Chapter 30. HOW DO YOU SHOW YOUR SUPPORT?

If you ask ten people to give you descriptors of the best coaches they have experienced, chances are seven or more will mention feeling supported by their coaches. Underline and highlight the following fact in your personal thinking about coaching.

The best coaches are supportive.

Knowing and agreeing with that idea is one thing. Knowing what that means, and being able to identify and consistently exhibit the behaviors, is something else entirely. That is the point of this chapter: to identify and explain ten specific behaviors that will be seen as supportive by others, and therefore to help you be a better coach.

Ten Supportive Behaviors

As you read this list of supportive behaviors, think about how you can ...

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