Essay About Behavioral Coaches And Measurable Change

What Are Foopas?
Essay title: What Are Foopas?
Our behavioral coaching process
is designed to help successful
leaders achieve positive, long term,
measurable change in behavior.
We first get an agreement with our
clients and their managers on two key
variables: 1) what are the key behaviors
that will make the biggest positive
change in increased leadership effectiveness?
And 2) who are the key stakeholders
who can determine (6 to 12
months later) if this change has
occurred? We get paid only after our
coaching clients have achieved a positive
change in key leadership behaviors
as determined by key stakeholders.
Many behavioral coaches are paid
for the wrong reasons. Their income is a
function of “How much do my clients
like me?” and “How much time did I
spend in coaching?” Both are poor metrics
for achieving a positive, long-term
change in behavior. A clients love of a
coach never correlates with their change
in behavior. And since my clients time
is more valuable than mine, I spend as
little of their time as necessity to achieve
the desired results. The last thing they
need is for me to waste their time!
Qualifying the Coaching Client
We have learned to qualify}/ our coaching
clients,