Comments on: Some great coaches are younger than you are. https://berkonomics.com/?p=2096&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=some-great-coaches-are-younger-than-you-are Dave Berkus' business insights Wed, 22 Oct 2014 01:23:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Diane Ratican https://berkonomics.com/?p=2096&cpage=1#comment-46165 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 01:23:51 +0000 https://berkonomics.com/?p=2096#comment-46165 Simply put
Coaches must be “coachable” and
When you teach , you learn twice!

A fantastic and relevant article! Thanks Dave

]]> By: Bob Fried https://berkonomics.com/?p=2096&cpage=1#comment-46129 Tue, 21 Oct 2014 17:07:59 +0000 https://berkonomics.com/?p=2096#comment-46129 Great article, Dave. How relevant and timely for those of us with prehistoric technology backgrounds from the 80’s and 90’s.

]]> By: Michael O'Daniel https://berkonomics.com/?p=2096&cpage=1#comment-46126 Tue, 21 Oct 2014 16:53:33 +0000 https://berkonomics.com/?p=2096#comment-46126 This one struck a nerve. I am pretty much a social media agnostic, even a Luddite in that area if you will. There is so much noise out there about each new app and each new feature and I don’t have the time or interest to keep up with most of it (I make an exception for LinkedIn). But indeed, if someone can bring you expertise in a new area that might help your company, you do need to listen with an open mind. The trick is to separate all the flavors du jour from those that will actually bring lasting value and improvement to the company. So I think the coaching has to work both ways; after you’ve been schooled on the new thing, make sure the presenter has thought through and can articulate the strategic values of what he/she is proposing. In the case of being the founding CEO of a gaming company, I can see where you had no choice but to immerse yourself in the product in order to understand it. I can relate — our son is a master gamer and I have no interest whatever.

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