{"id":57664,"date":"2025-07-23T15:27:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T15:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"\/a4g11au\/pain-points-cultivating-coachability\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T15:27:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T15:27:58","slug":"pain-points-cultivating-coachability","status":"publish","type":"product-content","link":"https:\/\/www.mindtools.com\/a4g11au\/pain-points-cultivating-coachability\/","title":{"rendered":"Pain Points Podcast: Cultivating Coachability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Coaching is challenging \u2013 for a reason. <\/strong><\/p><p>It supports you to step out of your comfort zone. It prompts you to take a close look at yourself and your role. And it guides you to craft a plan for self-improvement, so that you gain power and grow in wellbeing \u2013 at work and in life as a whole.<\/p><p>But you won&#8217;t rise to the challenge if you&#8217;re not ready. The right foundations need to be in place for coaching to work.<\/p><p>Clare Norman is a Master Certified Coach, and the author of &#8220;Cultivating Coachability.&#8221; She&#8217;s our expert guest on this episode of the Pain Points podcast, to explain when coaching&#8217;s right (and when it isn&#8217;t); what everyone needs to agree before it starts; and how to use coaching to drive meaningful and lasting change.<\/p><div class=\"ew-audio\" data-source=\"embed\"><div class=\"ew-audio-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" scrolling=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/players\/vlrm3cU3-i6FVyGfQ.html\" title=\"Pain Points Ep63\" width=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Share Your Pain!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>You can contact the team anytime via email: <a class=\"ew-link\" data-url=\"mailto:mailto:mailto:mailto:mailto:mailto:mailto:mailto:mailto:mailto:mailto:mailto:painpoints@mindtools.com\" href=\"mailto:mailto:mailto:mailto:mailto:mailto:mailto:mailto:mailto:mailto:mailto:painpoints@mindtools.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">painpoints@mindtools.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Mindtools Resources About Coaching<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p><a class=\"ew-link\" data-url=\"a1plnmq\/what-is-coaching\" href=\"\/a1plnmq\/what-is-coaching\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What Is Coaching?<\/a> (Article) <\/p><p><a class=\"ew-link\" data-url=\"abncgdd\/how-good-are-your-coaching-skills\" href=\"\/abncgdd\/how-good-are-your-coaching-skills\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How Good Are Your Coaching Skills?<\/a> (Self-Assessment) <\/p><p><a class=\"ew-link\" data-url=\"arc59re\/coaching-with-the-brain-in-mind\" href=\"\/arc59re\/coaching-with-the-brain-in-mind\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coaching With the Brain In Mind<\/a> (Expert Interview With David Rock) <\/p><p><a class=\"ew-link\" data-url=\"apubg4v\/informal-coaching-video\" href=\"\/apubg4v\/informal-coaching-video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Use Informal Coaching<\/a> (Video) <\/p><p><a class=\"ew-link\" data-url=\"ae7rsrw\/how-to-build-a-coaching-culture\" href=\"\/ae7rsrw\/how-to-build-a-coaching-culture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Build a Coaching Culture<\/a> (Article)<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Our Expert Guest<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p><a class=\"ew-link\" data-url=\"https:\/\/clarenormancoachingassociates.com\/approach\/about-clare-norman\/\" href=\"https:\/\/clarenormancoachingassociates.com\/approach\/about-clare-norman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clare Norman<\/a> via her website <\/p><p><a class=\"ew-link\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Cultivating-Coachability-leverage-coaching-readiness\/dp\/1915483492\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2HOBZUEEOM2TL&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.m979zDsYF2y_S3iRCNhYX0A9041JFJ6MtxYTNWiDh8kzixFC-U6nDiF9mf1NEkxAvfcjsXqj9-wbv0k2dMXBQgYsARFxdZhqfqrrTWtcAb_ReMB94M5iwq2ZSTgdlZdBOik7MPx8oAkX7fFi0X6ow8ia4aiNot4tVMJE4HNPW8Ovqhp-uxVCYy8epuVxw8lFVbojvs-I-RE6Wgd630_jqNiy_0lmiTcKNf4hqVj0HKY.4giRiQyhD0LXqa7f4iQxshj_ZCLzl8frLK7kiTu5c9g&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=clare+norman&amp;qid=1733246716&amp;sprefix=clare+norman%2Caps%2C172&amp;sr=8-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Cultivating-Coachability-leverage-coaching-readiness\/dp\/1915483492\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2HOBZUEEOM2TL&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.m979zDsYF2y_S3iRCNhYX0A9041JFJ6MtxYTNWiDh8kzixFC-U6nDiF9mf1NEkxAvfcjsXqj9-wbv0k2dMXBQgYsARFxdZhqfqrrTWtcAb_ReMB94M5iwq2ZSTgdlZdBOik7MPx8oAkX7fFi0X6ow8ia4aiNot4tVMJE4HNPW8Ovqhp-uxVCYy8epuVxw8lFVbojvs-I-RE6Wgd630_jqNiy_0lmiTcKNf4hqVj0HKY.4giRiQyhD0LXqa7f4iQxshj_ZCLzl8frLK7kiTu5c9g&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=clare+norman&amp;qid=1733246716&amp;sprefix=clare+norman%2Caps%2C172&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&amp;quot;Cultivating Coachability&amp;quot;<\/a> from Amazon.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this podcast, author and Master Certified Coach Clare Norman explains how to decide whether coaching is the right approach, and then how to release its full value for all involved \u2013 with tips from her new book, &#8220;Cultivating Coachability.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"product-content-category":[7011],"product-content-type":[2597],"reading-time":[5374],"class_list":["post-57664","product-content","type-product-content","status-publish","hentry","product-content-category-member-podcast","product-content-type-audio","reading-time-33-minutes"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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