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Hot take: I spent $300 on a 'career coach' who just gave me generic advice I could find online.
I hired her for three sessions after a bad performance review, hoping for a specific action plan to improve my communication with my manager. All I got was a PDF about 'active listening' and told to 'lean in' more, which felt like a total waste. Has anyone actually found a coach who gave them real, tactical steps for their specific situation?
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brian_hart5d ago
My experience was the opposite, maybe I just got lucky. My coach had me record a fake tough talk with my boss, then we picked apart my tone and word choice. It was awkward but gave me concrete stuff to fix.
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parker_webb5d ago
Remember my old manager used to make us do role-play for sales calls. Felt so dumb arguing with my coworker pretending to be a mad customer. But @brian_hart is right, you notice weird stuff you do, like saying "um" after every sentence or your voice going up like a question. It did make real talks less scary somehow.
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ray_burns605d ago
Wow, that sounds intense. Do we really need to rehearse conversations like a play? Seems like overkill to me.
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