From Super Bowl ads, to NFL coaches, to new apps, here are some articles in the news from the month of February pertaining to coaching and wellbeing. They’re rounded up below to make staying current on coaching industry news a breeze for you. Share the articles with your clients and relish in feeling in the know. Have a great March, coaches, see you out there!
Football and Life Coaching
The Dallas Cowboys added a new assistant head coach to their staff roster, Rob Davis. You might be thinking “wait I thought this blog was about professional coaching, not football coaching.” Well today it’s both. Davis vocalized that he is going to be less involved with coaching on the field, and more involved about life off the football field. Hello, life coaching! His primary focus is now the Cowboys players’ wellbeing, and working with them to ensure they are prospering and handling work-life balance, and NFL stardom.
Read the full article on CBS Sports here.
Why People Get the Sunday Scaries
A LinkedIn study found that 80% of working American adults worry about the upcoming week of work on Sundays. Another survey actually sought to identify the time it sets in: an average time of arrival of 3:58pm Sunday afternoon. Is this a new thing? Or a timeless problem? This article from The Atlantic presents Sunday Scaries from the lens of the way we currently work with side gigs and a value in maximizing time. Is this happening for you? Perhaps for your coaching clients?
Read the full article on The Atlantic here.
The Super Bowl Ads Emphasized Values Big Time This Year
A quick read talking about how brands like Budweiser, Microsoft, Olay, Squarespace and the NFL highlight their values rather than hard selling products in their Super Bowl ads this year. With companies using verbiage around their values and visions, this puts talk around purpose and values in the mainstream media. Yay for big names talking about the bigger “why” versus short-term tactics. (And, who are we kidding – smart marketing to elevate the language, anyway.) Great to see a values-forward approach being used more widely.
Read the full article on Axios here.
Talking About Laptop Life + Work-life Balance
The writer muses on the pros and cons of laptop life. On one hand, being able to work from anywhere on your laptop gives you the ability to not be chained to your desk and be more agile in how you respond and interact with clients. On the other, well where do we start… blurry boundaries, work-life imbalance, extended “open” hours, etc. When you read this article, consider how laptop life affects you as a coach both in your business, and for your clients.
Read the full article on The Atlantic here.
Artificial Intelligence and Affordable Mental Health Care
This article looks at the future of wellbeing client-care for the mental health field, and the role artificial intelligence could have in it. Faster, cheaper, predictive, data-driven… AI-based therapies definitely have potential. What can this mean for you as a coach, and potential directions the field can go?
Read the full article on MarketWatch here.
How to Overcome Your Obsession with Helping Others
This title is a bit misleading, but the article is interesting. It explore the idea of your ego in coaching and what you might be prioritizing for. Things like white knight tendencies, or seeking praise, or really craving the “I’m good at this” feeling. Worth a read.
Read the full article on Harvard Business Review here.
Have a great month! Check-in at the end of March for your next news round-up.
