The Leader As Coach:: Article
The Leader As Coach:: Article
The Leader As Coach:: Article
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AN D TH E M I N D S
ENGAGE THE HEARTS
most of us uncomfortable.
than you give answers? Are you patient with individuals problems
or do you jump in to solve them before you have even heard the
and through others. We must rely more and more on our personal
or do you prefer to keep them under the table? Create your own
dealing with conflict, and a lot of other skills that fall at the bottom
of the list of leadership competencies that most of us excel at.
on any weaknesses.
individual that is nested within the strategic plan for your unit or
inside out. You have to be aware of who you are, how you are
and how you are going to get there. Once the plan is created, the
learn and develop yourself before you can begin to help others do
the same. You must be a model of what you want to see in others.
to actually follow through in the midst of the day to day chaos that
If you havent had feedback on your own leadership within the last
ARTI C LE
LISTE N
We have often made up our minds about a person or
an issue before the conversation starts. Try letting
go of assumptions
results. It must become who you are as a leader, how you behave as
positive regard. This doesnt mean you have to agree with everything
Here are three things you can begin today to be a better coach. Try
them and monitor the reactions to see if there is a difference in
others as a result of a difference in you.
they say, but it does mean that you value them as a human being and
value their opinions even though they differ from yours.
These coaching techniques are more challenging than they sound. If
you master them, you will find the results are well worth the effort. So
1. LISTEN
told? What is the underlying message? Mirror back what is being said
REFERENCES:
1. Buckingham, M. and C. Coffman. First Break All the Rules: What
the Worlds Greatest Managers Do Differently. New York: Simon
& Schuster, 1999.
2. Wright, S. and MacKinnon, C. Leadership Alchemy: The Magic of
the Leader Coach. Toronto: TCP Publications, 2003.
3. Lombardo, M. and R. Eichinger. The Leadership Machine.
Minneapolis: Lominger Ltd., 2001.