“When does the coaching not work?”

an executive client recently asked me.

We were sitting in a conference room

for our initial strategy planning session

at the start of a 1:1 Rock The Room® VIP coaching series.

He was curious how not to get in his own way.

It was an excellent question.

My answer:

those clients who don’t do as well as others

…lack humility;

…have a “too cool for school” attitude;

…don’t recognize what’s at stake;

…don’t trust the process or try to short cut it

…are half invested in learning but still go rogue

…or rely too heavily on AI to do some of the key strategic thinking.

(More on that here in another post: 3 RISKS OF AI.)

I was impressed with his attitude.

His question itself signaled that

he was committed to learning.

(By the way, we are now a few sessions

into the process and he is CRUSHING it,

accelerating so rapidly in his growth

that it’s thrilling for us both.)

His question, though, has stayed with me

and has led me to wonder about myself.

“Are there places where I ask for expert input

and then get in the way of my own growth?”

And what about you?

Are you hiring someone for top tier support

…and then going rogue?

And how instead can you accelerate the process?

Risk Forward & Rock On,