How To Coach Your Team
Think you know how to coach your team? Think again...
Do you know how to get exceptional results through others?
If your results are not where you want them to be, then you could be
missing a key element in your existing People Strategy for your business
or department.
I'm talking about your ability to coach the people that affect your
business or career. Coaching is not a magic wand but those who've
mastered it will tell you it can work like one.
I'm observing a lot of misinformation out there about coaching as a
leadership tool, along with meeting leaders and entrepreneurs who have
no real coaching protocol they follow.
So, I thought it was time to get you up to speed on how you can use
coaching to your advantage and I'd also like to dispel a few myths...
Coaching Myth #1
Myth: Business leaders and entrepreneurs eventually learn coaching skills
on the job.
Fact: Trial and error is a default approach that can cost you time, money,
and lots of ineffective leadership habits. Instead, you and your team need
to develop very sharp result focused coaching skills. And this is why: The
ability to coach your people... to really change behavior, performance, and
patterns of thinking in your team, cross-functional partners, and
customers, is one of the quickest routes I know to getting high quality
outcomes.
Coaching Myth #2
Myth: Result focused coaching is an approach that leaders automatically
develop through years of experience on the job.
Fact: Not only is result focused coaching a skill that is greatly under utilized
by leaders and their teams, the overall concept of coaching as part of a
leader's role is sometimes misunderstood. In reality, the benefits that could
be gained through the use of specific coaching techniques will be lost if the
right skills and abilities are not developed.
Coaching Myth #3
Myth: Coaching is an emotional approach to be used with people who need
touchy-feely interaction.
Fact: Coaching is a powerful business tool, plain and simple. If you're not
using it as a key strategy, you're missing out on benefits like high
performance, low turnover, and a corporate culture that drives professional
growth that's in synch with your company's mission and goals.
Coaching Myth #4
Myth: Coaching is only used to solve people problems and to deal with
conflict.
Fact: Coaching is a communication and positioning tool that can be used
as an up front approach to prevent problems and create comprehensive
buy in across all levels of the organization.
Leaders who know how to use result-focused coaching are able to...
* Build high performance teams.
* Quickly resolve and better yet, prevent problems.
* Motivate employees and customers.
* Build partnership and a collaborative knowledge network.
* Activate their strategic plans through others.
* Develop a solution driven culture.
Coaching Myth #5
Myth: Most savvy leaders and entrepreneurs already know how to coach
and motivate high levels of performance.
Fact: Asking how someone's weekend was or giving a pep talk with the
office door closed is NOT result driven coaching. As you transition into a
leader who coaches AND communicates for specific results, you'll know
which approach to use in which situation. You wouldn't necessarily
approach a new hire, supervisor, or peer in the same way. The same goes
for different personality types.
Coaching for results is an art that you can develop through practice.
The key is to apply the right knowledge and skills in order to start
getting the results you want.
My suggestion: Identify the top three areas where coaching should be
used as a tool within your organization, team, or department.
Next, review our coaching options.
About the author:
Diana Keith, people strategist and business psychologist, works with
leaders and their teams to increase innovation, morale, and productivity.
See her website http://www.mlevelsystems.com to get your free people
strategy guide for success.
Think you know how to coach your team? Think again...
Do you know how to get exceptional results through others?
If your results are not where you want them to be, then you could be
missing a key element in your existing People Strategy for your business
or department.
I'm talking about your ability to coach the people that affect your
business or career. Coaching is not a magic wand but those who've
mastered it will tell you it can work like one.
I'm observing a lot of misinformation out there about coaching as a
leadership tool, along with meeting leaders and entrepreneurs who have
no real coaching protocol they follow.
So, I thought it was time to get you up to speed on how you can use
coaching to your advantage and I'd also like to dispel a few myths...
Coaching Myth #1
Myth: Business leaders and entrepreneurs eventually learn coaching skills
on the job.
Fact: Trial and error is a default approach that can cost you time, money,
and lots of ineffective leadership habits. Instead, you and your team need
to develop very sharp result focused coaching skills. And this is why: The
ability to coach your people... to really change behavior, performance, and
patterns of thinking in your team, cross-functional partners, and
customers, is one of the quickest routes I know to getting high quality
outcomes.
Coaching Myth #2
Myth: Result focused coaching is an approach that leaders automatically
develop through years of experience on the job.
Fact: Not only is result focused coaching a skill that is greatly under utilized
by leaders and their teams, the overall concept of coaching as part of a
leader's role is sometimes misunderstood. In reality, the benefits that could
be gained through the use of specific coaching techniques will be lost if the
right skills and abilities are not developed.
Coaching Myth #3
Myth: Coaching is an emotional approach to be used with people who need
touchy-feely interaction.
Fact: Coaching is a powerful business tool, plain and simple. If you're not
using it as a key strategy, you're missing out on benefits like high
performance, low turnover, and a corporate culture that drives professional
growth that's in synch with your company's mission and goals.
Coaching Myth #4
Myth: Coaching is only used to solve people problems and to deal with
conflict.
Fact: Coaching is a communication and positioning tool that can be used
as an up front approach to prevent problems and create comprehensive
buy in across all levels of the organization.
Leaders who know how to use result-focused coaching are able to...
* Build high performance teams.
* Quickly resolve and better yet, prevent problems.
* Motivate employees and customers.
* Build partnership and a collaborative knowledge network.
* Activate their strategic plans through others.
* Develop a solution driven culture.
Coaching Myth #5
Myth: Most savvy leaders and entrepreneurs already know how to coach
and motivate high levels of performance.
Fact: Asking how someone's weekend was or giving a pep talk with the
office door closed is NOT result driven coaching. As you transition into a
leader who coaches AND communicates for specific results, you'll know
which approach to use in which situation. You wouldn't necessarily
approach a new hire, supervisor, or peer in the same way. The same goes
for different personality types.
Coaching for results is an art that you can develop through practice.
The key is to apply the right knowledge and skills in order to start
getting the results you want.
My suggestion: Identify the top three areas where coaching should be
used as a tool within your organization, team, or department.
Next, review our coaching options.
About the author:
Diana Keith, people strategist and business psychologist, works with
leaders and their teams to increase innovation, morale, and productivity.
See her website http://www.mlevelsystems.com to get your free people
strategy guide for success.
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How to Coach a Team