People who are considering hiring a coach sometimes fear that we’ll be mean or judgmental. Ouch!
In fact it’s quite the opposite. Certified coaches go through hours of training in order to learn how to curb the judgments and empower our clients using positive energy, encouragement, and support.
Perhaps it is a bit of the residual stereotyping that happens when people hear the word “Coach.” Maybe you had one of those mean coaches in pee-wee softball who sent you to the bench with a few disparaging comments, like “you throw like a girl!”—I am a girl! Or maybe you had previously hired one of those old world trainer/consultant types who happened to be a former marine drill sergeant and was having a hard time getting out of the habit of telling his charges what to do and how many times to do it.
Years ago, I was a time management and personal productivity coach, an associate in a network of Priority Management Systems coaches. When I would visit my clients in their offices, I would identify myself as Laura Scott from Priority Management Systems, but to my dismay some receptionists would use the acronym. It pains me still as I recall the times the receptionist or secretary would announce my arrival by buzzing the client’s office and announcing, “The PMS lady is here!”
Ouch!
In fact it’s quite the opposite. Certified coaches go through hours of training in order to learn how to curb the judgments and empower our clients using positive energy, encouragement, and support.
Perhaps it is a bit of the residual stereotyping that happens when people hear the word “Coach.” Maybe you had one of those mean coaches in pee-wee softball who sent you to the bench with a few disparaging comments, like “you throw like a girl!”—I am a girl! Or maybe you had previously hired one of those old world trainer/consultant types who happened to be a former marine drill sergeant and was having a hard time getting out of the habit of telling his charges what to do and how many times to do it.
Years ago, I was a time management and personal productivity coach, an associate in a network of Priority Management Systems coaches. When I would visit my clients in their offices, I would identify myself as Laura Scott from Priority Management Systems, but to my dismay some receptionists would use the acronym. It pains me still as I recall the times the receptionist or secretary would announce my arrival by buzzing the client’s office and announcing, “The PMS lady is here!”
Ouch!
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