✴ 1% BETTER – Don’t coach the GHOST!
Maik Frank
25/09/2022

Iimagine you talk to a team member who wants help dealing with someone else. It’s very common scenario.

This ‘someone else’ is the GHOST in the conversation…it is someone who is not physically in the room, but ‘there’ in spirit.

How do you tell good from bad coaching when a GHOST is present?

Just observe how much attention the GHOST gets!

A NOVICE coach will get distracted trying to understand the ghost.
(“Tell me more about this person? What drives her? What is she like?”)

An EXPERIENCED coach instead focuses on the person who is IN the room.
(“What’s challenging for YOU here? What’s in YOUR control?”)

It is a momentous difference.

Don’t coach the ghost.

Coach the real person in front of you!

A few words about Maik

Maik is on a mission to give world-class coaching skills to every People Leader. He is a seasoned PCC Executive Coach, experienced online/offline Program Facilitator and founder of IntelliCoach.com, based in Singapore. He has a background in technology and governance and over 15 years of work experience in the mining, tech and coaching industry as a Specialist, People Leader and Coach. Maik has coached and trained more than 400 People Leaders to level up their communication impact and become more coach-like with their stakeholders. Why? The ability to help others without giving advice right away is still rare to be found. However, it is key to (1) building self-reliant, empowered teams and to (2) sustaining trusting and fast relationships with stakeholders in general.

Maik stands out by offering guaranteed measurable growth to his clients. He speeds up his their progress with an exciting mix of self-discovery, laser-sharp mental models, relevant skill practice and creative use of online technology. Maik also hosts the Coaching Leader Podcast (search for Intellicoach) to give Leaders anywhere in the world easy access to simple yet powerful coaching tools.

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