Learn to Facilitate Your Own Coaching Session

Purpose for the Coaching for Leaders

• Provides objectivity, honesty, candid feedback and guidance.
• Makes self-development a priority.
• Ties individual efforts to business objectives.
• Teaches internal partnership, trust and understanding.

The Coaching Relationship

• It is a joint responsibility - between you and your employees, your clients or your customers.
• Needs to be tied to business objectives and improvement targets.
• Facilitated by open-ended questions, honesty and joint problem solving.
• Translates individual insight into action.

Confidentiality

• Coaching may involve sharing confidential information.
• It is important the leader can trust that the information will not be shared inappropriately or without approval.
• If information needs to be shared, there is an agreement regarding what, when, how and with whom it is shown.