Being The Coach For Your Team
WHY COACH YOUR TEAM?
Gone are the days coaching is a 3rd party and external profession. Coaching is not a position or profession, but a CRITICAL SKILL of leadership. It is the only skill that enables the potential in others that we lead.
Many leaders THINK they are coaching, when they are talking to their employees. They think they are being the coach, when they speak?(or nag)?for hours on end in meetings that go on for 3 hours. And yet, they wonder why their employees still do not understand what to do.
Coaching has a 3 key criteria, so read on…
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1. LISTENING HARDER THAN YOU SPEAK
This can be truly challenging for leaders and business owners, who grew from the ground up with knowing what to do in most facets of the business. They were all the roles?(rolled in ONE), from being the programmer, cook, admin, cleaner, customer service, sales, marketing, etc. When CEOs and business owners hire people in this department?(to serve their functions and roles), we end up telling our department team leads how to do their jobs!
When we hire managers and team leaders in this position, we must be listening harder than telling and instructing. They are hired because they have the skills for their jobs, and at times (most times), they will know how to their specific job functions than we?(business owners)?do. So, GET OUT OF THE WAY!
Listening is also important, because employees will tell you how they can be more effective at their jobs. They will tell you the support that they need, the obstacles, the systemic changes in the organization, etc; and all we need to do is listen.
Remember, we listen to?UNDERSTAND, not listen to?RESPOND. Too many leaders are listening to respond with an answer and a solution, and that’s not True Listening. When you listen hard enough, you can even listen to what your employees are NOT telling you…
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