Laura Stack, MBA, CSP, CPAE, shares a few reasons why coaching can help direct reports and teams boost productivity. If nothing else, coaching proves that management cares about the workers, their well-being, and their abilities.
Coaching isn’t the same as an annual evaluation, mentoring, training or a one-time thing, writes Stack. It involves one-on-one, informal face time where both parties discuss what the employee needs to do, learn or become in order to boost his or her performance.
Coaching isn’t therapy. It’s product development, with you as the product.”—Fast Company
Source: The Productivity Pro, July 7, 2021. Link.
- It’s compassionate
- It addresses sensitive issues in a safe place
- Coaching improves motivation and job satisfaction
- Good coaching helps an employee discover and manage strengths and weaknesses.
- It provides a deeper level of perspective and personal awareness
- It helps them improve communication skills