So close to signing off the copy-write for my new website now, these are very exciting times!
So, we have been doing a lot of thinking about the 'why' recently at BNI. That is why do we do what we do? There are a lot of coaches out there so why pick me? What makes me different?
It takes me back to a Leadership course I was on many moons ago. I was working in a team with a lovely woman who was obviously used to being the leader and happy to volunteer to be so. As the week progressed, the tutor asked us to swap roles which was when the other side of her nature came out. She could not work as part of a team, she could not take the rejection of her suggestions and she sulked, yes she sulked!!!
So when it came to the section on positive feedback the whole group explained the issues we had had with her behaviour and she denied it all, she denied it all, blamed us for not being strong enough leaders, so she had to take the lead every time!
How much money had her employers paid for her to attend a course where she had effectively learnt nothing? How did her team feel when she returned from her training to find she was the same old, same old? Did they leave, look for a new job because they were undervalued?
Working with a coach is a much larger commitment, but a greater investment with much greater return. Working with someone who has been there, seen it and done it (like I have) will give you the opportunity to share and learn with someone who has a sense of humour too (that is me by the way!!!).
Why do I do what I do? Because no-one should suffer poor management when there is so much support out there for their boss to get it right...
Launa
Launa Brooks Management Development
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