Coaching is harder when the coach is the boss. Open listening, courageous honesty, and not fixing are rare in conversations when one person has organizational authority.
Frameworks provide clarity, consistency, and confidence in coaching relationships. Use four questions that align with the GROW model.
You communicate with power when you speak to universal concerns.
Say words people need to hear, not things you need to say.
Don’t fall in love with telling people what to do.
Speak to nine primal questions. Anything you say to address the nine primal concerns elevates your relevance.
Here’s how…
Coaching is leading powerful conversations that enable others to flourish.
Skilled leaders use coaching skills to bring potential into reality.
This post confronts common myths about the leader as coach.
Coaching provides people centered approaches to development and results.
“Coaching is the universal language of change and learning.”
Included in this post are coaching tips leaders can use today.
Learn to bring out the best in people, not the worst.
Leaders who love telling people what to do can’t coach.
The use of authority creates conformity. The leader as coach ignites vitality.
Here are 10 essential qualities of the leader as coach.
Gratitude from your future self provides clarity to your present self.
The pressures of today narrow your perspective. A letter from your future self makes life bigger. And there’s some research to support it.
What will your future self be glad you did today?
