The Coaching Manager Tweddle Group

Coaching is about connecting with people, inspiring them to do their best, and helping them to grow. It's also about challenging people to come up with the answers they require on their own. Coaching is far from an exact science, and all leaders have to develop their own style, but we can break down the process into practices that any manager will need to explore and understand. Here are the three most important:

As a manager, you provide some level of coaching to all your direct reports, helping some attain higher levels of professional achievement, and helping others improve their performance to fulfill their current roles. But while every manager should have the capability to coach, you also need to have the ability to discern when coaching isn't working.

Many different perspectives. Some good stuff.

These are some great coaching techniques to use with your employee's!

"No one could do anything without my permission." Ryan replied. "I thought I had a great deal of authority."

No matter how successful a coaching session feels while it's underway, if it doesn't lead to change after it's over, it hasn't been effective. Unfortunately, too many managers don't adequately follow through and thereby squander the important time they've invested in coaching. You can make the process more effective by adopting these practices after every session.

Great follow-up conversation about the "key ring"!

You don't turn an ordinary workplace into a Human Workplace by putting a sign on the door. It doesn't happen because you install a lactation room (although I highly recommend that you do!) or start an employee suggestion program.

The path to a Human Workplace is mental. It's a shift in perspective. It happens when people stop seeing the managers in an organization and the rest of the staff as two different camps.