sense of the word “coaching” opened up a…