Many people confuse being a leader with being perfect.

To them, a leader must know everything, does not need help, can deal with any situation at work, etc.

In reality, these people are controlled by their negative emotions: Fear of being judged incompetent, stress about admitting a weakness or vulnerability, insecurity of being an impostor in the leader role, to name a few.

Letting these self-limiting beliefs control you is a major leadership disruptor.

What about sweeping all these nasty voices and replacing them with positive voices. A voice like that of a coach for instance.

In my experience talking to colleagues and friends, people remain very reluctant to consider having a coach. The thinking goes “There is nothing wrong with me!” or “I don’t have a problem.”

Here are 3 typical reasons leaders will not consider hiring a coach:

1. I don’t have time for a coach, I work so much. (productively you mean?)

2. What’s wrong with me? (are you really leading the way you wish?)

3. It’s not me, it’s them! (are you taking the victim stand here?)

Consider however questions a coach may help you ponder on:

1. If you could control your agenda vs. your agenda controlling you, how different would your leadership impact be?

2. What are you afraid of finding out about you if you talk to a coach?

3. How are you contributing to frustrating situations and conflicts around you and what can you do as a leader to remedy them?

What else might you learn from a coach? What are your self-limiting beliefs these days? How will you address these? Tell me in the comments.

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