Broken

If you're a coach, or a consultant these are interesting times. Covid has broken most of our toys.

Consultancy, and the majority of coaching, requires a degree of stability. Things we can improve. A bit of leadership here, a smattering of process there, all to improve something that already works. We had a whole load of ready made interventions, and we could provide evidence of ROI to somebody in training or HR who had a budget and we were off to the races.

Not now. All that stuff we learned? Still useful, but only on demand when it fits a part of the challenge. We no longer have solutions, we have tools.

The businesses that are thriving are not doing so because of consultancy or routine coaching. They are thriving because they are trying things and working it out as they go. Agile, without the training course, just trial and error. Not much theory, lots of practice.

The pipeline we used to rely on is down to its last drops,

From Coaches to Players

As consultants and coaches, we can no long…