Hi Coach, Challenges begin to arise as my clients get busier with coaching more clients. Doing administrative tasks wasn’t a big issue when they weren't so busy. However, the increase in clients has created tension. Now, I find us talking about how to get more stuff off their plate and delegate it to the client—the way it should have been from the beginning. We don’t want to be doing tasks that diminish our authority. Administrative tasks do precisely that. So, what can you delegate to your client? What is more valuable for your client to do versus you? Challenging our ideas of what a coach does, in my mind, means a coach should only do what a coach can do, and everything else is someone else’s responsibility. Embrace the idea of delegating tasks to your client. Here are some examples:
Don’t get busy doing low-level, low-value tasks. Increase your value and delegate these responsibilities back to the client. By doing so, you can focus on being the indispensable coach your clients need. 🗣️ 👀 Chris. PS. Book a session with me today if you want to learn to be highly effective at delegating tasks, problems, and accountability to your client. |
Chris Marr works with established business coaches to help them go from good to great and have more breakthrough conversations with their clients and teams.
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