Management Coaching

Is Management Coaching the right solution for you or the managers within your organization?

Management coaching is a process that is intended to help managers improve their individual and team performance by changing specific observable behaviors.  The areas you choose to focus on with your coach will be carefully chosen and relate to things that you and your stakeholders (manager, peers, direct reports, and customers) agree will help you become an even stronger people manager. Since coaching relationships are co-created, at the end of your coaching assignment, there should be tangible outcomes that you and others know you have achieved.  The purpose of Management Coaching is to help you achieve an even higher level of individual and team success.

Management Coaching is most appropriate for:

• ~Helping high potential managers achieve even greater levels of performance
• ~Preparing managers to take on additional scope or responsibly in their current
• ~Helping managers prepare to scale up to manage managers
• ~Helping new managers to the company focus on key objectives, business culture and obtain “early wins”
• ~Helping new managers shift successfully from individual contributor to management
• ~Identifying and changing specific behaviors or habits that are currently not working well

To obtain the best results, management coaching should include the following steps:

1. Contracting: Manager and coach agree to ‘rules of engagement’ goals of coaching, call rhythm, accountability, completion of training, etc.
2. Assessment: Client presents information gained from use of  tools such as 360 feedback, manager feedback, personality tests, and interviews with stakeholders, areas of interest from training,  to identify the Coachee’s strengths and development opportunities.
3. Goal Setting: Identify goals that, if achieved, will have the maximum impact on current or future performance.  Where are you now vs. where you want to be at the end of this program?
4. Create a Plan: Coach/Coachee co-create plan for how coaching will progress that maps to how goals will be achieved.
5. Regular Coaching: Regular coaching begins and progresses including check ins, homework, accountability when homework is not completed, etc.
6. Progress against Goals: Coach is holding the bigger agenda client is working towards throughout coaching, checking progress against goals.
7. Completion: Objectively determine what progress has been made towards your goals. This might include changes in skills or knowledge, business metrics, or stakeholders’ feedback. Periodically check in with your manager, direct reports etc. to discuss achievements and ensure you are still on the right track. Determine next steps.  In some cases, a client may continue on with coaching.

Contact me to learn more about the Management Coaching Program: Accelerate Management Success offered by Michele Goedde Coaching Solutions, in conjunction with Coppei Partners.