What makes a great coach? I believe I can fly!
During theCoaching Café Podcast this week we are looking forward to continuing the momentum of focussing on the top 10 practices of the world’s best coaches from What Makes a Great Coach?
This week we turn our attention to the practice of belief.
Legendary tennis coach, Rick Macci famously suggested that Richard Williams might just have the next Michael Jordan in his daughter, Venus Williams. Richard replied, ‘Oh no, Brother-Man, I got me two.’ Richard believed that both of his daughters, Serena and Venus Williams would triumph to be the greatest tennis players of all time. And he was right. Furthermore, if you listen to their early interviews, it was clear that the Williams sisters had the belief too - even if the people who were interviewing them didn’t share that belief.
Why do we care about this as workplace coaches? Well because belief is built into our practice. We believe in our clients, in their abilities and it’s our job to bring out the best in them.
Then it struck me.
What if all managers in the workplace, shared the same beliefs in their staff members? What difference would that make?
Interestingly, in some workshops we get push back on this idea. It sounds too unrealistic to some people. You’re not going to make me sing ‘I believe I can fly’ are you?
What Makes a Great Coach? gives us the opportunity to reflect on our own coaching practices.
So join Emma and Natalie for this Coaching Café Podcast this week where we share the research and stories around belief from the book. And most importantly we explore how we build belief in the people that we are coaching and what difference it makes to the workplace.
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