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5 Keys to Help You Pick a Great Coach

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In today's booming coaching market, you can hire a coach with varying degrees of experience for anything you choose to do.

Here are five factors to consider when selecting a professional to help you step up to the next level or advance in a new direction.

  • Expertise: Look for a coach with significant knowledge and experience relevant to your goals. Your coach’s expertise should contribute directly to your skill development, performance, and advancement.
  • Fit: Your coach's beliefs, intensity, and approach should align with your temperament, expectations, competitive drive, and learning style.
  • Communication: Be sure to choose a coach who communicates in a way you will understand especially when discussing difficult issues, making big decisions, and navigating new or risky transitions
  • Enthusiasm and Commitment: A great coach will be enthusiastic and committed to your growth, not only when you are winning but especially when you are struggling.
  • Trust: Above all, your coach must be honest, reliable, respectful, professional, and 100%  trustworthy. Trust is the cornerstone of the foundation for a strong, successful coaching partnership.

Great leaders trust great coaches.

Find and trust a great coach to guide and challenge you to be the best you can be! 🚀

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