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.Ā
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 notĀ 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.Ā
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 Vit...
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