Coaches Corner

I've been thinking a lot (like, a LOT) about how to educate people about what good coaching actually is. I've often said that one of the problems we have in promoting coaching and coaches is that the entry point to be a coach is the same as to be a babysitter. That is, you just have to want to do it (because the people in charge don't want to!). Over the years I've seen extraordinary coaches dismissed because people don't realise what it is that they are actually doing. It is likely that part of this is because most of the things good coaches do are things they can't see. The educational process is different and less structured but I see coaching and coach education as being more like medicine. At the end of the education some will be better than others, and with experience and ongoing learning some might become great but most will not. BUT all of them will be much better than someone who never did the learning. I've come to think of a development coach havi