Pennsylvania College of Technology

Knowing, intellectually, how to be a good coach is important. Education, studying scenarios, reflecting on your experience as relates to what you learn – these are all important parts of becoming an effective leadership coach. But knowing and doing are not the same thing.

An effective coach must implement what they know, not just creating a coaching process but using the process to improve the performance of those they coach. A great leadership coach does not just understand what SMART goals are but knows how to encourage those they coach to create them, reach them and assess them. A good coach is a role model, mentor, counselor and leader all rolled into one.