Mastering Coaching Skills 245. Stop Hiding Your Coaching Failures: Why Transparency Creates Client Trust
Jul 8, 2025
Struggling in silence can be one of a coach's biggest pitfalls. Embracing transparency not only humanizes coaches but strengthens the bond with clients. The conversation highlights how sharing personal failures fosters trust and creates a supportive atmosphere. It challenges the myth of perfection, advocating for a more relatable, flawed approach to coaching that ultimately enriches the client-coach relationship.
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Transparency Builds Trust
- The thought "no one can know" about coaching failures is common but harmful.
- Transparency about struggles builds humanity and relatability with clients.
Avoid Hiding Coaching Struggles
- Don't hide your coaching struggles; it distracts you and weakens your coaching ability.
- Get support early to avoid isolation and pressure from hidden struggles.
Lindsay's Launch Failure Story
- Lindsay experienced a failed launch and initially thought, "no one can know."
- After getting coaching support, she turned the launch around successfully.