We businessmen tend to look down at coaching.
We feel that it’s inferior to get advice from a person who is not actually doing what we do.
If you think about that, it’s in a way right.
However, I recently read about what Eric Schmidt, Chairman and CEO of Google has to say about it:
The advice that sticks out I got from John Doerr, who in 2001 said, “My advice to you is to have a coach.” The coach he said I should have is Bill Campbell. I initially resented the advice, because after all, I was a CEO. I was pretty experienced. Why would I need a coach? Am I doing something wrong? My argument was, How could a coach advise me if I’m the best person in the world at this? But that’s not what a coach does. The coach doesn’t have to play the sport as well as you do. They have to watch you and get you to be your best. In the business context a coach is not a repetitious coach. A coach is somebody who looks at something with another set of eyes, describes it to you in [his] words, and discusses how to approach the problem.
If you have changed your mind, just like I did you can take a look at business coaching video.
