Why Coaching Your
Team is Critical
Organisations and businesses are better places when leaders coach.
Coaching is about performance and turning potential into performance.
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People who are coached by their managers perform better than those who are not coached.
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And, interestingly, simply taking a genuine interest in your people in itself can generally improve their performance.
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There are plenty of significant benefits to be gained by developing as an effective coach. Here are just some of them:
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Improves motivation, relationships and communication across your organisation
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Gives you more time as a manager/leader
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Encourages greater flexibility and adaptability to change
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Improves the level of performance of your team
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Makes team members’ work more interesting
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Increases confidence
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Empowers team members – people like to have a direct say in what’s happening
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Encourages people to take responsibility for their own development
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Helps engage and retain good people – good people stay longer
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Builds a foundation for new skills development
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Provides ways of solving problems and exploring new opportunities
Staff who are coached feel appreciated, more valued, and care about their contribution.
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And a person who feels appreciated will always do more than is expected.
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Before we take a look at an effective coaching process, in our next Leadership Minute, let’s begin with a discussion with each of your team members. Try this exercise with your team.
Take action now:
Give each team member a copy of the worksheet and have them individually answer these 4 questions:
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What part of your job do you enjoy most?
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What part of your job do you enjoy least?
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What part of your job would you like to see change?
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What part of your job would you like to see stay the same?
And then have a (non-judgemental, open) one-on-one discussion with each and discuss their responses.