i think all of us are trying to improve somehow and especially in areas of interest and expertise and areas that we decide to pursue in life and there are many ways for us to improve some of which is attending courses like looking at stuff online and also seeking the experiences through which we can have improvements one of the best ways for us to do that which is also much closer to sports is having coaches so if we look at football for example we’d see like teams are being classified classified into successful or not unsuccessful based on the quality of the coaches and the performance of the coaches that they have so if we are pursuing improvements in our daily lives and our professions we would be seeking coaching and the right coaches to be able to move to the next level so if we look at the difference between like acquiring the knowledge in a specific field and also improving our performance in in the same field or in any field we find that acquiring knowledge that we can pursue different lines for that like training courses for example pursuing academic degrees all this would contribute to our knowledge but if we really want to improve our performance in a specific like field we have to be looking at the coaches who already know the best ways for us to improve our skill sets and our performance so definitely seeking coaches who really know what they’re doing when it comes to a specific vertical is very vital for us to improve our skill set yes mr abdul how the coaches actually could help in other words how the coach is different than a therapist or just a friend who is sharing information or experience with us yeah that’s a very good point i think one of the big challenges that once there is a coaching relationship established is understanding what to expect from the coach so in terms of what do you expect from the coach i think like the the biggest word is going to be performance because coaches are focused on helping you become better at kind of doing something specifically if we’re talking about young entrepreneurs we’re talking about business executives it’s about executing the business and moving the business forward so it’s about like focusing on the different areas of performance for a specific individual being empathetic with them and then helping them move to the next level so focusing on performance and performance improvement is a vital keyword here when it comes to what do we expect from coaches so so why choosing the right coach could be decisive factor in accomplish accomplishing um goals in life yeah i think like if we look at like the process of improvement if we rely and also the coach coaches are it’s a very very important and intimate relationship to a lot of extents if we look at those in sports we would see that there is a huge difference that’s made in like a player’s performance based on the kind of coaches that they have so if we look at this close relationship between between coaches and crew chiefs we would see that this is a very strong and important relationship and based on that like looking at the right coach would be very vital to how far we’re going to go with that so for us to find the right coach this is gonna be affecting our performance this could be like reaching the goal faster so becoming better faster i mean like even if we look at sports i know people who were interested in a specific sport they spent three years pursuing that path and then that improvement was not really fast enough but with the right coach they were able to reach that kind of performance in like six months so like saving time saving money and improving fast and rapidly i think these are the benefits of finding the right coach yes mr abdul um what are the qualifications of a good coach how can we choose a good coach and we know that beforehand yeah that’s a very difficult part to actually discover that before having the experience itself so like one of the the best things to do is to actually know what you’re looking for and also look for specialized coaches i think there are like generic coaches people can coach you across like like there are life coaches there are like business coaches and there are some like deeply vertical and specialized coaches and i think it’s gonna also depend on who’s seeking the coaching and to what extent is the problem wide or is it narrow so and and based on that you’re going to figure out what kind of coach you’re going to be like aiming for so um like if i look at picking the the right coach i would actually understand what do i expect from the coach what what is the outcome that i’m seeking so if i’m if i’m an entrepreneur for example seeking to raise funds for my business i would see that the outcome is for me to be qualified to talk to investors and secure funding for my business so this is my objective and by then i’m gonna be looking for the coach who actually know that topic who actually like has access somehow and understand the process and probably went through it like before so if i find someone with that i would possibly just look for a meeting an introduction meeting with them and i think lots of coaches professional coaches offer that is that you can spend luck one to two hours like with them having an introduction meeting without committing to a coaching relationship so having this kind of dating relationship is in which that you sit with the coach and you see whether you got chemistry do you like to talk with this person would you trust them with your secrets this is a very vital step like one other aspect is looking at others from the industry and how they what kind of feedback they have from this particular individual if you are talking about more professional coaching or coaching for younger entrepreneurs or for startups how intimate here are we talking about the relation between the entrepreneurs and the coach and to what extent the experience of the coach could actually help in the format or the um system of the startup that the young entrepreneurs maybe are going to do yeah that’s a very good point i think also we have to highlight that there is a difference between coaching and consulting so big part that has to do with building organizations are like consulting in this case what’s the difference here between the mentor and the coach yeah i think like the mentor it’s uh it’s more like um like a spiritual relationship to what extent is that mentor someone that you look up to and who accomplish some something and then like you have mostly less frequent organization than a coach the mentor is someone provides general direction like advice when it comes to general direction so which direction should i take so like a mentor would be someone like could possibly be more senior like older with a lot of experience someone that you look up to as as a character and as an individual and by then they provide you in conversation about the general direction so there’s a lot of things in common with coaches but coaches are mostly focused on performance and specific goals so if you you hire a coach because you have a very particular objective that you want to reach and then this coach while not guaranteeing that you’re going to reach that goal because that’s something outside of their control they do their best in getting you as fit as possible to reach that goal so this is a distinction between like the mentorship and the coaching relationship getting back to your question when it comes to if we’re focusing on startups i think by then a coach would better actually be focused on a specific individual within the company so there could be like group coaching for a whole startup but it’s going to have a different format i think some of the best ways to do that is to either like coach the ceo or coach the management team even like sometimes independently because people sometimes have different agendas and like a coach has to be committed to a specific individual so the highest value could be from coaching the ceo himself and also like this i could have a coach everyone else within a team could could get a different coach but by then if you focus on the performance of the ceo the way they look at the business the way they interact with people and also possibly bringing a network of people to to kind of grab and like motivate the ceo in a specific direction i think that would be an like extremely valuable thing just spotting on a specific individual because this is like a somehow an intimate relationship and yes when it comes to startups if we’re talking about coaches and startups because like startups are evolving organizations so there’s massive risk and massive change and a lot of uncertainty so it gets very intimate sometimes and i think like some of the downside is that there is massive expectations of what the coach is going to bring us so if you look at if we’re building a startup with an idea and we’re seeking funding i might assume that my coach is going to possibly just give me access to the funds while the coach can actually help you become more ready to access the funds you cannot guarantee that and also there are many variables it has to do with verifying that this is actually a feasible business idea and this might not be the the area in which that you have requested for the coach to coach you might be like performance oriented and they are not necessarily like looking at the strategy of the company so understanding while this is going to become like personal and intimate is that this is what i provide you and this is sometimes like as coaches you have to repeat that is that in this part you probably need to talk to a therapist i can connect you to a therapist or i can connect you to a consultant but when it comes to that like i’m concerned about you and your performance with the business and that’s what we’re going to focus on during the sessions so you would think about it pretty close to therapists when it comes to like good coaching they’re going to become like more intimate but it’s actually focused on more performances what do i do in order to get there so sir how can i know the coaching program uh and the format that fits my need yeah i think like some of the best things is to have this customized so like coaches offer like specific programs this could actually be time based mostly it’s time based because like in a coaching interaction that what you do is quite different and a lot different context so you need to actually look at it in terms of like what time do i have as an executive because if i’m a ceo of a startup i’m probably very busy if i if i have like 10 or 20 staff and i’m recruiting heavily so i’m i’m possibly busy and my coach is also busy so i need to look at what kind of like time limits do i look for
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