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Leaders that Care - ep6: The Coaching Leadership Style
EPISODE 6
THE COACHING LEADERSHIP STYLE
If you are concerned about how to grow your team, how to enable their autonomy and increase their capabilities, then you can probably benefit from a coaching leadership style.
Although effective leaders use more than one leadership style (situational leadership), the complexity of the problems we face and the diversity of skills we need to solve these challenges make the coaching leadership style one of the must-haves.
But first, why coaching?
What is coaching and how it helps?
The International Coaching Federation (ICF) defines coaching as "partnering in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires a person to maximize their personal and professional potential. The process of coaching often unlocks previously untapped sources of imagination, productivity and leadership."
Coaching can be specially helpful when we experience career stagnation and we want to define what's next, to overcome professional challenges, work towards a promotion, a change of career or a transition into a new role.
Most important, coaching plays a special role when we are trying to develop new skills or become better at a particular competency. As G. Colvin explains in his book, talent is developed not only through deliberate and designed practice over time, but also through continuous feedback. A leader, mentor or coach can be great providers of feedback, specially when results require interpretation.
3 Coaching Skills that could benefit your Leadership Style
Have you ever tried Leadership Coaching?If you want to know how coaching can help you develop your leadership capabilities and unleash your full potential, let's talk!
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Laura Guolo
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