Challenges coaches face and how to overcome them

On a day to day basis , coaches face many challenges . Life coaching is an ongoing process , amethod of continuous development and a significant learning experience for coaches and clients , so it's important to learn from mistakes. The key ot this is realising that these aren't mistakes or failings in the first place.

What many people regard mistakes are lessons , experiences and opportunities to learn and develop. A coach must demonstrate resoursefulness and help people to see that if they think they have failed in the past , this bears no bearing to what they can do in the future. Failure is measured by time. If you look at the bigger picture , it's the failures in our life that can actually turn out to be our greatest successes . What we learn from failure is invaluable. When a cricket team losses an important match , they may regard them as failures ; it is natural thought process to go through. However , if they take it one match at a time , and look at where they went wrong in the game and indeed , how they can improve for the next one , it means that these mistakes won't be made again and they will be successful in the future games they play. It can be a challenge to remove the failure thought from clients and showing them that it does not mean they can't achieve success in the future.

Listening skillsand resisting the urge to give advice are key attributes and methods of successful coaching and central to truly helping people find their own direction and solutions. Listening is the most important ability and behaviour of a coach. This takes patience , tolorance and practice. , especially in order to develop real empathic listening skills.