Thursday, July 24, 2014

A633.8.3.RB- How Do Coaches Help?

A633.8.3.RB- How Do Coaches Help?
            One of the most important parts of the coaching statement is, “It is necessary to know that clients are the first and best expert capable of solving their own problems and achieving their own ambitions.” This statement supports what Nick Obolensky (2010) writes about the GROW model for coaching.  Rather than directing their clients on what to do, coaches should just guide them in the right direction and help clients find solutions on their own.  Coaching is important for leadership and strategy in an organization.
            Coaching is important to leadership and strategy in an organization for several reasons.  First, the act of coaching itself helps leaders to gain important leadership skills that can only be gained through practice.  Every person is unique and has unique problems, therefore, the more people one coaches, the more experience and skill he or she will gain.  As far as strategy goes, coaching helps clients to learn the skills to solve problems on their own in the future.  Whereas telling a person how to do something will enable them to solve that exact problem in the future, coaching a person will help them to build the skills necessary to solve many different problems in the future.  This long-term benefit of coaching is very important to the strategy of an organization.
            As discussed, coaching can make a big difference in an organization in both improving leadership and strategy, and improving relationships between the people being coached and the coaches.  Coaching makes a very positive impact on an organization, which means that my organization and I need to start taking coaching more seriously.  Right now, coaching is not emphasized by leadership, but if we want to be the best that we can be, we need to start emphasizing coaching. 

References:

Obolensky, N. (2010). Complex Adaptive Leadership. Ashgate Publishing. 

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