Blind Spots

"What do you do for work?" asked the owner of a business I frequent as a customer. “Business improvement and senior leadership coaching”, I responded. "Oh” he said, “We've never needed that; we've done really well without." …Maybe you should talk to your staff about that, I thought to myself, having had a number of them confide about the leadership of the place.

This is what we call a blind spot. We think we are kicking goals, but we don't have the full picture. And this was the case for me recently.

Michelle and I started ballroom lessons a few months back after a 4-year hiatus. I thought I was performing well, but at one point during the first individual lesson, my teacher stopped me and adjusted my frame. I had one of those aha moments: I had been taught this many years prior, but over time, my posture had become slouchy and because I can’t see what I look like when I dance, I had no way of knowing or correcting it.

I’ve had many moments like that since this first lesson and it reminds me again and again that our best efforts to improve alone cannot match the precision or speed of progress made possible with the help of a coach.

Ray

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