Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Life is full of coaches


Life is full of coaches helping people reach important goals. Pretty much anything we have achieved in our lifetime is likely due to a combination of talent and coaching.

In the world of sports, coaches are a fixture. Batting and pitching coaches in baseball, swing coaches in golf, quarterback coaches in football. In the performing arts world there are coaches as well. Actors work with coaches, called directors, every time they make a movie. Dancers are coached by choreographers and orchestra musicians by conductors.

From our very first moments of life we are coached: by parents, relatives, teachers and later friends and co-workers. That’s generally how we learn to walk, talk, read, write, ride a bicycle and drive a car.
So if coaching works so well for Tiger Woods, LeBron James, Meryl Streep, Martina Navratilova, Itzak Perlman, and Mikhail Baryshnikov, why not leaders of non-profit organizations?

Even with years of experience and success, coaching can help you, as a non-profit leader, improve your performance and effectiveness, grow in your present position or help you reach that next rung on the career ladder.  Find a coach and learn more.

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