{"id":6932,"date":"2016-10-10T09:00:32","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T09:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/centerforcoachingcertification.com\/coachingblog\/?p=6932"},"modified":"2023-04-06T18:35:29","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T18:35:29","slug":"get-it-right-versus-get-it-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/get-it-right-versus-get-it-done\/","title":{"rendered":"Get it Right versus Get it Done"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/get-it-right-v-get-it-done-blog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-6992\" src=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/get-it-right-v-get-it-done-blog-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"get-it-right-v-get-it-done-blog\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/get-it-right-v-get-it-done-blog-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/get-it-right-v-get-it-done-blog-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Sometimes people prefer to focus primarily on getting things right (35% of the population) and sometimes people prefer to focus primarily on getting things done (15% of the population).\u00a0 (If you are wondering where the other 50% are then you are likely a \u201cget it right\u201d person \u2013 the others are a mix.)\u00a0 Both \u201cright\u201d and \u201cdone\u201d have value.\u00a0 If one is ignored in favor of the other, then complications arise.<\/p>\n<p>To ensure there is an awareness of both right and done, coaches learn through coach training that it is their responsibility to understand their client\u2019s perspective and to expand their thinking.<\/p>\n<p>Start with identifying the pros and cons of each:<\/p>\n<p>Get it Right<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pros\n<ul>\n<li>do it once<\/li>\n<li>credibility<\/li>\n<li>quality<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Cons\n<ul>\n<li>takes more time<\/li>\n<li>different ideas of \u2018right\u2019<\/li>\n<li>opportunity cost<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/article2\/0,2817,2395938,00.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Get it Done<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pros\n<ul>\n<li>frees time and ability to focus<\/li>\n<li>timely follow-through<\/li>\n<li>can do more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Cons\n<ul>\n<li>mistakes due to speed<\/li>\n<li>time and money to correct<\/li>\n<li>errors may be compounded<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/how-coaches-phrase-questions-%E2%80%93-1-of-3-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coaching questions<\/a> for deciding how to decide on right, done, or a balance:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What level of accuracy is required?<\/li>\n<li>What level of accuracy is desired?<\/li>\n<li>Who defines right?<\/li>\n<li>How is right defined?<\/li>\n<li>What is \u201cgood enough\u201d?<\/li>\n<li>What is the timeline?<\/li>\n<li>What are the opportunity costs?<\/li>\n<li>How important is it to be right?<\/li>\n<li>How important is it to complete this?<\/li>\n<li>What is your balance between right and done?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ultimately the client is the one to decide on their priorities; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/training\/certified-professional-coach\/certification-program-schedule.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">coaching certification<\/a> teaches coaches their role is to ask the questions that expand thinking and support clients in making decisions effectively.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes people prefer to focus primarily on getting things right (35% of the population) and sometimes people prefer to focus primarily on getting things done &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,40],"tags":[70,464,116,119,465,77,48,85,45,50,86,88,118,466,463,462,115,134,117,103,79],"class_list":["post-6932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-tools-and-techniques","tag-achieve-and-sustain-excellence","tag-business-coach-certification","tag-business-coach-training","tag-career-coach-certification","tag-career-coach-training","tag-client","tag-coach","tag-coach-training","tag-coaches","tag-coaching","tag-coaching-certification","tag-effective-coaching","tag-executive-coach-certification","tag-executive-coach-training","tag-health-coach-certification","tag-health-coach-training","tag-icf-approved-coach-training","tag-life-coach-training","tag-life-coaching-certification","tag-opportunities","tag-skills","latest_post"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6932"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10035,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6932\/revisions\/10035"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}