{"id":19890,"date":"2017-01-17T04:00:08","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T12:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/?p=19890"},"modified":"2017-01-17T04:32:13","modified_gmt":"2017-01-17T12:32:13","slug":"what-is-executive-coaching-honesty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/what-is-executive-coaching-honesty\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Executive Coaching Honesty?"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is executive coaching<\/strong><\/a> honesty? What does it mean to be honest in your executive coaching sessions?<\/p>\n

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Being Honest Takes Some Finesse as an Executive Coach<\/h3>\n

Some coaches can be brutally honest \u2013 just say it like it is any way, and in any manner you like. Athletic coaches come to mind \u2013 they can yell, shout, scream, knock over a chalk board or two. Even life coaches can leave the refinement of speech and words behind. However, executive coaches are often dealing with a different breed of people \u2013 individuals who have amassed power, enjoyed privilege, demanded respect, and have built a career on managing others.<\/p>\n

In many ways, executives are different than other clients. They may not be able to handle brutal honesty from someone they hire to be their coach. So, being honest may be different for executive coaches \u2013 what is executive coach honesty is probably a bit different than what is coach honesty.<\/p>\n

What is Executive Coaching Honesty?<\/h3>\n

There\u2019s two general answers to the question: What is executive coaching<\/strong> honesty? The answers are opposite, but they both apply.<\/p>\n

Treat Executive Coach Clients Differently<\/h3>\n

Because most executive have a Type A personality and have achieved a great deal in business, they are different than many clients a life coach would have. Brutal honesty might not work as well as honesty disguised with a little respect and finesse.<\/p>\n

Treat Executive Coaches the Same<\/h3>\n

Sounds like a contradiction to the first answer, but it means that you still need to be honest. You can\u2019t censor yourself because that executive is paying you for results. You can\u2019t worry about driving your client away just because you are being honest. If one of your clients doesn\u2019t like your advice, they might leave, but would that really be worse than not giving your most honest coaching to all your clients? Sacrificing one client for the benefit of all (and the good reputation you\u2019ll get by achieving desired outcomes) is definitely worth it in the long run.<\/p>\n

Honesty is the Best Coaching Policy<\/h3>\n

Being honesty will accomplish three things:<\/p>\n