Ein Beitrag von Seth Godin, dem US-amerikanischen Inspirator, Motivator und Autor f\u00fcr Zielerreichung und Innovation, der die Frage: „Soll ich mich coachen lassen?“ auf den Punkt beantwortet.<\/p>\n
At the top tier of just about any sort of endeavor, you\u2019ll find that the performers have coaches.<\/p>\n
Pianists, orators and athletes all have coaches. In fact, it would be weird if we heard of someone on stage or on the field who didn\u2019t have one.<\/p>\n
And yet, in the world of business, they\u2019re seen as the exception.<\/p>\n
Part of the reason is that work feels like an extension of something we\u2019ve been doing our whole lives. Figure skating isn\u2019t like school, but showing up at work seems to be. \u201cI\u2019ve got this,\u201d is a badge of honor.<\/p>\n
And part of the reason is that a few coaches have made claims that stretch belief, and we\u2019re not actually sure what they do. It doesn\u2019t help that there\u2019s no easy way to identify what sort of coach we need or what we\u2019re going to get\u2026<\/p>\n
It turns out that the people with the potential to benefit the most from a coach are often the most hesitant precisely because of what coaching involves.<\/p>\n
Talking about our challenges. Setting goals. Acknowledging that we can get better. Eagerly seeking responsibility\u2026<\/p>\n
And yet we avert our eyes and hesitate. It might be because having a coach might be interpreted as a sign of weakness. And what if we acknowledge our challenges but fail to overcome them? It could be that we don\u2019t want to cause change to happen, or that we\u2019re worried that we will.<\/p>\n
One company I admire believes in coaches so much that they\u2019ve put several on staff, ensuring that their leadership all benefit from one. But mostly, it\u2019s something we have to pay for ourselves.<\/p>\n
And so, paying for a coach, for something that\u2019s hard to measure, which might be socially awkward, to get better at something that feels normal\u2014combine that with a hesitancy to ask for help\u2014it\u2019s a wonder anyone has a coach.<\/p>\n
The paradox is that the very things that hold us back are the reasons we need a coach in the first place.<\/p>\n