The Business and Practice of Coaching Charlie H Williams, III Liberty University Abstract This review examines Lynn Grodzki and Wendy Allen's book, The Business and Practice of Coaching. They use their expertise to guide the reader through what it takes to create and maintain a successful coaching business. The book unflinching look at the business side of coaching helps set the tone for the reader to help them understand that coaching is definitely a business. Throughout the book they give
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Transformational Coaching: Much coaching takes place at the behavioural or problem solving level. i.e. The actions needed to solve the clients problem. Such coaching often merely addresses the symptoms of the problem, namely that it is the client’s way of “being” that created the problem in the first place. The client’s world is shaped by their own “paradigm” from which springs their current purpose, values, beliefs, capabilities and behaviours. Their future is usually limited by the mindset
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Company Name Leadership Development Plan Employee Employee Name | A.N. Other | Review Period | Bi-Annual | Role | Director, UK | Manager | A. Boss, CEO | Strengths to USE More Teamwork | Positive Outlook | | Seek opportunities to work on joint projects and focus on soliciting the views of others within the team. Thank others for their input and celebrate successes as a team. Become an advocate for “team-time” within the organisation. Take lead on implementing team-building events
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Going to a Catholic school, I see a lot of inspirations to be a Catholic leader, however, there is one person who inspires me the most to be a Catholic leader, and that is my basketball coach. On the court there will be times where my coach will say “don’t you pay attention to those girls, if they push you down on purpose this gives you a reason to work harder, to fight for the ball, and win the game. There has been times where girls will try to start a fight on the court, or say rude things to the
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Lights on, stage set, crowd ready to watch elite players duel it out on the field, court, diamond, or ice. It doesn’t come often that someone gets to watch all these great sports players and they all share reliable and similar traits. Since being a positive and effective component of a team reinstates a great athlete, it allows them to excel greatly in their sport. In order for a great sports player to succeed, they should be a leader for their respected team. One player that exemplifies that is
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In order to effectively mentor there must be a set of goals put in place for the mentee. They should be appropriate, a bit out of reach, written down, and last but not least attainable. To get the best experience out of a mentoring relationship one must ensure that the common goal consists of well-defined objectives and expectations. When the relationship is based on the incorporation of the strengths and manifestation of knowledge, an optimal environment is created. Fundamentals to maintaining
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people to trust your decisions. Coaches who are committed don’t coach for making a name for themselves or making money, they do it because they love it. They have goals and put in time to help achieve those goals, but they also set apart time from coaching to have balance in life. Caring coaches see their athletes not just as players, but also as people. They get to know each athlete individually because it helps build trust between the athletes and coaches. While getting close is important it’s
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When I had first heard about the youth mentoring program, it didn’t even cross my mind that I could be a mentor. But the more I thought about it, the more I couldn’t say no to the opportunity. Each time I get to see the smile on my mentee’s face is enough motivation to continue to guide and believe in him. The mentoring program was established by a community member who reached out to high school students. I conversed with her and took home an application. My parents had done foster care for a few
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players that they are coaching. They use their authority and power to scare their players, teaching them that if they mess up, they are probably going to receive an earful and that’s always going to be in the back of their players’ minds. Thirdly, and lastly, there are submissive coaches. This type of coach is the one that doesn’t make a lot of decisions, not really being an active coach. They rarely provide any instruction and thus are there to “monitor” the team. Of the three coaching styles, the coaches
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advantages to both party. The mentoring duos schedule their meeting as often as once per week, while others will meet as few as a two times per year, or once each quarter. The get together is used to discussed anything from a very detailed career coaching-type of conversation all the way over to
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