October 2004 Leadership Coaching Newsletter

This Month's Topic: Leadership Coaching

Good coaches help employees create results in the domains of:

  • Performance – activities, results
  • Learning – processes, skills
  • Fulfillment – professional, personal

Through the use of coaching, change occurs in each of these areas and business results, attainment of goals and productivity increases as the employee achieves greater awareness, choices and trust in themselves.

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To be an effective coach, it is important to have regular formal meetings with each of your direct reports weekly, bi-monthly or monthly. this will depend on your time constraints, need for information and development goals you have established for the individual. Each employee's need or desire to spend quality time with you should also be considered. Most employees feel they need face time with their boss on a somewhat regular basis.

To prepare for these meetings, think about what area of performance, learning or satisfaction (fulfillment) would be important to discuss and does it relates strategically to their professional development and the growth of the business.

A proactive approach allows you to strategically steer the conversation towards issues your find important rather than receiving a status update.

In addition to being well prepared effective coaches:

  • Facilitate and manage conversations, which in turn shift behaviors.
  • Communicate regularly with their people both formally and informally.
  • Recognize all size successes.
  • Help set goals and achieve them.
  • Focus on helping others achieve their fullest potential.
  • Cultivate partnership.

"Coaching is unlocking a person’s potential to maximize their own performance… A manager’s task is simple-to get the job done and grow his/her staff." John Whitmore, author of Coaching for Performance; Growing People, Performance and Purpose

Leadership Coaching Newsletter is written and produced by Wendy Capland. If you have any questions or comments, please send them to: wcapland@visionquestconsulting.com. We'd love to hear from you.

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