Management Team Coaching
A study of over 4000 corporations regarding their use of Coaching for their teams yielded the following results:
- Most companies agree that the definition of corporate coaching is: an organization has hired a coach to work with people, whether individuals or teams, to facilitate shifts within the context of the organization's culture to achieve extraordinary results.
- To a large extent respondents see coaching as a form of consulting and/or training for performance or competency improvement. The use of coaching and more recent models is seen as an ongoing tool for leadership development, change, etc.
- The primary benefits of coaching are (in this order): improved individual performance, bottom line results including profit, client service and competitiveness, development of people for the next level: confidence raising, skills and self empowerment, goal achievement, relationship improvements, and retention.
Team dynamics can be the most challenging process to coach! Often managers who are individually competent, motivated and advancement oriented, become territorial or aggressive when “forced” to work in a Team situation. At the very least, a manager who sees the Team as a threat can easily compromise the accomplishments of the group and waste the Team’s time through passive aggressive stalling.
Smart Management Solutions! offers Teams the opportunity to develop together through scientifically based Assessments. A Team Coaching Plan is then developed and implemented to maximize the effectiveness of Team outcomes.
“The Manchester survey of 140 companies shows nine in 10 executives believe coaching to be worth their time and dollars. The average return was more than $5 for each $1 spent. ”
- The Denver Post
Testimonials
“When you create a culture of coaching, the results may not be directly measurable in dollars. But we have yet to find a company that can’t benefit from more candot, less denial, richer communication, conscious development of talent and disciplined leaders who show compassion for people.”
- Harvard Business Review
“Executives and HR managers know coaching is the most potent tool for inducing lasting personal change.”
- Ivy Business Journal
