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Coaching Skills inspire new managers to be better leaders

Guest post by: Juliette Robertson

Article Overview: When you begin to teach your new managers how to coach their staff, from Induction, you are setting them up for success with their teams and investing in your company’s success. Don't wait until they struggle or copy poor management styles from those around them. Here's how to give them the coaching skills early in their careers and help create great leaders for the future.

Coaching Skills inspire new managers to be better leaders

Executive Coaching may have traditionally been reserved for more senior executives and middle managers but as an Executive Coach and Workplace Coach Trainer I believe that instilling a coaching mindset needs to begin early and even be built into Induction Programs for companies keen to fast track a coaching culture change.

We know that the first 90 days in any role is a time of proving yourself and Gen Y know that well. However new managers often win roles based on their technical skills and are given very little guidance and training on how to manage the day to day people issues that they face. For progressive companies that recognize the importance of leadership, teaching new managers coaching skills early not only fast tracks their personal results but has a huge roll on affect for the company culture.

New managers in their 20's benefit most by learning coaching skills early in their career for 2 reasons.

1) They are courageous. They are so keen to improve themselves and make their mark that they have the courage to embrace new skills and practice what they learn and they are grateful for the opportunity.

2) They are the leaders of the future and as they master these coaching skills and use them throughout their careers, they will positively influence and develop more and more up and coming leaders in their care. We are introducing a powerful cycle of growth and change here.

I have had the privilege to coach and train managers at varying levels of seniority. Senior Executives and many middle managers love the 1:1 attention and focus and support that Executive Coaching provides them but find it very tough to adapt their leadership style to demonstrate those same coaching principles with their teams and nor do they want to. For many, it becomes too difficult to change styles.

My experience has been that even after managers dedicate full days of training to learn how to coach their staff and experiencing inspiring breakthrough moments in the training room, the inspiration of new skills is quickly diminished and often vanishes by the intrusions of a working day. The challenge has always been how to help managers embed the skills over time.

Having trained close to 800 leaders face to face over the years, I knew there had to be a better way and I found it by changing my target market and my method of delivery.

That involved delivering on-line to new managers, supervisors, team leaders and project leaders and what we've found is that this is attracting managers and inquiry from all over Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong and New Zealand but it's the combination of theory, practical workplace coaching assignewments and live on-line tutorial support that is unique.

Companies who are committed to helping managers embed Coaching skills, not just learn the theory will see quick results but choose your course wisely. Look for courses that are structured to give managers support over many weeks and even months as they coach their staff and gain confidence and skill. And if its online, it's affordable for everyone and very attractive to Gen Y.

When you reach them early in their careers and give them access to easy Workplace Coaching Skills, a light goes on and new managers suddenly see how meaningful a role they can play in developing their staff. It' very inspiring to unleash their potential.

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