Every business has a business coach. This may be through a global firm like Shirlaws, with a one-man band, or wholly internal when you ask yourselves the tough questions. Whatever form of coaching you use, here's my tip this week: If you're not getting the results you want, sack your coach.

First, be sure about your desired outcomes, and then state them. Be certain to take ownership and responsibility for these - remember, your outcomes belong to you, not your coach.

And if, after that, you're still not getting the results you want - sack your coach.

And if you're coaching yourself and not getting the results? Sack your coach.

So...are you getting the results you want in business?

Why Coaching?
Ah, so you accept my claim that every business has coaching, and you want to know whether that's actually a good thing? It may surprise you to know that I'm biased. 

Consultant or Coach?
And then you ask What's the difference? If you plan to be the coach internally - and every CEO is a Coach - the answers are important.

Asking the Right Question
Questions are a key to coaching, as they encourage the other person to take responsibility for the answer. Here's one company that had the strength to answer the right question in a time of economic uncertainty.

Cartoonist Coaching
Finally, you could also take advice from Scott Adams, of Dilbert fame. He wants the Nobel Prize for Economics, and his sensible advice (which sounds good to me) hasn't worked so far. Maybe he'll have better luck claiming that the ‘hologram universe just told us the bottom has been hit'.

Intranet Joke of the Week

Huffing and puffing, the rookie golfer declares: "I'd move heaven and earth to break 100 today."

"Try Heaven," says his coach. "You've already moved enough earth."

Have a great week,

Jacob Aldridge and the Shirlaws Queensland Team 

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