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Are you coachable? For real?
Are you coachable?
“Who would respond no to that question?”
That’s the question my daughter asked me when she read the headline of my insight today.
My answer to her? “Nobody.”
“So, why do you ask the question?”
“Because I like to make my readers aware that there’s a difference between saying your coachable and actually being coachable.”
“Good luck,” and she left.
Everybody is, in the spirit of the word, coachable.
Nobody is perfect, nobody is without mistakes, and nobody knows it all. Growth is an integral part of our lives.
There simply is always room for improvement.
That makes us, per definition, coachable.
Athletes realize the hard way there’s always space for improvement, which is why nearly every athlete works with a coach.
More and more executives in the business world are warming up to the idea of having a coach.
Many see the added value of having somebody around who has no skin in the game and can ask the right questions.
