Coaching
in the workplace is gaining momentum.
Leaders interested in achieving peak performance are fine-tuning their
coaching skills and coaching is an integral part of the best leadership
development programs. Is this enough to
embed coaching into the way of working?
A few
weeks ago, I had the pleasure of listening to David Clutterbuck on the topic of
making a coaching leadership culture real in organizations. He defined coaching leadership as the
dialogue that moves mountains.
Organizations interested in “moving mountains” should be paying closer
attention to how they develop and embed a coaching mindset in their
organizations.
One
concrete way to do this is to have teams jointly develop their coaching
skills. Instead of the traditional
approach of sending one or two team members to learn about “this coaching
stuff” and having these individuals plant the seed, it is much more efficient
to develop the team together. Through a
joint coaching development experience, the team can
·
share
the learning journey with common tools
·
learn a
common language
·
encourage,
challenge and support each other in developing the skills
·
keep
each other accountable for the application of a coaching mindset to a wide
range of tasks and challenges
We start
from the premise that Command, Control and Correct are no longer the most
effective or efficient management tools; rather, leaders need to Involve, Inspire, and Innovate in the workplace to achieve peak performance. Coaching offers an
excellent platform for leaders and team members to involve each other, inspire
and be inspired, and innovate. This
translates into concrete business benefits.
Organizations interested in accelerating these benefits are developing
the coaching skills of intact teams. It
will be an exciting journey to be part of a broader and deeper development of a
coaching mindset in organizations. How
is your organization accelerating the development of a coaching mindset?
Senior Partner at Pertec
Consulting
ACC- International
Coaching Federation