Stop managing so much and start coaching more

In this time of unprecedented numbers of disengaged workers and overwhelming workloads start spending more time coaching. The process of coaching engages the hearts and minds of people, so you will more often get different results. The results can be immediate. When people feel valued and appreciated they respond with a higher level of motivation, they become more engaged in their work, they become more proactive in solving problems and collaborate more with team members. All of what I just described is a result of coaching, not managing. I’ve been working with managers to increase their coaching effectiveness and those are the tangible benefits and changes they observe in their employees. Coaching doesn’t require a huge amount of time; you can have a coaching conversation in less than seven minutes. These are what I refer to as the informal or spontaneous conversations that can be far more productive and powerful than the planned coaching conversations we most often associate with coaching. Set a goal to have at least one informal coaching conversation each week and begin to reap the benefits.