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Bill
HAVE A COACH
TO BE A COACH
hen I started the This was a remarkable She asked me why I was
coaching program experience and one of the saying “only five people” to
Wthat would lead to smartest things I could describe the nature of my
me being a certified coach, have done in an effort to Mastermind Group. She
the curriculum strongly become a competent coach. reminded me that it was just
suggested that a coach Barbara is an excellent as easy to celebrate the fact
should experience coaching listener and modeled the that I was adding value to
from the client side. This very best in coaching skills. five people who would not
would do two things. First, it She was highly perceptive otherwise have benefited
would help a novice coach and helped me see some from my services.
better understand the things in myself that I wasn’t
value of coaching from a recognizing on my own. The This may seem like a small
client’s perspective. Second, most significant of these example, but it is reflective
it would also provide the were some limiting beliefs I of how I tend to let some
student with an experienced had about myself that were limiting beliefs take over.
coach to learn from. getting in the way of me Since that time, I have never
recognizing my value and apologized for the size of
In August of 2016 I attended the value of what I had to any group I was facilitating.
a live event which would offer. That’s not to say I don’t
lead me to a person who work hard at trying to reach
would impact my career At the larger end of the more people, but once a
greatly. One of the people scale, Barbara heard me particular size of a group
hosting a table adjacent to speaking from a place of low has been established, I pour
mine was Barbara Leigh, self-esteem. One technique everything I can into adding
a founding member of
value to those people
she used to get me to
BILL KENYON the program in which I understand the impact of . The other benefit I have
my negative self-talk was to
am certified through. In
speaking with Barbara, speak to her as if she had my derived from having a coach
resume. In doing so, I was
is that I have become a
I learned that coaching
SHARES HOW HE was one of the services reminding myself that I have better listener, seeking to
a remarkable background,
she offered, and I felt a
hear and understand the
connection that led me to much to be proud of, and, language being used by my
believe she would make a more importantly, much to clients that might indicate
GREW HIS SKILLS good potential coach for offer others. This exercise barriers they may have to
me. A few weeks later, I
really put me on the track of
their own growth. This is
entered into a contract with
Barbara for a 12-session using more positive self-talk. an entirely different theme
that will be the subject of
BY HIRING HIS coaching engagement. As we focused on how this another article.
might be impacting me
Our coaching would take
It goes without saying that
currently, Barbara noticed
place by telephone because
Barbara lives on the island me using the word “only” I now fully understand the
as I described the number
of Curacao in the Caribbean
value of, “If you’re going to
OWN COACH Ocean and I live in Michigan. of people participating in a be a coach, you should have
a coach.”
workshop I was facilitating.
Contributing Author: BILL KENYON
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