Why All Leaders Must be Coaches And Mentors
Jacob Morgan
5x Best-Selling Author, Futurist, & Keynote Speaker. Founder of Future Of Work Leaders (Global CHRO Community). Focused on Leadership, The Future of Work, & Employee Experience
As AI and automation grow, employees are concerned for their job security. Adding to that fact is uncertainty about the unknown future of work and what it will take to succeed over the next decade and beyond.
There are lots of ideas of what it will take to future-proof your career, but the simplest and best thing you can do is this: be a coach and mentor.
Click here to listen to the podcast minisode.
All leaders should be coaches and mentors, but it’s not just limited to leaders. Employees at all levels can find people to coach and mentor, either at work or outside of work. A coach is different from a traditional boss. A coach gives honest feedback to their mentee, pushes them, unlocks their potential, and removes obstacles from their path. In fact, the ultimate goal of a coach or mentor is to make the person they’re mentoring more successful than them.
This isn’t how it’s always been. It used to be that leaders and managers sat at the top of organizations and pushed down anyone with talent who threatened their success. Today, we’re seeing more leaders embrace the coaching and mentoring philosophy. And it’s the best thing they could do for their careers.
As technology becomes more prevalent and starts to automate tasks and take over parts of our companies, what helps us stand out the most is our ability to be human. A machine will never be able to coach or mentor as well as a human, which means coaches and mentors will have a role in any organization. Every company would love to have an employee, no matter if they are a junior associate or a top executive, who cares about people enough to help them on their way and bring them to greater success. All it takes is a human who wants to help others.
The future of work is uncertain and can be scary at times. But the need to be human and help other people will always exist. If you want to future-proof your career, start by finding someone to coach or mentor.
This episode is made extra special by my friends over at Poppulo, a global leader in employee communications technology. Make sure to grab their awesome guide on The Role of Employee Communication in the Digital Workplace here: https://bit.ly/poppulo
Communication professional, business coach and podcaster
4 年I don't disagree with the content of the article here, but why use the image of? a football coach? This isn't helpful for the common perception of what a life/business coach does because as anyone who has been in a dressing room at half-time can tell you, a football coach spends a lot of time yelling at people and telling the players what to do. That is definitely not what a life/business coach should be doing. This kind of iStock (or whatever) picture just doesn't match the content of the article.
Partnering with C-Suite Leaders to Navigate Challenges with Confidence??| Speaker | Author| Podcaster| CEO Whisperer | Fractional Leader |Coach |Consultant |Professional Moderator |Silver Medalist Curler??
4 年Jacob Morgan?intrigued by your pursuit; I too am on the same path to provide that missing human interaction that so many professionals are missing. Through what was missing in my career, I hope to fill that gap for others. Great post and thank you-Deb
International speaker & author | Global Sr. Digital Strategist at Siemens | Head Tutor for Oxford University [Disruptive Strategy]
4 年Very true Jacob Morgan?- we need more leaders who care and believe in the power of human potential. When you use coaching style of management, you are much more likely able to attract and retain the top talent. No one wants to feel like just a number on a spreadsheet.
Motivational Speaker | Empowering People to Find Happiness & Embrace Change | 10,000+ Lives Touched
4 年We don't need to fear AI. As soon as we fear it we will loose. We have to embrace it so we can see the positive sides of it. Let us use technology to improve the life of people