Coach and Be Coached Event!
If you read my newsletter or follow this blog, hopefully you know about our big Remarkable TV online event next week, Tuesday March 16th from 11 am – 3 pm ET. It is called Coach and Be Coached and is designed to help all of us reach higher levels of performance through, coaching and being coached! (Learn more and register here)
Given our ongoing planning for this event, I’ve been thinking and reading a lot about coaching. Here is the quotation I shared with our Powerquotes subscribers last week.
“Coaching is a profession of love. You can’t coach people unless you love them.”
– Eddie Robinson, Hall of Fame College Football Coach
This may not be a facet of coaching you have considered before, or maybe you are uncomfortable with the word love. Maybe you don’t think about loving those you coach. While I would encourage you to think about that, let’s think about a connected or related thought – one that you might feel more comfortable about.
Belief.
Do you want a coach that believes in you?
Of course you do. You know that belief is a powerful thing, and that if they don’t believe you are capable of improvement they won’t be as diligent or even interested in helping you. (why would they?)
I agree with Eddie Robinson – you can’t coach people (very well) unless you love them. Even if you aren’t ready to make that leap, you can make this one. you can’t coach people (at all) unless you believe in them.
Here’s your leadership activity for today: determine your belief level in those you lead and coach. If your belief is sagging, explore why, and consider getting a new perspective.
This week’s Resource Recommendation – Rules of Thumb: 52 Truths for Winning at Business without Losing Your SelfBy Alan M. Webber
Among other things, Alan Weber has served as Editor of the Harvard Business Review and is the co-founder of Fast Company magazine. In this book he has taken his experiences from these roles and others (which admittedly have given him access to interesting situations and people), tied them together with his writing skills and created an easy-to-read collection of Rules of Thumb.
Early on he talks about a habit of collecting truths and ideas on 3×5 cards. He took the best of the ideas and insights on those cards and created this book. What it leads to is 52 somewhat random ideas, lessons and, yes, rules of thumb.
Some people love this type of book because each chapter varies, and it moves quickly. It provides bite-sized pieces that can be read in very short periods of time, whenever desired. However, if you prefer or are looking for a treatise on any of these topics, this style and this book won’t be as effective for you.
Overall, I liked the book (or I wouldn’t be recommending it to you, would I?). I found the value of the ideas varied – some were excellent (sorry there are no examples as I am writing this while traveling without the book), others less so, at least for me. Many of the examples and lessons are especially important and relevant if you are interested in starting up a business or are an entrepreneur – but there are MANY that are far broader in their application.
This is a book where you will find nuggets that will teach you, or remind you of, very important lessons to create the business and life you want to have.
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