If you are a successful coach be it an executive coach, business coach or corporate coach, do you demonstrate your wit when coaching your clients? Have you learned how to leverage that wit to increase your client's results?
Wit is defined by Webster as "powers of thinking and reasoning; good sense, wisdom; to make clever remarks." In thinking about this word and its meaning, I realize that this simple word - wit - is defined by each of its letters. And more importantly as a professional coach, I could truly leverage each of these letters during every interaction with my clients. Please let me explain.
Webster said that one of the definitions of wit is wisdom. The first letter of this word is W. As a coach you share potentially sharing your wisdom with your clients when necessary. According to my coach, David Herdlinger, "Wisdom is learning from the mistakes of others." What a great definition and how appropriate within a successful coaching practice.
Another word in the definition of wit is good. This implies that the value of integrity is present. Successful coaches must have integrity. Without integrity, these coaches would not receive the referrals necessary to build their practices.
Finally, when looking at the phrase "powers of thinking and reasoning," this suggests that tenacity must be also present. Many times, successful coaches must think and rethink to help their clients especially when using a developmental approach to coaching. Also, these coaches are also leveraging the powers of thinking and reasoning within their clients. To take these actions does require tenacity - the ability to continue, to keep moving forward, to overcome past inertia and obstacles.
If you are a coach and want to increase your success, then consider using your W.I.T. to achieve that goal. Let Wisdom, Integrity and Tenacity become your key values and let them drive your every day behaviors in all interactions.
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