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What
is your potential?
How coaching can
help you determine and achieve your potential
- Why is
it that the best sports people all have coaches?
- Because
they are determined to reach their full potential.
- It is
difficult for managers to accept coaching from their peers.
- When did
you last take stock of where you are and where you are going?
- How clear
are you about your strengths and weaknesses?
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- If you are junior
you can accept coaching from very senior colleagues or role models.
- But as you get
near the top yourself, you have only your peers to look to.
- A professional
golfer would only expect ad hoc tips from competitors, not serious coaching.
- In business
it is hard to accept feedback from colleagues anyway- we are too defensive.
- And they may
have an axe to grind.
- Their perception
may be biased - they are too close to you - like in your family.
- The closer anyone
is to you the more they will be caught up in the same issues.
- Greater distance
is necessary to achieve a reasonable degree of objectivity.
- A good coach
should be like a mirror - you won't really see yourself accurately otherwise.
- Without a coach,
how do you expect to achieve your full potential?
All
pages written by Mitch
McCrimmon, Ph.D. and copyright © Self Renewal Group 1996-2008
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