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Can You Actually Help Them?

Earlier when describing how selling our your clients is boring and ordinary, I laid out the rungs of why coaches generally do what they do.  The lowest rungs are self-serving (got bills to pay, wanna keep clients happy enough to keep working with me).  The…
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Big Picture Coaching vs. Spot Check

What will you talk about with your client during their next session with you? If your reflexive answer rhymes at all with “Whatever’s on their mind”, sorry, but that’s a fail, even if you find yourself in good company among fellow coaches. This default position…
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Saving Time is the Booby Prize

Overheard among CoachAccountable users contemplating how they could use AI in their coaching: …I’ve experimented with a few note keeping tools but want to see what/if I can integrate into CA so that actions falling out of conversations can potentially be generated more easily Regular…
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Sycophancy is the Low Road

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. …
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Courage to Acknowledge Failure

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…
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