Developing your coaches won't grow your business. It can be hard to hear this, but simply investing in coach education might actually harm your gym instead.In this episode, Chris Cooper cites some examples of coach development gone wrong, but he also shows you the coach-development systems you can implement to benefit your coaches—and your gym and its members. When it comes to coach development, more knowledge is not the problem. If you want great career coaches, don't just send them away to get more training or upgrade their certifications. Instead, build a business with a large platform that will support coaches long enough that they can stick around for 10 years, make it a career and take the time to get really good at their craft LinksCoach Evaluation FormBusiness Evaluation Form and Instructions1:00 - Technician's curse3:34 - Chris's story: hiring staff5:16 - Hire for personality, train for skill7:17 - An example of bad coaching11:16 - Coaching development13:47 - Lessons learned15:42 - What "coach development" really means16:49 - Building a better platform