Does a coach need to know about my industry or role?

coaching industry role Jul 07, 2020
 

Video transcript:

So, you're thinking about coaching
and perhaps you've got a few options you're
thinking about.
The key question for you is does a coach
need to now about my industry
or the role that I do?
Now, there's one very simple answer to that
which is, the answer is no.
If you're purely looking for a
coaching relationship a really good
coach will work with you in terms of
what you see the performance issues are,
what kind of stuff you want to talk about,
where you want to head towards
and help you move towards that,
to help you define what your values are
how they fit what you want to aim for
and how best to get there
and they'll be guided by you in terms
of how to operate.
Now there are added advantages if you've
got a coach that does know about your industry
or does know about your role.
Sometimes, with less experienced coaches
that can get in the way. They will perhaps
jump to conclusions or things like that.
You know, they will have been in the same
experience and they will know what they
did in that same experience and that can
often get in the way with a less
experienced coaches. Rather than work
to your agenda.
But also I will say it can be really useful
if you've got a really experienced coach who
really does understand your industry or the
technology you're working with or the kind
of role that you're managing or the
industry, in the sense of the type of industry
or organisation that you're working with
because, when necessary, they can switch
into more of a kind of mentoring role.
Which certainly in a workplace, professional
coaching environment, that can often be
really useful.
So, if you're purely looking for a coaching
relationship then, no, they don't need to
know anything about your role. With less
experienced coaches it's often helpful they
don't know anything about your role then
they can purely coach.
But it can be useful, particularly with more
experienced coaches if they can switch in between
that coaching and mentoring role and offer
value from their own experience which they
can then apply in the coaching context
in the sense of they've experienced similar
kind of issues, can tell you stories, can
provide information which then you can use
to reflect on and decide what you're going to do.
So I hope that's helpful but let me know what
you think in terms of does a coach need to
know about your industry and the role you do.
Do you agree with me that some mentoring can
be really useful in the coaching environment.
So put your comments below. I'd love to hear
about what you think.

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