Building Trust Is Critical to Coaching Success

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Building Trust Is Critical to Coaching Success

October 7, 2012 Posted by : Tim Hagen

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It becomes more and more apparent that "trust is such a big issue when coaching employees. It really has caused me to stop and really think about it! Trust is such a brittle thing and when I ask others what they do to build trust it's amazing how many cannot specifically answer the question and most assume they have total trust with their employees. Even more amazing most people feel they can wither trust their fellow employees or not, yet we do not really train or coach to the issue of "trust".

Trust must be established for coaching to get off to a good start. If a manager starts a coaching program with an employee or group of employees and there is not trust the coaching will be viewed as suspicious by the employees; therefore, until trust is established maybe the manager should not coach?

Your thoughts?

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Tim Hagen

Tim Hagen founded Progress Coaching, a Training Reinforcement Partner Company, in 1997. His entrepreneurial career began in college leading to positions in sales, sales management, and sales training for small and large corporations, and eventually ownership of several training companies. Tim is often a keynote speaker at companies teaching the value of coaching and conversations in the workplace. He possesses a unique combination of hands-on experience, academics, and innovative insight to solve the industry’s most common challenges specific to workplace performance. Tim holds a bachelor’s degree in Adult Education and Training from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

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