From the course: Coaching Skills for Leaders and Managers
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Goal setting as a coach
From the course: Coaching Skills for Leaders and Managers
Goal setting as a coach
- Many leaders who coach find to have a real passion for motivating their employees, helping them grow, seeing them more engaged and watching their careers advance, but they often admit that the goal setting is the hardest part. It feels like they're interrupting all that support and forward momentum with performance metrics and measurements. While that might seem that way it is important to remember that goal setting more specifically goal achieving is the bigger reason behind coaching. The coaching relationship always needs to be rooted in purpose to elevate the employees' skills, improve their performance, and prepare them for work at a different level. The quantifiable part is essential. To pursue the goal setting function of coaching here are four strategies you can apply. First, let employees participate in a goal setting process. If coaches just set the goals without input employees may find it harder to commit to reaching them. The lack of control might even increase the…
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