Great Leaders are Great Coaches — 7 of 7

Want a clearer picture of what’s working in your business—and what needs attention? Take the free 12 Fundamentals Assessment for a personalized score and your clearest next step: 12fundamentals.comGreat leaders are great coaches, and great coaches use principles to distill truth. In this episode, we close out our series on the five characteristics of effective coaching with a conversation about four tactics for principle-based coaching. We talk through some practical examples of patterns we’ve turned into principles at Path for Growth. We also wrap up our conversation on coaching with a reminder that wisdom and nuance are essential characteristics for all leaders and coaches.   Great coaches are relational, curious, assertive, directional, and principle-based (0:53) Principles simplify, solve, scale, and separate (1:57)  Principle-based coaching involves 4 tactics (7:48)  1. Notice the pattern (10:43) Experience is not authority (13:56) The more evidence you gather about a pattern, the more assertive you can be (14:40) 2. Identify the principle (21:14) Don’t sacrifice truth just to make your principles sound catchy or clever (28:36) 3. Collaborate to make the principle practical (35:52) 4. Understand that reality isn’t perfect (40:32) Effective coaching requires nuance (48:49) Path for Growth MembershipPath for Growth One-on-One CoachingSign up for the Worth it Wednesday EmailJoin Path for Growth on Instagram and Facebook Not sure where to start? Describe what’s happening in your business or team, then explore 400+ practical resources to help you take the next right step: resources.pathforgrowth.com