Have you failed as a coach?

 It was Sunday morning, around 9 .15 am and I was having my morning tea, reading Sunday Times and there was a call on my cell phone.

Normal Greetings and brief introduction was exchanged. I realised it was a call from a HR Head of a Pharma company, inquiring about coaching session for their senior Executives on the topic 'Employee engagement and Organisation growth.'

After, getting few details of either side, HR manager put forth a question

"Allow me to be little impolite to ask you, how many times you failed  as a coach?

Pl. Be frank although your answer will not affect your assignment with us." 

The question brought a big smile on my face and I replied "seven out of ten times I got an opportunity to fail and that has helped me to make my coaching fundamental more strong and practical."

It's a different story, I didn't receive further call and assignment from that Pharma company.

It’s not about the number of success or failures that one has gone through. Coaching is more of the attitude of giving, directing, and taking responsibility to bring the transformation in others.

Coach with right experience, knowledge and attitude will be able to guide and get things done from you.

Coach need not be evaluated on the parameters of success and failures.

Identify what keeps him going, and  moving ahead.

Coaching is between two equals - the coach and the coachee, where one is accountable and other is responsible for success and failure.