coach.MIND 8: coaching attributes

Whether you want to develop your coaching skills further, or thinking of using the services of a coach, you need to know HOW TO SPOT those who are good and those who are not so good...

A great coach is able to make the coaching process almost effortless - an easy and natural conversation... because he /she has learned to coach!

The attributes of a good coach can be highlighted in three key areas:
[Julie Starr, The Coaching Manual, Pearson (UK) 2008]

• Principles or beliefs a coach operates from: e.g. 'we are equal in this conversation', or 'I need to understand first';

• What a coach is able to do - their skills and knowledge; and
  

• What a coach actually does, i.e. their actual behaviour!

And a great coach is like the deep sea corals to the divers!

Photo: National Geographic 'Photo of the Day' Gallery
- Coral Reef, Australia 2001