Parental expectations and coaching - Are you still trying to win your parents’ approval?
Posted 30 Sep 2013
Many parents see their children as an extension of themselves, projecting their unlived ambitions, and using their children to paper over their own insecurities or validate their own ideal self. By doing so, they set themselves up for disappointment when their son or daughter fails to copy the ‘right’ value system, marry the ‘right’ person, go to the ‘right’ college or follow the ‘right’ career path. Our executive coaches do not shy away from discussing such deeply personal issues and at Lequin we believe it's fundamental to helping coachees develop as independence and happy people because for businesses, these often make the most respected leaders of all.
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