I am tempted to start this post with a quote from Galileo – “You cannot teach a man anything. You can only help him discover it within himself.”
In a world of management, what does Leadership Coaching mean? Every one talks about Leadership Coaching but what does it mean? I am of the opinion that before you can develop coaching skills, you must have a clear idea of – ‘what is coaching?’
Shall we arrive at a working definition of Leadership Coaching so that you can weave coaching into your management skills?
Coaching is –
a system of learning and development
helping someone achieve his or her goals
all about sharing knowledge in order to maximize performance
a method of focusing on future possibilities
Coaching is not:
an opportunity to tick off someone’s behavior to correct his or her actions.
Forcing someone to take actions
That you are the phantom of knowledge and have all the answers
In short leadership coaching is an activity designed to help people to improve their performance
As a coach, you try to get the best out of coachee. Coaching is a means of systematically increasing the capability of people so that their job performance improves. It is all about learning and performing. Coaching is very different from teaching or instructing. The coach encourages people to take responsibility of their learning.
There is no universally accepted definition of the term ‘Leadership Coaching’
How ever, there is no doubt that Leadership Coaching is an opportunity to contribute to another person’s development. There is a caveat – coaching is based on mutual agreement; therefore it is not appropriate for every situation.
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Thanks! We have all been moved at some point by great leadership. It is an organic part of human landscape as a sudden waterfall in nature. You often don’t know it’s coming. It is hard to forget its impact. Stay tuned in for more…