{"id":9519,"date":"2011-12-05T06:02:18","date_gmt":"2011-12-05T14:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/?p=9519"},"modified":"2016-08-14T19:36:08","modified_gmt":"2016-08-15T03:36:08","slug":"does-a-life-coach-need-a-life-coach-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/does-a-life-coach-need-a-life-coach-course\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Leadership Coach: What You Can Learn From the Occupy Movement"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a business leadership coach<\/a><\/strong>, you can learn from a variety of sources. You learn from credentialed programs, classes, peers, clients, research, and reading. You can also learn a few lessons from the Occupy movement that is currently practicing civil disobedience across the country. It doesn\u2019t matter on which side of the political aisle you sit, there are lessons to be learned from the protestors who claim to represent the 99%.<\/p>\n

Though the Occupy movement has very little to do with business leadership coaching, there are universal lessons that apply to many situations. Despite its populist leanings, most polls show that the vast majority of Americans don\u2019t identify with them. Is this because they disagree with their objectives? Or, is it because most Americans really don\u2019t know what their objectives are?<\/p>\n

Yes, the Occupy movement can teach you a few lessons; it\u2019s not what they have done right, it\u2019s what they have done wrong.<\/p>\n

4 Lessons a Business Leadership Coach Can Learn From the Occupy Movement<\/h3>\n

Have a Point! What is the Occupy movement\u2019s point? I think many Americans wonder about this as it seems to be rather amorphous. As a coach, you do not want your clients to wonder about the point you are trying make. Having a clearly defined point of view is essential when coaching business people to be leaders. Have a point and let your clients know exactly what it is!<\/p>\n

Set goals! Does anyone know what the goal of the Occupy movement is? To get the 1% to give the rest of us their money? Maybe, maybe not. That\u2019s the problem – there doesn\u2019t seem to be any clearly delineated goals and objectives. If there are, they have not been properly articulated. As a business leadership coach<\/span>, you need to set some easily understood goals and objectives for your clients.<\/p>\n

Provide solutions! Is the Occupy movement full of crap? Some many think so, but I tend to believe that we do have issues with an income gap in this country. I don\u2019t know what the answers are and it sure seems like the Occupy movement doesn\u2019t have any either. As a business leadership coach<\/strong>, you need to have solutions, and if you don\u2019t have any solutions, you should at least provide a roadmap to reach a potential solution. No business leadership coach<\/span> has all the answers, and it is sometimes best to only provide a roadmap for your clients so they can find their own answers. But, a successful business leadership coach<\/strong> will usually have one or the other.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t overstay your welcome. I tend to believe that the Occupy movement would convert more Americans if their civil disobedience was shorter in duration; show up each day, but go home at night. By staying the night, they break local ordinances. By staying too long, they alienate those who might align themselves with the movement. As a leadership mentor, you need to understand that too many sessions may alienate clients, or possibly make them suspicious of your motives. Do you value time over quality, or are you scheduling a high number of sessions because it means more money in your pocket? Every client or situation is different, but overstaying your welcome is never a good thing!<\/p>\n

Whether you believe in their cause or not, the Occupy movement has captured people\u2019s attention. As a business leadership coach<\/span>, it may seem like an odd place to learn a lesson, but valuable lessons are often found in the strangest places, and the Occupy movement is one strange place!<\/p>\n

Hope you took some great value out of this post today! I\u2019d love to hear your feedback, so make sure you leave a comment<\/strong> with your thoughts or questions. And also, you can click on the Twitter button below to retweet this article\u2026 Thank you<\/a><\/strong>!<\/em><\/div>\n

Fred Philips<\/strong><\/a>
\nBusiness Coach
\nWriting Team, Coaches Training Blog Community<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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