coachability
Openness to instruction
Coachability is receptiveness to instruction and feedback—the willingness to learn, adjust, and improve based on guidance from others.
The term appears frequently in sports, business, and hiring contexts, where being coachable is valued as highly as raw talent: Her coachability made her a better prospect than players with more natural ability.
Someone with high coachability takes criticism constructively rather than defensively.
Receptive to different ideas
- receptiveOpen to input
- amenableWilling to comply
- willingReady without resistance
- attentivePaying close notice
accepting · responsive · eager · humble · teachable · approachable · flexible · adaptable
Positive change in quality
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- progressionSequential forward movement
- growthIncrease in size
- potentialLatent capacity for development
progress · advancement · evolution · transformation · learning · maturation · refinement · cultivation
Returned response data
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- instructionGuidance for action
- mentoringAdvising someone less experienced
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
direction · counsel · advice · critique · evaluation · correction · redirection · supervision
Freedom from arrogance
- eagernessIntense willingness to act
- willingnessOpenness to act
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
- curiosityDesire to learn
perseverance · self-awareness · commitment · discipline · attitude · motivation · resilience · patience
Continued holding or possession
- comprehensionMental understanding of meaning
- absorptionProcess of taking in
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- understandingMental comprehension of something
acquisition · application · practice · skill-building · implementation · internalization · adaptation · adjustment
open-minded
Receptive to different ideas
attentive · accepting · responsive · eager · humble · teachable · approachable · flexible · adaptable · accommodating
improvement
Positive change in quality
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- progressionSequential forward movement
- growthIncrease in size
potential · progress · advancement · evolution · transformation · learning · maturation · refinement · cultivation · enhancement
feedback
Returned response data
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- instructionGuidance for action
- mentoringAdvising someone less experienced
training · direction · counsel · advice · critique · evaluation · correction · redirection · supervision · apprenticeship
humility
Freedom from arrogance
- eagernessIntense willingness to act
- willingnessOpenness to act
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
curiosity · perseverance · self-awareness · commitment · discipline · attitude · motivation · resilience · patience · diligence
retention
Continued holding or possession
- comprehensionMental understanding of meaning
- absorptionProcess of taking in
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
understanding · acquisition · application · practice · skill-building · implementation · internalization · adaptation · adjustment · responsiveness
- trainability traitsteachability, learnability, obedience, docility, receptiveness
- work skillsadaptability, communication, creativity, dependability, initiative
- sports businesssalary cap, general manager, team owner, agents, agent
- submissivenesssubmissiveness, docility, meekness, obedience, tractability
coachabilitystubbornness
Refusal to yield
unteachability · closed-mindedness · obstinacy · defensiveness · recalcitrance
coachabilityrigidity
State of being unbending
inflexibility · fixed mindset · set in one's ways · intransigence · narrow-mindedness