Coach Taining

There are several leadership styles. In no ways, one style is better than the other, because everything has its own merits and demerits. In the recent times, one of the leadership styles that has gained popularity is leading like a coach.

Leading like a coach means letting go of the traditional notion of leadership as controlling and administering a part of the organization towards a better future and embracing a people-oriented notion where leaders help individual's springboard on their respective strengths and talents to achieve organizational goals.

Leader as a coach helps the team members successful take the journey of the development process helping them to set the right goals, identify and deal with the potential obstacles and improve the performance. Being a coach to the team members is about helping them to be the better version of themselves.

Coaching has to be done one-to-one with the team members. It is important that specific time has to be scheduled for such sessions. It is not ideal to push these sessions into the weekly task meetings. A leader who leads the team with the approach of a coach can successfully help the team members in effective problem-solving and achieving goals. Coaching also focuses on discussions and building strategies for career development and employee growth.