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Coaching Yourself

John Sullivan

May 8, 2008







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As your career progresses, good job performance may no longer be enough for advancement or personal satisfaction. The difference between doing the job and doing it well may require a change in behavior, the kind that is difficult to define and hard to implement. Companies and bosses don’t offer this kind of guidance, which is why the field of coaching now exists.
 
“Social values in the workplace are shifting to a more interactive style,” says Dr. Anthony M. Grant, a coaching psychologist and founder and director of the University of Sydney’s Coaching Psychology Unit. Both a psychologist and a coach, he knows the value of outside guidance but realizes it may not always be possible to get it.
 
Why Self Coach?
“One would nearly always be better off working with someone else,” says Grant, “but it may not be convenient.



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