Somewhere along the way coaching employees has gotten the incorrect reputation of being this cute, soft, cuddly feelings focused hoo rah rah. Believed to be nothing but a superficial moral boost with no result producing capabilities, the employee coaching concept has been brushed off by many who continue to manage (and lose) employees using more “traditional”..
Look, if we engage with employees on a day to day basis and, most managers do, why not make the most of it? But how does a manager do that? First we need to be equipped with three fundamental first steps to start the coaching process:
Bad Attitudes can hinder a business, but with coaching they can be solved. Bad attitudes can tear co-workers apart, can decrease productivity through out the office, and make co-workers unwilling to work together.
One of my client's managers recently told me that he did not have time to coach. I asked him why he felt that way and he stated "I have so many things on my plate I cannot even see straight". Now that's a mouth full and he is a good guy who genuinely feel that's way but I thought to myself "As a leader is he thinking of himself or his staff"? We need to drive our employee's performance because..
Coaching is all about driving performance through developing employees. Each employee will progress in different ways. Not every employee is going to need development in the same areas. Coaching is fundamentally based in discovering each employee’s area(s) in need of improvement and developing each targeted area. The fact is every person, including coaches, can always be..