Myths that don't Reflect the Power Of Coaching - and What's More True !
One of the ways I think we can help clients better is make them familiar with some of the central myths around coaching. The truth is, although business and executive coaching is fairly known, personal coaching is still in its infancy. And there are a tremendous amount of sticky sweet self help slogans out there that I believe do more harm than good. I believe we've created a narrative around coaching that involves creating some kind of perfect life, in a perfect bubble, where everything is magical and everybody knows their purpose at every moment. The clients I have coached over the years have all had central themes that haunted them in moments of doubt: "I'm not good enough." "What right do I have to be doing this work?" and "I can barely get it together myself." We've all been there, and that's ok, it goes with the territory. But I have arrived at a conclusion I think is more helpf...