How Does Coaching Work In Leadership?
One of the tenets of coaching is that the person being coached chooses the goal and the pathway to get there.
So, wondering how coaching concepts can work in leadership is a valid question. What if employees choose goals that are less than what is expected, or not even heading in the right direction?
While true coaching does allow the "client" to choose the goal, leadership coaching incorporates a bit of a shift.
Letting people choose their own goals in a workplace is actually an abdication of leadership. Measurable goals are how people have clarity in the workplace.
In Leadership Coaching, the leader, or the organization, sets the goal, but the organizational norm is for the employee to manage the pathway to achieve said goal.
For example, a company has a lead goal of X number of items that need to be made, or a certain number of people that need to be served, and then the person is allowed, even encouraged, to find a way to make that happen. In their book "Influencer", the Vital Smarts people share several examples of how this can work. "The 4 Disciplines of Execution" by McChesney, Huling, and Covey expands on the crucial importance of having lead goals for a team to work toward, rather than lag goals that simply measure what was done.
Whatever leadership books or models your organization aligns with, learning to empower your people to own their productivity is a game-changer. When it's not the responsibility of the leader to make all the decisions, everyone is freed up to engage in forward movement at a next level.
Granted, parameters need to be clear. But the people closest to the work have the best framework to see where things could be expedited or simplified.
If you are a ministry or marketplace leader, coach training can level up your leadership, empower your people to engage in enticing ways, and serve your organization's goals with greater impact.
These Biblical concepts also work in other fields, like running committees, small group leadership and more.
We recommend Leadership Coach Certification for anyone with direct reports and Life Coach Training for everyone else.
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