Using Coaching, Mentoring, and Training for Your Success

Using Coaching, Mentoring, and Training for Your Success

By

Theodore Henderson

“The Wisdom Man”

www.TheodoreHenderson.com

“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”

― Benjamin Franklin

Most entrepreneurs and even established business owners want to know what they can do to quickly expand their business. Grow their profits? Or, from their more personal perspective, become healthier. Create a better relationship with their partner? The list goes on.

Those are the big money ($1,000,000) questions I, as well as other coaches, get asked frequently. I don’t know about them but my answer is very consistent.

Choose a process and undergo the transformation that will propel you into living your vision. Unfortunately close to 99% of the people I deal with undervalue the process and instead go in search of a “shiny object” otherwise known as a “quick fix”. What do I mean? Well, read on.

Business owners who want to accomplish a lot more go to a great deal of business relevant events; seminars, conferences, training days and hideaways etc.

That’s to be appreciated. Events are effective seeds for change, however that’s all they are. The event doesn’t produce the change itself, transformation originates from a process.

To be honest, I doubt I’m sharing anything you really did not recognize from experience. Think of the number of events you’ve attended, and as inspirational as they may have been, a short time later nothing’s changed in your life?

You’re not the only one who’s had the experience, yet how unusual it is that we continue going back to “boot camps”, events, seminars and also training each year anticipating somehow that it will be different.

In previous posts I have actually spoken about the importance of developing behaviors that propel you in the achievement of your business aspirations, as opposed to the behaviors that diminish it.

One of those “behavior” moments is the understanding that the power remains in the process not the event, and also building the discipline of maintaining the process into your life. You are no different than an athlete working at improving daily. It’s the same mental approach. Plan, practice, and then compete. Correct any errors and continue.

There are several methods to do it. For example, ‘The 4 Cornerstones of Excellence (described on the home page www.TheodoreHenderson.com) is a process not an event. Your Personal Success and Self Development Implementation Guide (part of The 4 Cornerstones of Excellence series) sees to that. Begin reading the Cornerstones in sequence as soon as possible, stay disciplined and consistent sticking to the process.

However there’s also mentoring, coaching, teaching, training, and coaching, and few entrepreneurs understand the distinction between these disciplines, their objectives as well as their effect on speed of outcome.

Here is a high level overview of each (as well as their differences).

1. When a person is mentoring you they’re sharing their experience with you, that is, giving you an understanding of just how they tackled a specific obstacle or attaining a specific goal with the idea it may help you to do the same.

1. When an individual is educating or teaching you they’re sharing info and also content with you.

1. When somebody is training you they’re likewise sharing content and directing you, often with specific abilities that might be used experientially.

1. When someone is advising you, or supplying therapy, they assist you in dealing with trauma and psychological problems from the past to ensure that you end up being much more clever in the here and now.

1. When somebody is coaching you, they’re asking open, curious, probative questions, listening closely deeply to your responses, to assist you in understanding the tools and abilities inside as it pertains to attaining your goals as well as passions in the future. The past is made use of for this framework only (more on this later).

A skilled teacher understands and is respectful of the limits of all these disciplines. A trainer will never ever direct you, and will certainly not provide you solutions unless they really feel it would certainly benefit you in some way on the topic at hand (which can only be established by you).

Even then, the coach will certainly ask permission to share their experience or possible remedy with you, as well as aiding you in exploring and also drawing up as many options from you as possible.

I use all these disciplines with entrepreneurs and company owners to successfully implement advanced thinking techniques into their individual as well as company experience.

You’re experiencing that yourself with the mix of teaching; mentoring and also the self directed mentoring (using your Personal Success and Self Development Implementation Guide) in the ‘The 4 Cornerstones of Excellence’. Given your understanding of each discipline, you’ll recognize each as it’s applied (as well as keep the snake-oil and instant miracle salespeople at bay!).

About the Author

Theodore Henderson AKA “The Wisdom Man” works with those individuals who desire to become entrepreneurs, business owners who want to improve their leadership and management skills, and those who need more productive career strategies. He is an Amazon best selling author, a Certified Leadership Coach www.Wisdom4Business.com, Certified Career Coach, and a Certified Social Media Security Professional Powered by CompTIA. He is the author of “9 Simple Steps to Becoming a Strong Leader”, “The Wisdom Compass”, and the cyber security eBook “30 Smart Ways to Protect Yourself from Cyber Criminals” aimed at owners of Smartphones, Mobile Devices, and also those who have significant online activities including Social Media, financial services, and more. He may be reached via www.TheodoreHenderson.com .