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.
I learned a powerful model I’m sharing today.
Learn to notice the trajectory of conversations.
More important, learn to open a door toward the intentional future.
Words are rudders. Skillful leaders understand the trajectory of conversations.
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.
The Goldilocks Paradox says the path rises between too little and too much.
This post explains how to challenge enough and how to coach just the right amount.
People lean toward extremes. We help too much, or we help too little, for example.
4 questions to dance with extremes.
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.
