Whether you’re navigating your way on a new team, expanding your leadership role, or just trying to get heard in a meeting, you’re facing the kind of workplace challenge we all run into sooner or later; you need to elevate your performance.
Leaders and managers today are being asked not only to be the experts in their particular fields but to coach and develop the performances of others. For most, it’s part of the job description itself, and it’s a big challenge.
Here are the top ten tenets of successful coaching:
- Look at the scene: Pay attention to your coachee’s character—both in the situation they want help with and in how they talk to you about it.
- Direct the scene: Ask yourself, what could this scene be? With your coachee, consider the different options; be creative.
- Keep it Real: See the real person before you, not who you wish they were.
- Be Curious: Ask genuine questions that help you get to know them, how they think and feel.
- Collaborate: Resist the urge to always provide an answer. Practice being creative and relish the process of discovery together.
- Yes, And: Accept your coachee’s offers and build on them.
- Yes-and Yourself: Notice your reactions to your coachee; work to use them constructively and creatively.
- Build Character: Create your coach character and pay attention to your style and performance.
- Get Help: Helping someone else to grow can be challenging, and you’ll need intellectual and emotional support to do it. And being a good seeker of direction your self means that you know what it takes to grow.
- Bond: Make it a priority to build your relationship with your coachee and create an environment for learning, development, exploration and discovery.
Coaching is first and foremost a creative act. What this means is that every coaching situation and every coaching relationship brings its own offers and nuances and opportunities and challenges.
In “PERFORMANCE BREAKTHROUGH: A Radical Approach to Success at Work” helps you hone your listening, relationship and communication skills, build a healthy work environment and grow as a leader.
Source: Cathy Rose Salit: Performance Breakthrough: A Radical Approach to Success at Work