Jack Welch Quotes

Coaching done well may be the most effective intervention designed for human performance.

I love being coached. I get angry when I'm not coached. I ask a lot of questions and certainly appreciate any insight and feedback. I think if you ever stop listening to coaching or stop asking questions, you probably need to be doing something else.

Like everybody I needed to learn to be a coach, I needed to practise that and make mistakes in a decent environment where I could develop myself and not fear I was going to lose my job.

When you decide to go into coaching, obviously you don't forget why. That's to help develop young people, help them chase their dreams, help them reach their goals.

I do have a very wonderful mentor, who helps me and reads my work and criticizes me, all the time. You've gotta have those people, who will tell you the truth and help you. You don't want anyone buttering you up. I want someone to tell me what I can fix. That's what I like.

I'm used to being coached. Something I learned long ago is that a coach is trying to make you better and to be the best version of yourself.

I am comfortable giving people direction. If something is not good enough, my job is to find a way to help them learn from their mistake, and understand that next time I expect better.

I can cite numerous sponsors at different places in my career that made a huge difference for me just in terms of pulling me aside and giving me a tip or some coaching, or just watching what I was doing and not being afraid to tell me the truth about it.

We all need people who will give us feedback. That's how we improve.

All coaching is, is taking a player where he can't take himself.

Most of the coaches just tell you, 'No, no, you're doing well. This is fine.' But I actually want someone who will tell me what I didn't do right so that I can improve.

We could all use more coaching.

I'm interested in coaching.

Some mentors are more challenging than others.

Coaching works best with high potential people who are willing to make a concerted effort to change, not as a religious conversion activity.

You know, there has never been a watershed moment with a coach when I've gone, 'Wow, I learned something today.'

Coaching is something I want to do.

I want to use my time here at Arsenal to develop my strengths.

Seek out a personal coach or mentor in the workplace. He/she should push you when you need it by encouraging and motivating you. Don't be afraid of their honesty.

If I wanted to do anything in the coaching world, I would probably need to upskill myself.

I can go further and faster with someone coaching me than I can on my own.

Coach Graham rode you pretty hard, didn't he?" he said. I could barely muster a "yeah." That's a good thing," the assistant told me. When you're screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, it means they've given up on you.

The most important question to ask on the job is not 'What am I getting?' The most important question to ask on the job is 'What am I becoming?'

Scout yourself. Have a buddy who coaches scout you.

To achieve major success in life - to achieve those things that are most important to you - you must assume 100% responsibility for your life. Nothing less will do.