Guest post by Kendra Moore
Author of Crossing the Goal Line – Coaching Others to Success in Business
Entrepreneurs must be very thoughtful about making employees successful at work. Successful employees represent moving toward increased productivity and sales. As the employer why not give them the tools to be empowered and as successful as possible?
This is the question I had for myself when I began my new cookie business. When I hired my first employee I realized that she brought a lot of skills to our company but I needed her to truly believe in her own abilities. I needed her to shift her thinking about her limitations. I wanted her to believe that she could achieve and accomplish all goals. I had to believe this for my new business venture and my team had to have the same beliefs. We all had to be certain that we could accomplish anything.
We achieved this change in thinking because I used coaching techniques. Performing supervisory duties as a business owner to keep businesses running is essential. As a manager I wanted to invest my time in using coaching techniques because I knew that I needed to do more than manage. Learning to use these techniques helped me to teach people how to improve their decision-making and thinking process.
In life many people benefit from coaches. All great athletes are coached by a person willing to serve as guide for them. Michael Jordan, the Williams sisters, the NY Giants, and the list of strategically coached athletes goes on and on.
The coach’s role is very important in making an athlete perform at their peak level. The coach gives the athlete guidance and support on how to improve their performance. They help the athlete match their behavioral practices to the successful outcome that they envision for themselves during the competition. The coach acts as mirror for the person they coach, helping them to reflect on ways to improve their performance.
A coach can also guide a person with difficult life decisions and problems they face. This life coach provides strategies for a person during these times. This coach helps to empower people to be problem solvers.
An athletic coach, life coach, and business coach all have the same goals. They help their clients improve decision-making and problem solving.
Balancing coaching and managing is worth all of the effort that it takes. When people invest this time in their company it brings back many returns. In business, being the lead the problem solver is much better than solving all of the problems.
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Author of Crossing the Goal Line – Coaching Others to Success in Business
What a great article!!!! As an administrator working with teachers, coaching is a powerful tool of professional development and growth. This article was quite inspiring.
I have read Crossing the Goal Line and was happy that there was a coaching book with both clarity and substance, without simplifying important issues. I would highly recommend the book if you are looking for practical ways on coaching difficult teams with different personalities.