The special sauce that coaches bring is their unique perspective, experience and ability to open doors to new possibilities. It’s also smart to have a mountaineering buddy when you push to explore a place you’ve never been. Preferably one who understands the terrain.

All jargon aside, my favourite metaphor to explain coaching is a captain/navigator relationship. My client is the captain and chooses which star we are navigating towards. As the navigator, I use all of my tools to keep that star in sight, and plot our relationship to it.