BRX Pro Tip: How to Be a Better Coach
Stone Payton: [00:00:00] Welcome back to Business RadioX Pro Tips. Lee Kantor, Stone Payton here with you. Lee, what are your thoughts on how to continue to improve our ability to coach others?
Lee Kantor: [00:00:11] Well, I think a lot of times when someone’s thinking that they’re a coach or they’re thinking about becoming a coach, they think that the knowledge and the expertise is really the most important thing. And in today’s world, I think that the knowledge and expertise are kind of the table stakes. There’s so much knowledge out there that anybody can get anywhere. You don’t even need a coach to get a lot of the knowledge and wisdom that is available in today’s world, on the internet, or on a lot of these AI tools.
Lee Kantor: [00:00:40] So I think what separates the great from good coaches is having systems in place to focus in on support and accountability. I think that having well-built and effective support and accountability tools and services are the cornerstones of good coaching. You want to support your clients by asking them hard questions and giving them honest feedback in a safe space.
Lee Kantor: [00:01:07] You want them to be accountable to themselves, number one, not to you. They have to know that you aren’t there to give them all the answers, but you’re always there to help them figure out the answers. Sometimes people just need to vent and just be heard, and sometimes they need advice and tough love. A good coach is a good listener who asks the right questions and knows the difference.
