Glad to see this writeup! I really like that you compare yourself directly to your estimate of your counterfactual work. And it comes up positive! Great work. Especially given that I think entrepreneurship is really hard.
Some comments after half-skimming half-reading, sorry if I’m asking dumb questions:
1. You basically are using a net promoter question at one point, but it seems like most experts on the subject would say that getting a 7+ is way too easy. Wikipedia says that 7-8 is considered “passive”. Typically there’s a score that gets calculated, which I’d be interested in your report of what you got here.
2. Can you report the increase in hours in effect size as well as absolute hours?
3. I would say it’s worth noting what the clients who didn’t complete 4 weeks thought.
4. Maybe considering writing up some of your best advice? I’ve heard (but cannot recall the source) that for-profit consulting firms will post their best advice because it acts as a beacon, drawing in those who found it useful. And it seems extra pro-social in an EA context.
1. The NPS is 39. However, I’m not sure exactly how to interpret it. Broadly speaking, scores above 0 are considered good, but it depends a lot on the industry and I don’t have benchmarks within the coaching industry for comparison. It would be really interesting to see how this compares with other EA orgs, e.g. EAG.
2. The number of hours added is an effect size – standardized effect sizes are usually used when the mean difference is hard to interpret. Since I only have the estimated change (and not the baseline value), I can’t calculate a cohen’s d right now. For the fun of it, I made up baseline values for how many hours people work a month to see what it would be. If I assume each person worked a randomly chosen value between 100 and 200 hours per month before coaching (using randbetween in excel), d = .5. If I assume each person worked a randomly chosen value between 140 and 180 hours per month, d = .9.
3. Sadly, I don’t have data from the 7% clients who didn’t complete four calls. A few dropped out because of physical or mental health reasons. The few more said productivity coaching wasn’t what they needed at the time after all. I’m assuming the rest didn’t think it was worth continuing for one reason or another.
4. I’m working on it! I recently did a four-week writing challenge to kick start that process – you can view the posts here.
In your experience Lynette, is there anything that people can do from home to coach themselves to focus on deep work or prioritize the right things? Please recommend any educational tools or resources that you know of.
Also, are there any resources that have been educational to you in buildi
Glad to see this writeup! I really like that you compare yourself directly to your estimate of your counterfactual work. And it comes up positive! Great work. Especially given that I think entrepreneurship is really hard.
Some comments after half-skimming half-reading, sorry if I’m asking dumb questions:
1. You basically are using a net promoter question at one point, but it seems like most experts on the subject would say that getting a 7+ is way too easy. Wikipedia says that 7-8 is considered “passive”. Typically there’s a score that gets calculated, which I’d be interested in your report of what you got here.
2. Can you report the increase in hours in effect size as well as absolute hours?
3. I would say it’s worth noting what the clients who didn’t complete 4 weeks thought.
4. Maybe considering writing up some of your best advice? I’ve heard (but cannot recall the source) that for-profit consulting firms will post their best advice because it acts as a beacon, drawing in those who found it useful. And it seems extra pro-social in an EA context.
1. The NPS is 39. However, I’m not sure exactly how to interpret it. Broadly speaking, scores above 0 are considered good, but it depends a lot on the industry and I don’t have benchmarks within the coaching industry for comparison. It would be really interesting to see how this compares with other EA orgs, e.g. EAG.
2. The number of hours added is an effect size – standardized effect sizes are usually used when the mean difference is hard to interpret. Since I only have the estimated change (and not the baseline value), I can’t calculate a cohen’s d right now. For the fun of it, I made up baseline values for how many hours people work a month to see what it would be. If I assume each person worked a randomly chosen value between 100 and 200 hours per month before coaching (using randbetween in excel), d = .5. If I assume each person worked a randomly chosen value between 140 and 180 hours per month, d = .9.
3. Sadly, I don’t have data from the 7% clients who didn’t complete four calls. A few dropped out because of physical or mental health reasons. The few more said productivity coaching wasn’t what they needed at the time after all. I’m assuming the rest didn’t think it was worth continuing for one reason or another.
4. I’m working on it! I recently did a four-week writing challenge to kick start that process – you can view the posts here.
In your experience Lynette, is there anything that people can do from home to coach themselves to focus on deep work or prioritize the right things? Please recommend any educational tools or resources that you know of.
Also, are there any resources that have been educational to you in buildi