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<\/a><\/p>\nby Michael Perini, ABC With the Winter Olympics<\/a> around the corner and the Super Bowl, the first race at Daytona<\/a> and the Pro Bowl just passed it seemed like a great time to talk about coaching!<\/p>\n I’m sure you will have a comment or two about the coaching you will see on the snowy mountaintops in Canada.<\/p>\n In the public relations field there is also coaching going on. Before the “game.†During the game and very importantly, after the game — to be ready for the next activity. <\/em><\/p>\n The coaching is often between client and the public relations expert. Also, between the PR person and the customer and\/or issue owner.<\/p>\n Here are 3 PR tips that I integrate when coaching. Please add a comment as this list is not all-inclusive.<\/p>\n 1. Listen, Listen, Listen! <\/strong> I know it is hard to do as some folks can ramble….HA, not you, right! I worked for a boss once who told me that it would be useful if I listened, all the way to the end, before commenting. He said, “Often you will learn something just before the person finishes a thought.†That was sound advice. When talking with clients I know you might want to interrupt as you believe you know where they are going and what you need to guide them. My advice: just hang in there as it will be worth your while.<\/p>\n 2. Encourage.<\/strong> Here is a brief list:<\/p>\n •\tA simple smile Easy to write yet hard for some folks to accomplish. I try to encourage my clients to be honest, and open with me. When we are successful then I provide a positive comment.<\/p>\n 3. Be inclusive<\/strong>. Being involved in a project, issue or activity from start to end I believe is better than being called into the game in the 3rd quarter. So much has transpired thus making it more difficult to achieve a goal.<\/p>\n So as you watch the Winter Olympics look closely at the coaching. You will find some useful tips on how to deal with people.<\/p>\n <\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" PR Coaching: The Winter Olympics by Michael Perini, ABC perini & associates With the Winter Olympics around the corner and the Super Bowl, the first race at Daytona and the Pro Bowl just passed it seemed like a great time to talk about coaching! I’m sure you will have a comment or two about the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advice-and-counsel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/periniassociates.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/periniassociates.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/periniassociates.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/periniassociates.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/periniassociates.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/periniassociates.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/periniassociates.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/periniassociates.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/periniassociates.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/periniassociates.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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