Coaching
A new trend in effective leadership, coaching, has become extremely
popular throughout different organizations. This style of leadership involves
guiding employees in their decision-making process. When
coaching, management provides employees with ideas, feedback, and
consultation, but decisions will ultimately be left in the hands of the
employees. Coaching prepares employees for the challenges they will
face. The lower an employee’s skill and experience level, the more
coaching the worker will require. The interactions that an employee has with the manager are the best opportunities they have for enhancing
their respective skills. Coaching enables the employees to excel at
their tasks. Instilling confidence in employees is extremely important.
If management conveys the belief that employees will exceed expectations,
it helps them do so.
A good coach will draw out the strengths of each employee and
focus on how those strengths can be directed most effectively to
achieve the organization’s purpose and objectives. A good coach will
also facilitate personal development and an improvement process
through which the employee will be able to play a more effective
role in achieving the organization’s purpose and objectives. An effective
coach also realizes that each employee is unique, with different
strengths and weaknesses, and that a coaching strategy must reflect
this individualistic approach.