Don’t Overcomplicate the Best Management Practice: Coaching

Don’t Overcomplicate the Best Management Practice: Coaching

Today’s employees want a manager who is invested in their personal and professional development. They want frequent feedback, opportunities to do more of what they do best, and opportunities to grow as they pursue a compelling purpose. Coaching is the key to excellence, yet many managers resist it

What is coaching, really?

Organizations are spending billions of dollars annually on manager training to upskill managers into coaches

Focusing on performance, strengths and engagement

Coaches set clear expectations and performance goals, and they hold employees accountable for those targets

The leader’s role

Preparing managers to coach requires more than asking them to start coaching

Being more curious

Coaching starts with asking more and telling less — becoming more inquisitive about employees as human beings

Adopting a “coach” mindset after operating from a “boss” mindset doesn’t have to be complicated

Check out the Boss to Coach Journey for more on coaching employees and leading teams to greater achievements

Showing support through natural conversations

Coaches are curious for a reason: They use discoveries about employees’ motivations, concerns, and aspirations to demonstrate care and dismantle barriers to performance and engagement

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