Please Don’t Coach Me

All The Things You Wish Someone Told You About Coaching

After 10 years of coaching full-time, something struck me about the online coaching groups. When people wanted clear cut answers and information, they would say, “Please don’t coach me” or “Not looking to be coached on this.” 

You see, something cringey starts to happen once you get trained as a coach. You are instilled with the belief that everyone has their own answer and it is your job as a coach to help them uncover or unlock it. And while that may be true most or 99% of the time, they are times were we just don’t know or we don’t have 30, 45, or 60 minutes to de-layer and connect the dots.

Whenever I saw posts like what I mentioned, I couldn’t help but giggle and scroll as coach after coach posted their best empowering question instead of just giving the OP what they needed - advice, information, opinions.

They say sometimes our greatest strength can become our greatest weakness when overused. This show is about turning off your inner coach and turning on your curious, snarky, information-seeking lens.

We’ll dive into topics around the business of coaching, client dynamics, and the latest cringey trends to avoid.