by Michelle Geromel | Achieving Goals, Goal Setting
We know instinctively the value of a coach for athletes, but a lot of times we forget how sports and the rest of our life can correlate. Coaches can be used for a variety of things. And the best sessions have objectives and set action steps agreed to in between each session for the client, so that traction in life if made. And results are more easily achieved. For small business owners, coaches are a great sounding board and wealth of information. Sometime they also help us remember some of the things we forgot that worked so well in the past. They help us get back to basics in ways we can?t do on our own because we are too wrapped up in the day to day issues and the emotional charge surrounding them. Like sales, marketing and managing our people, driving results of smaller projects and keeping it all in perspective. And a lot of times, as strange as it sounds, or as simple as it sounds – being able to talk out loud about the issues and stresses of running or managing a company, to an unbiased, yet supportive coach can be highly helpful in enabling clarity within the mind of the executive. Coaches are great for executives and junior executives as well. Coaches can help their clients brainstorm ways to meet and exceed their current challenges and obligations. Sometimes also acting as a sounding board for ideas, and ways to deal with a particular challenging person or work project. Offering accountability if an executive needs a little push in making it through a project they don?t...
