"Success Coach" Secrets Revealed

At the start of 2008, I was at a Coaching conference, the speaker went on the stage and stated, "The coaching profession is on the rise. Recent surveys have shown that more and more executives and managers are seeking coaching for increased self-awareness, a more balanced life, better goal setting, and less stress. Do you have what it takes to be the coach these individuals are looking for?"

Now call me crazy, but why are we called "Coaches" when most of the "coaches" state they do not have the "answer", they have the "questions" to make the answer come from within you. Let me use this very simple example. In the national sports scene, the "Coaches" have the plan or at least they are expected to implement a plan to see success for their team. In my 45 years I have witnessed numerous times when a team loses big, like the Dolphins in the NFL with a losing record of 1-15, it's the coaches that got fired, not the players.

I can see it now - Coach Belichick and Tom Brady of the New England Patriots on the sidelines and Coach Belichick starts with questions and after Tom answers the questions,

Coach Belichick asks even more questions, and then he turns and walks away. Tom Brady calls out, "Coach, what are we going to do?" Coach Belichick states, "The answer is within you."

Better yet, picture this, Coach Belichick is in a team meeting and while the team is together all he does is ask questions hoping to bring out the best in the players. No direction, no game plan, no clarity. And after all the questioning, he states "The coaching staff is here only to ask questions, the answer to how to win this game is within you."

We all know this doesn't happen, so why would this work for other professionals?

I believe a professional coaching staff fully utilizes the latest technologies in winning the mind game, computers, software and telecommunications to increase the players' (or maybe you, in this case) speed and efficiency.