09/09/2026
Bad Coaching Techniques: Why Your Clients Aren’t Getting Results
WATCH THE ENTIRE VIDEO HERE:
The 4 Basic Coaching Techniques Every New Coach Should Learn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFYfTBanfio
Most coaching techniques don’t create real transformation on their own.
In this video, I break down several popular coaching techniques—including non-directive listening, insight-based coaching, feel-good exercises, and endless client checklists—and explain why coaches can mistake activity inside a coaching session for actual progress.
The problem isn’t that these techniques have zero value. I’ve used many of them myself. The problem is treating supporting techniques like they’re the main event.
Effective coaching should ultimately help clients create breakthroughs, transformation, progress, and measurable results.
You’ll discover why:
Listening without a purpose can lead nowhere
An “aha moment” isn’t necessarily a breakthrough
Giving clients giant checklists doesn’t equal transformation
Feel-good coaching can create the illusion of progress
Supporting techniques still have an important place in coaching
Great coaches choose techniques based on the result the client actually needs
And most importantly, I’ll point you toward the four basic coaching techniques I teach new coaches at Master Coach University—the foundational tools I believe coaches should understand if they want to create meaningful change with clients.