What’s getting in the way of you moving forward with your business? You have plenty of ambition and you’ve done plenty of research on how to get there. You may be thinking ‘Why do I need a business coach? I’ve got the answers I need, I just have to get on with it’.
Frustrated, you convince yourself that if you just tried a little harder, it would happen.
Here’s a little insight that may help.
What’s hiding in plain sight?
When we deliver a team programme to manage organisational change, there is often a reluctant party in the room. And it’s not always the vocal ones who are holding the team back, it’s the quiet ones that we look out for.
Why is this important? To succeed, we need everyone on board the bus – that way everyone is moving in the same direction. It’s all about ease and flow.
So what do we do as facilitators at this point? We open a conversation with those struggling – and often we find fear at the root of their misgivings. Fear that things will change too fast, fear that they won’t be able to keep up or fear that their needs won’t be met.
By addressing these fears, we can dissolve their resistance in a way they may not have been able to do on their own. That’s because they can’t see the label from outside the jar.
And so here’s our big question:
Are you the dissenter in your own room?
You may think that you have an expansive mindset and you’re not likely to get caught down a cul-de-sac of your own thinking but sometimes, it takes another pair of eyes to see where you’re trapping yourself.
A coach will ask you about the dialogue going on in your head. They’ll pick up on things you’ve said, helping you to find the fear behind them.
Because it’s easy for us to distort and delete information coming our way to fit the comfortable narrative we’ve created. We’re looking for answers but we may only listen to what we want to hear. The rest gets lost in translation.
The power of being heard
So it’s not that we need a good talking to. That’s not what it’s about. We need a good listening to and that’s what a good coach will do. Often, the answers we need are within, we just need reassurance and a nudge from someone to help them come out.
If you’ve been asking ‘Why should I get a business coach?’ for a while but you’re unsure if it’s the right thing to do, please get in touch. We’re happy to talk over what’s going through your mind and put you at ease – we’re good at listening like that.
Catch up with these ideas and more on the Sparks by Ignium podcast. In this episode, our host Phil Rose shares what happened when his mindset limitations were highlighted by his daughter and his thoughts on how we can all spark more of what we want from life.