Responsible Coach And The Engaged Trainee
Are you a responsible coach? Are you serving as a mentor, a coach, or a teacher?
In your workplace role do you find yourself feeling responsible to help guide, motivate, or teach others?
Professional coaches spend decades honing their craft. They are in it to make a difference. Much of their inspiration develops from seeing the results in others.
Is it possible that the coach cares more than the trainee?
Making a Difference
Both formally and informally many workplace professionals find themselves assigned to help others. Is it working? Are you making a difference?
It is difficult to feed those who are not hungry. You can set a table full of delicious and nutritious food in front of them, yet, they’ll not indulge.
Is the food terrible or are they just not hungry?
It is true for most things in life. As a general rule, people will only participate fully when they feel the need or have the desire.
Someone who doesn’t want to learn, or see a need to learn, probably won’t learn very much.
Weight loss, exercise, or healthy eating, will mostly come from those who have some desire or a feeling of necessity to create the outcome. Very limited desire yields very limited results.
A Motivation Coach
Can you motivate as a coach? Absolutely, you can. The question often becomes, “For how long?”
Remove the stimulus and you may see the results dwindle.
One role of the coach is to help the person stay accountable. Yet, you likely cannot provide oversight every minute, of every day.
Often, this circles back to the trainee having or developing some level of self-motivation for the cause.
It seems that there must be a level of commitment from the trainee.
What is the responsibility of the coach?
Responsible Coach
Remember that coaches often gain their own satisfaction or inspiration from helping others succeed. A coached person or trainee who lacks the commitment to the cause may not accomplish much.
The responsible coach may show the path, guide, teach, and even motivate. Yet, they can’t be held accountable to helping someone who consistently fails to do their part.
Be a good coach. Be a good trainee.
A responsible coach won’t waste his or her time.
-DEG
Dennis E. Gilbert is a business consultant, speaker (CSPTM), and culture expert. He is a five-time author and the founder of Appreciative Strategies, LLC. His business focuses on positive human performance improvement solutions through Appreciative Strategies®. Reach him through his website at Dennis-Gilbert.com or by calling +1 646.546.5553.
