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.Â
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 slight shift.
Letting people choose their own goals in a workplace is actually an abdication of leadership. Measurable goals provide 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 it.Â
For example, a company has a lead goal of X number of items that need to be made by a set date, 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...
4 Reasons Why "What's at stake?" May Be Your Best Next Question
"What’s at stake?"
That’s a great question!
It could be the single straw that is the tipping point between ideation and implementation.
There are 4 basic reasons “What’s at stake?” could be the lever needed for forward movement.
Never trying.
Sometimes realizing what will not happen if the idea is kept in the “dream cloud” is just what is needed to help someone get started and stop procrastinating.
Rightsizing the risk.
Recognizing that if the outcome doesn’t end exactly where hoped, the forward movement is at the least good research, and at worst an idea can be crossed off the list to make room for more possibilities to try.
Naming the loss.
Someone needs whatever it is that is being considered! Realizing what could happen if this idea isn’t carried out could be just the motivation fuel to get the motion started.
Regret.
You’ll never know if you never try.
Sometimes the big idea works. Sometimes it doesn’t, but either way, NOTHING WILL HAPPEN IF NOTHING HAPPENS.
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