Coaching is good for you

17th January 2013

I did a one hour presentation at a breakfast meeting this morning. I had been a little anxious about doing it, as the weather forecast was awful, and I hadn’t done this particular seminar for a while, so I felt I might be a little under-prepared (despite having practiced it on several occasions). As it turned out it went very well, and as usual after the initial nerves at the start, I soon relaxed into it and enjoyed passing on a few coaching tips. Above all, what I found as I was doing it and on reflection afterwards, was the fact that every time I coach or present to people it reaffirms my belief and understanding of what I do, and indeed what my clients should be doing to improve their lives and their business.

The thing is as business owners, you will also find if you start to coach your staff, it encourages you to do things better, and of course to practice what you preach. I quite often find that when I am in the middle of coaching one of my clients on a particular issue, I suddenly realise that I am not doing it myself, and if I don’t do it, why should they? It immediately makes me address that issue, and rectify the situation on my return to my office. Only the other day, whilst persuading one of clients to raise their prices, I spotted that I had avoided that potentially tricky issue for a while, and have since rectified the situation.

If you think of anything that you teach people, be it work or play, to be able to get them to do it well, you have to understand, analyse, and be able to impart the relevant information, succinctly and effectively. It reminds you of the key things you need to do, to carry it out well, thereby improving your own performance. So whilst having a coach will benefit you, coaching your staff will also improve you and your business.

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