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Understand your own coaching style. “Read” the needs of others. Identify the learning styles of others. Set the “climate” for coaching.▼ ▼ ▼ ▼
➤ Reflect on your ownlearning, development, and coaching needs.
➤ Evaluate your naturalassimilation andcommunication style. Ask others to help.
➤ Recognize that self-awareness and opennessare critical characteristicsof a good coach.
➤ Determine the mostuseful motivationapproach (“differentstrokes for differentfolks”).
➤ Learn to look forsignals/permission tohelp.
➤ Recognize that it will take time to build trustand commitment.
➤ Recognize the visual,auditory, and kinestheticlearning needs of otherpeople.
➤ Try to understand the situa-tion, motivations, and attitudeof the individual beforeoffering to coach them.
➤ Confirm their preferredlearning style beforeproviding coachinginterventions.
➤ Identify any cultural orvalues issues in thecoaching process.
➤ Deal with any initialdefensiveness gentlyand carefully.
➤ Research the thinkingand reflecting practicesof people, as well asother options that mightapply.
Assess alternative coaching methods.
Create the time and opportunity to coach.
Determine when and where to coach.
Find opportunities to build relationships.
Encourage communication and feedback. Develop a long-term monitoring plan. Review and adjust as you go.
Effective Coaching Skills
➤ Review and evaluate the five maincoaching methods:– role modeling– instructing– performance goal/target-setting– critical thinking/creative problem-
solving– enthusiastic motivating or inspiring.
➤ Create reflective quiet time.➤ Remove distractions and interruptions
in order to create a climate conduciveto coaching and interacting.
➤ Be accessible; schedule times whenpeople can drop in for informalcoaching chats.
➤ Engage in joint problem-solving.
➤ Look for projects and other opportuni-ties to delegate responsibility.
➤ Set targets for regular feedback andkeep it focused and specific.
➤ Develop your listening and feedbackskills so you will be more helpful as acoach.
➤ Agree on tactics and strategies for long-term monitoring.
➤ Set new “stretch” challenges.
➤ Jointly develop measurement standards and targets for progress and performance.
➤ Encourage deep levels of thought andreflection.
➤ Help individuals create a plan for long-term development and learning.
➤ Look for opportunities to coach andmentor others.
➤ Show empathy progressively, step-by-step.
➤ Work to help individuals take charge oftheir learning and self-development.
➤ Encourage “abundance” thinking,focusing on strength.
➤ Provide hands-on learningopportunities.
➤ Use “carrot and stick”motivational methods.
➤ Set specific goals andobjectives.
➤ Empower individuals to set their own levels of responsibility andaccountability.
UNDERSTAND
ASSESS
IMPLEMENT
MONITOR
Coaching is emerging as an important new strategy for developing workers in every part of an organization,offering new and challenging approaches to learning. This One Page Coach® outlines the process of coaching in a four-stage continuous-improvement learning model. These four stages are: UNDERSTAND, ASSESS,IMPLEMENT, and MONITOR. The circles to the right and the information below describe each stage of thecoaching process. A system that can be regularly used to help you become a better coach is provided on thereverse side.
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Copyright 1998. Team Publications Pty Ltd. One Page Coach® materials must not be photocopied, changed, or copied in any other way.
1. UNDERSTAND 2. ASSESS 3. IMPLEMENT 4. MONITOR
Gatherinformation.
Evaluate different methods.
Build long-termrelationships.
Keep reviewingprogress.
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