Startup Selling: Talking Sales with Scott Sambucci
Ep. 121: Are You Coachable?
I'm reading "Trillion Dollar Coach" by Eric Schmidt about Bill Campbell – a coach to some of the top Silicon Valley executives – including Steve Jobs and Schmidt himself. This week, Tim Ferriss shared his interview with George Mumford – a person most people don't know. But you know the athletes he coached – including Michael Jordan & Kobe Bryant. If you're a startup founder, reading that these top performers all had coaches should push you to get a coach ASAP if you don't have one already. But... Are you coachable? In 10 years as a startup coach, I've met 2000+ startup CEOs & coached hundreds of founders & teams. I'm always surprised to find that many people just aren't coachable, especially those that could use it most, and I've found that there five (5) traits that make for a coachable person. 1/ Readiness to Learn: Being ready to focus and make the time to do the work. 2/ Honesty & Humility: The willingness to look for gaps & blind spots. 3/ Getting Uncomfortable: It's awkward learning anything new, but it's the only path to growth is getting comfortable being uncomfortable. 4/ Acknowledgement, Acceptance & Action 5/ Implementing = Learning: No progress happens without implementation. That's where the real growth happens. ___ If you feel like you’re coachable, and you think you're ready for some help growing yourself and taking your company to new levels, send an email to scottsambucci@salesqualia.com with the word "COACHABLE" in the subject line, and let's talk. I'm ready. Are you? Check out the LinkedIn Live here: https://www.linkedin.com/video/live/urn:li:ugcPost:6790002883812225024/ Listen & subscribe to The Startup Selling Show here: BluBrry | Deezer | Amazon | Stitcher | Spotify | iTunes | Soundcloud | SalesQualia Thanks so much for listening! Tell a friend or ten about The Startup Selling Show, and please leave a review wherever you’re listening to the show.