Immediate tips (1)
Here’s the thing; most managers recognise the benefit of coaching but can’t find the time to do it. Furthermore, F2F time with staff may be limited.
Here’s the solution
By combining the best aspects of coaching and time management we can deliver powerful coaching messages in a fraction of the normal time.
Here’s the philosophy
If F2F time is limited every moment needs to be used well and to have a positive impact.
How’s it done?
There are many techniques which are demonstrated on the Speed coaching course but here’s something you can use right now.
Create good habits through questioning
Your coaching input should develop lifelong good practices that last way beyond the moment of delivery. Here are two question sets that can be used as a mini-coaching session.
Set 1
What are your objectives for today?
Get people out of the habit of turning up to work and doing stuff but creating and working to objectives. If you ask this question regularly, people will get used to having a ready answer.
Is that an objective or a ‘to do’ item?
If somebody gives you an answer like, ‘clear my email box’ or ‘contact client X’, that’s not an objective, it’s just stuff and tomorrow there will be more stuff of the same kind and we won’t be any closer to reaching our objectives. Get people to write their ‘to do’ list and then, write their serious, longer term objectives, then ask;
Which of the activities on your ‘to do’ list contribute to your objectives?
The next stage is to move from questioning to reporting. Instead of asking these questions you ask employees to come to you with a set of quick explanations. It’s quick, effective, encourages focus and produces results.
For question Set 2 - look out for the next posting.
For details of Speed coaching right now, email me on georgesandford2@gmail.com
Thanks for reading.
