Stop saying "Thank you for your time" and do this instead...

You don’t have to be an asshole to be an Authoritative Coach, but you also don’t have to diminish your authority by excessively pleasing others.

The River Tay, Dundee, August 2023

“Don’t appear as a supplicant of the buyer and don’t be obsequious.”

Alan Weiss

[So, you’ve read Become an Authoritative Coach and you want to know what to do next? This article is a chapter in the “What now?” series. Read more chapters from this series.]

You might be pushing back on this idea simply based on the title, but I can assure you that this is not a clickbait article. I do mean it - we must stop saying “Thank you for your time.”

Keep in mind that maintaining your authority as a coach doesn’t mean you have to be an asshole.

Not only is it possible to be an authoritative coach and be friendly, but it’s also extremely likely that there are words and phrases that you use daily that accidentally diminish your authority.

My experience of having watched 100s of video calls, confirms that we say things without knowing how they negatively impact our authority. And so, part of this journey is shining a light on the words and phrases we use - in coaching, words matter.

Let’s flick the switch on that torch :)