Increasingly the conversation in corporate America, among consultants in a wide range of professions, and leaders in the community includes the topic of coaching.\u00a0 Yes, coaching is a powerful tool and hiring a coach quite simply makes sense because of the return on investment.\u00a0 Having a coach is becoming a standard for enhanced results and success.<\/p>\n
What is happening now?\u00a0 Companies are working to create a coaching culture and leadership training includes coaching skills<\/a>.\u00a0 What is behind this trend?\u00a0 It started with the old style of management where what the boss said was the final word.\u00a0 Then came the shift to managers sharing their ideas and asking for input.\u00a0 Now, engaging employees means asking for their input and empowering them on the job.\u00a0 This approach requires a higher level of skills; it requires coaching skills.<\/p>\n Think about it… telling someone what to do is easy.\u00a0 Listening and asking questions so they figure it out requires patience, focus, listening skills, and powerful questioning techniques.\u00a0 This is where learning coaching skills makes sense for anyone in a leadership role — because the coaching profession considers these basic competencies.\u00a0 Coaching<\/a> is still mistaken for mentoring or consulting — it is very different and learning coaching is fast becoming a necessity for effective leadership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Increasingly the conversation in corporate America, among consultants in a wide range of professions, and leaders in the community includes the topic of coaching.\u00a0 Yes, … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[70,69,85,50,51,115,56,82,79,76],"class_list":["post-4136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tools-and-techniques","tag-achieve-and-sustain-excellence","tag-business-development","tag-coach-training","tag-coaching","tag-excellence","tag-icf-approved-coach-training","tag-internal-coaching","tag-roi","tag-skills","tag-understand","latest_post"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\t\t\n