Coaching @ Work
It’s time to Develop Coaching at your Workplace
Workplaces around the globe are undergoing rapid change and employees are required to navigate through these challenges with resilience and agility. Coaching has become an essential Value Add for leaders as they thrive in improving retention, performance, and attaining organisational strategic goals.
“Great coaches help you see what you can’t see, challenge you to be more than you thought you could be, and hold you accountable to achieve your goals.”
Eric Schmidt
What is a Coaching Culture?
Coaching is an empowering methodology and lifestyle where individuals uncover strengths, develop skills (listening and questioning) to enable greater awareness and resiliency; identifying where they are, where they want to be, and what options they have to move forward.
Culture represents the existing ecosystem of norms and frameworks where leaders have accepted as their common mindsets, desired behaviours and organizational success.
A Coaching culture within an organisation is a culture where not only formal coaching occurs but also where coaching becomes a language and lifestyle—as a means of influencing and connecting with each other.
“The best leaders are the best learners. Coaching is the key to helping people become the bestversion of themselves.”
Bill Gates
What does a Coaching Culture look like?
According to author Thomas Crane, “All members of the culture fearlessly engage in candid, respectful coaching conversations, unrestricted by reporting relationships, about how they can improve their working relationships and individual and collective work performance.”
A Coaching Culture includes:
✓ Empowering others to reach their fullest potential;
✓ Putting people over profits;
✓ Asking questions vs. telling answers;
✓ Giving consistent feedback vs. feedback during performance review;
✓ Creating a safe space to learn, grow and learn from challenges;
✓ Engaging people to the company’s vision and values;
✓ Focusing on a growth mindset.
“Effective coaching is a partnership that helps individuals achieve meaningful goals and navigate their journey with purpose.”
Angela Duckworth
Is Your Organization Coach Ready?
Over the past 2 decades, Intel cultivated a coaching ecosystem into its culture. The ROI in its coaching program totals about $1 billion USD per year in operating margin. That is directly tied to behaviour changes across the team due to coaching, including new revenue that those behaviours enabled and reduced costs associated with turnover.
Investing in the development of a coaching culture is not just a competitive advantage — it’s a business imperative.
Find out more about how you can get your organization “Coach Ready”.
