What people are asking: A recent Ask David iPhone app question
Posted by David Grossman on Mon, Aug 02, 2010
Question. What are the 5 most important skills a coach in the professional world should have?
Answer. Here’s my list of top qualities for a coach:
- self-awareness: knowing enough about yourself so your coaching can be focused solely on your client; in other words, your issues don’t get in the way of helping someone else
- ability to build trust: the foundation of all relationships and the pathway to being able to help in an efficient and effective way
- listening: for what’s said, and more importantly, for what’s not said
- asking questions: to help gain information that’s useful to problem-solve
- ability to problem-solve: my bias is not to tell clients what they need to do, but rather discuss options, and allow them to come to their own conclusions
- David Grossman