A "populist" view of coaching

Of course we should be able to laugh at ourselves; but can we? Last night on The Daily Show there was a critic of life coaching. Personally I found it quite funny. How about you? Obviously coaching is now mainstream if we get to be skewered on such a popular comedy show.

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Speaking of skewered, you have probably heard of the on-going controversy of the episode of South Park that “took on” the Church of Scientology as well as Tom Cruise AND lost. The episode was pulled and Issac Hayes who has played a major character on the show resigned. Hayes felt comfortable poking fun at others but less so when it came to his own Church. Personally I don’t know that much about Scientology to do an analysis but it raises the issue of what is free speech and what promote hatred. Perhaps you be the judge if you wish to watch the show yourself.

South Park has many of its own critics and it is often in bad taste. Why include it on this blog at all? As a promoter of the use of assessments in coaching, I am always amazed how “personality tests” are used. This South Park episode begins with Stan being “drawn in” by the offer of a free personality test from the Church and they make fun of these things as well.