For those who may have missed this posting from awhile back, I am pleased to share again a guest post from Garret Kramer about how to be a great coach: 14 Attributes of Great Coaches By Garret Kramer, Author of Stillpower: Excellence with Ease in Sports and Life There are many, many coaching manuals and books on the market today. Unfortunately, virtually all of them provide an external blueprint or "positive" guide to successful coaching and leadership. Very few, however, point the coach inward to an intuitive understanding that he or she already possesses. Below are fourteen examples of the inside-out coaching paradigm revealed in Stillpower . Consider these attributes of great coaches for yourself; then see how they might apply to you, your team, classroom, company, or family. 1. Great coaches think state of mind first; behavior (including "working hard, "staying positive, and "doing the 'right' thing"), a distant se...
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