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  Mattison Grey said,

  Dave,

  Thanks for having me on the call today. It was fun.
  I believe whole-heartedly in face-to-face coaching and was happy to get to share my experience with other coaches.

  Keep up the great work!

  Mattison Grey

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  Duanna said,

  “To socialize with clients or not to socialize, that is the question”

  It’s interesting to note that there seems to always be subjects where divided opinions abound, and whether to socialize with clients appears to be one of them.

  During my coach training, my buddy coach told me that her coach lets one year lapse before she allows a friendship with her clients. I didn’t question that and concluded that some kind of distance was to be maintained.

  Since then, my own coach has debunked the myth, and I have, *depending on the client taking the lead*, accepted invitations to Girls’ Night Out, Bunco playing, birthday parties, etc.

  As coaches, we are 100% dedicated to the success of our clients; who wouldn’t want to hang out with someone who is 100% dedicated to their success and well-being?

  These are just my 2-cents’ worth of course.

  Smiles,
  Duanna

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  Coach Jason Wittman said,

  I think accepting clients’invitations to attend their social events is both useful and valuable for two reasons: first, it gives the coach a glimpse of the environments in which their clients play their lives. That is very inciteful for future coaching because, as we all know, “the environment always rules!” The second reason is that it is a perfect way to meet new clients. It makes little sense to, on one hand, pay good money to go to networking events where we do not have anybody to introduce us and on the other hand avoid the perfect opportunity to network with the plus of intos from a booster.

  My one caveat is that the coach must always remember that he/she is on duty at these social affairs. You are not one of the gang. You can be relaxed, totally social, at ease, gracious, humorous, and all those good things and still deligate a part of you to hoover up near the ceiling to observe how you are conducting yourself to make sure that others are seeing you as the kind of person they would like to have as their coach. In concrete terms, this means that you need to limit your drinking to one cocktail or, preferably, none at all. You don’t become the life of the party. And finally, it probably is not a good idea to leave with someone you just met there.

  I guess I could some up the last paragraph by saying the coach in a client’s social environment needs to leave no footprints other than a great impression.

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