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16th
April 2007 | Issue #13 |
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Dear
friend,
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Update
from gerard
Life is strange don't you think?
This morning as I was walking into work along the beach (in that sun drenched tropical paradise known as Weymouth - the home of coaching ;-)) I was thinking about something quite major that has happened in my life in the last 10 days.
My son Christopher who is aged 17 was rushed into hospital having fractured his jaw quite badly. In fact he fractured it on both sides and needed quite a large operation to fit three steel plates.
As my wife Gail and I were sitting by his bed while the nurses prepared him for surgery, then waiting for the four hours that the operation took and again sitting by his bed waiting for him to wake up, I had an occasion to reflect on the really important things in life, and have come to the conclusion that for me the two most important things are my family and my coaching. By coaching I mean my coaches and students.
I suppose in a way I regard them as almost an extended family.
For me the real joy in life comes from spending time with either my students, coaches or family. Helping them to build and grow and become strong and successful.
I guess, this is why I'm not very keen to take a lot of time off.( Or am I just very sad !!!) I just get so much pleasure from being with the people that I care about.
Christopher is now home and seems to be healing very well. I know this because yesterday for the first time ever he beat me in arm wrestling. Quite a major moment in the life of a father !
Mind you he is a bit of a monster. 6'4" tall and size 12 feet (feet like landing craft!!!)
So now all is back to normal in the O'Donovan household. (Well, whatever passes for normal?)
Don't forget, I am always available to have a coffee on the phone.
All the best
for now
Warmest
Gerard
Death of a Great
Coach
A true
fixture on the stage of
world coaching has taken a
final bow
It's
always a very sad event, and
time to reflect deeply when
someone that you highly
respect passes away.
Although
I didn't personally know
Laura, over the years I did
feel I had developed a
strong bond and affinity
with her through her
wonderful book Co-Active
Coaching.
Which
many coach training schools
throughout the world now use
as one of their main course
books.
As the
current CEO Of the European
Coaching Institute
I feel
that our industry has just
suffered a great loss
indeed.
Laura was
undoubtedly not just a great
coach but also a great
thinker and innovator and
someone who had the ability
to motivate and influence
thousands of people to
become great coaches through
her wonderful work.
.
Her sense
of understanding and empathy
touched the hearts of
thousands of coaches and
students worldwide. She
enabled us to see clearly in
the toughest of times. We
will miss her greatly."
Gerard
O'Donovan
CEO
European Coaching Institute
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Coaching Tip
1)
For all coaches out
there that want to
reach out to their
clients
and increase their
brand awareness you
may be interested in
listening to a short
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2)
Here is an article
written by the late
Thomas Leonard
When you are
coaching a small
business, should the
owner be your
client, or the
business be your
client?
Both are viable;
here are some
suggestions about
having the business
be your client.
Ever since I started
coaching 20 years
ago, I've always
felt that the owner
of a
small/medium-sized
business should be
my client, not
his/her business.
After all, isn't all
coaching personal?
That's how I felt
for the longest
time... And here's a
simple model of it.
Until recently, that is.
That's when I met Richard
Reardon, a small business
coach based in Pasadena,
California.
 Richard's
approach is -- for many of
us -- revolutionary.
His approach is to be the
coach of the company, NOT
the coach of the owner.
Yet, he coaches the owner as
well.
Here's a simple model of his
approach
Richard's approach in a
nutshell.
Here's what Richard has
found to work....
1.
The owner is more open to
coaching when his company is
the client.
If you try to coach the
owner/entrepreneur directly,
you'll likely get pushback,
especially if you are asking
for personal, style or
system changes. But if you
can stand
shoulder-to-shoulder with
your client and both of you
focus/look at the business,
there is far less pushback
because there is nothing
personal to push back on --
both of you are focused on
the same thing -- the
success/growth of that
business.
2.
When the focus is on the
company, the owner pays
attention.
It's in the best interest of
any owner/entrepreneur to
improve how his/her company
is organized, managed and
leveraged. When, for
example, the focus is on
making structural changes in
order to improve
profitability, the owner
looks at his/her company in
a fresh way instead of
feeling the pressure to
change personally. Yet, the
owner does/will change when
they can see that it's best
for the company.
3.
Most entrepreneurs benefit
from shifting from the
entrepreneurial model to the
leadership model.
And, having the coaching
focus on the company instead
of the owner, the owner
naturally 'grows up' and
looks freshly at what must
be done in order for the
company to do better.
Bottom line is that the
owner begins to work for the
company instead of the
company being an extension
of the owner. This is a
significant change in
orientation. And a
life-changing one. It's a
shift from "my business" to
"the business." With that
cutting of the
self-referencing tether, the
owner becomes more open to
making the changes they need
to make in order for the
company to grow/operate
well.
4.
The owner comes to trust
that the coach is there for
their business -- this leads
to long term
contracts/relationships.
After all, any entrepreneur
will start several business
over their lifetime and once
they know that the coach is
there for THE GOOD OF THE
BUSINESS, they'll always
want the coach around --
because the
advice/strategies are
targeted toward the project,
not the person.
5.
The owner will know that
the coach will root for
what's best for their
business.
This is important because
most entrepreneurs really
want their business to do
well. They want someone who
will stand up for what's
best for the business, even
if it means the entrepreneur
will need to change. (The
entrepreneur usually won't
change for themselves, but
they often will make
significant
style/personal/management
changes for their business.
Sounds funny, but it's
usually true.
Two
side benefits to the
coach...
Richard's company-as-client
approach has two side
benefits:
1. Richard can position
himself as the advocate of a
business.
This is a fresh way to
marketing coaching services
which will appeal to a
segment of business owners.
2. Richard will have more
credibility with
banks/lenders because
they'll refer him to
companies who are having
financial trouble.
The lenders will know that
Richard is there for the
business vs getting too
chummy with the owner.
Hmmm,
but isn't this just
consulting packaged as
coaching?
Agreed, it does sound that
way, doesn't it? After all,
isn't coaching about the
person -- the "who?" And
isn't consulting about the
company, the "it?"
Two things about that...
1. Coaching is quickly
becoming the larger,
over-arching term -- larger
than consulting.
It's not there yet, but it's
getting there in terms of
use/awareness. The line is
becoming less necessary.
2. The reason to focus on
the business directly as the
client is really a clever
way to get the owner to
change, grow, evolve and
become more of a leader.
A back-door approach, if you
will, that causes that.
This, given the front-door,
head-on approach usually
doesn't work that well with
entrepreneurs.
That's
all very interesting, but I
think I'll keep coaching the
owner directly and not go
this direction...
That's cool, too. This
isn't an either/or
situation. One approach
isn't better than another --
it only matter what is best
long-term for the client.
By presenting this
newer/other approach, you
can now give your client a
choice as to how the
coaching will be
structured. And choice is
what affords the client the
opportunity for buy-in. And
buy-in leads to greater
results in coaching.
Now what?
If you are intrigued by this
topic,
Try
this approach with a current
or potential client...
Next time you have a
discussion about what you do
or how you work with a
client, bring up the notion
of coaching the business (vs
coaching the owner) and see
how the conversation
unfolds. You might be
surprised how this new
approach might work!
Best,
Thomas J. Leonard
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We have just
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in both the
One life
Show and the
Vitality
Show over
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month and I
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opportunity
to thank
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as well as
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coaching
sessions.
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you at the
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