The Coaching Habit

The essence of coaching lies in helping others unlock their potential. Coaching is one of Daniel Colemans' 6 leadership styles defined as leaders who focus on developing their team members' long-term capabilities. They provide guidance, feedback, and opportunities for growth this is an effective style for building skills and promoting individual development. However, it is the least used. The perception is it's "slow and tedious work to teach people and help them grow". So what are the different types of coaching?

Coaching Performance vs. Coaching for Development.

Coaching for Performance is addressing and fixing a specific problem, sorting something out. Development is turning from the issue to the person dealing with the issue, calling individuals forward to learn, improve and grow. The remainder of this blog will follow this structure:

1. The Kickstarter Questions "What's on your mind?"

2. The best coaching question in the world... "And what else"

3. The Focus Question: What is the real challenge here for you?

4. The Foundation Question: "What do you want?"

5. The Lazy Question: "How can I help?"

6. The Strategic Question: "If you are saying yes to this, what are you saying no to?"

7. The Learning Question: "What was most useful for you?"

These simple triggers should form a line manager's 101 bible for helping coach their team around them.

For indepth analysis please check out the full book by📚 Michael Bungay Stanier titled the COACHING HABIT: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever on Amazon.