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Group coaching is a great way to bring people together with similar challenges. Yet from time to time you may encounter a group session gone wrong.\u201d In this post, I\u2019ll discuss the reasons behind group coaching sessions gone wrong and ways to get back on track.<\/p>\n
The Reasons:<\/strong><\/p>\n Clients sign up for your group coaching programs because something about your marketing attracted them. Yet there are times when your marketing will attract people who have a different \u201cflavor\u201d – a different personality, different vibe, different expectations, or a different mindset. They come into your program with one expectation, but somewhere along the way there was a misunderstanding about what your coaching program was designed to do.<\/p>\n The Client Experience:<\/strong><\/p>\n When this happens the client often doesn\u2019t feel heard. They don\u2019t feel connected to other group members and they might not feel connected to you. If that\u2019s the case, the client feels it and you feel it. You\u2019ll often pick up on the clues by paying attention to the way she interacts and uses her language.<\/p>\n What To Do:<\/strong><\/p>\n If this happens, it\u2019s okay. When you don\u2019t feel a connection the best thing to do is let them go. If you don\u2019t release that client from the group he or she will impact the safety and sense of community. Most of all, it\u2019s important to remember, that it\u2019s okay to be you and focus on the clients you do feel connected to.<\/p>\n A Personal Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n In one of my programs I had a client who was completely turned off by the language and the approach I was using.<\/p>\n I was inspired to create an innovative collaboration community and on the first call I was explaining my philosophy about everything in business being an experiment. You are experimenting until you have someone pull out their credit card and pay you. You don\u2019t know they will give you money until they find value in your offer and say, \u201cHere\u2019s my money. I want this.\u201d You can speculate, research, hire the best coach and still fail at a project or course. That\u2019s business.<\/p>\n Later after the call I received an email. One of the group participants shared that she did not want to be an experiment, \u201cI don\u2019t want to be a guinea pig.\u201d She wanted definitive answers, a blueprint, answers a-z. She wasn\u2019t interested in building this thing with us. We were an innovative group and the members who paid and stayed learned a whole lot. This person heard the word, \u201cexperiment\u201d as \u201cI don\u2019t know what I\u2019m doing.\u201d She thought, \u201cShe\u2019s experimenting and I had just paid her a thousand dollars for it.\u201d<\/p>\n Of course, I decided to let her go and refund her money. Had she stayed she would have added a negative experience to the group. Her mindset was very different and a sense of community was very important. We needed to support one another and make certain that we were all on the same page.<\/p>\n The Conclusion:<\/strong><\/p>\n Group sessions can go wrong and when they do it\u2019s important to get a handle on the situation quickly. It\u2019s always better to determine if someone\u2019s expectations don\u2019t match the coaching program\u2019s goals. It\u2019s also very important to keep group cohesiveness intact. Letting 1 person go is a small price to pay for a wonderful experience to be had by the remaining members. Learn to recognize the reasons and symptoms behind selected members perceptions and you can quickly recover from any group coaching sessions gone wrong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Group sessions can go wrong and when they do it\u2019s important to get a handle on the situation quickly. Group coaching is a great way to bring people together with similar challenges. Yet from time to time you may encounter a group session gone wrong.\u201d In this post, I\u2019ll discuss the reasons behind group sessions gone wrong and ways to get back on track.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[12,15],"tags":[23,30,17,13,29,28,27],"yoast_head":"\n