Coaching and Managers

Coaching skills are useful whether or not you consider yourself a coach. Odds are that if you are a good “people manager” you are already using some coaching skills. Indeed you may even have what is described as a coaching leadership style – always aiming to develop your team members.

So what stops every manager being an effective coach? A CIPD survey found that the 3 main reasons line managers didn’t “do coaching” were: lack of coaching skills, lack of time, and lack of self-confidence.

Coaching skills can be taught and developed; coaching sessions don’t have to be 30 – 60 minute sessions that external coaches typically provide; self-confidence comes with practise and feedback.

Our proven 1-day introduction to Effective Coaching Skills will introduce a simple framework for coaching, confirm the skills you need, and give you chance to practise in a safe environment.

Research also suggests that managers need a coaching style in the current climate to keep staff motivated to become a more productive workforce.

Mike Guttridge

Business & Coaching

September 2010