From the course: Coaching Employees through Difficult Situations
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A foundation for successful coaching
From the course: Coaching Employees through Difficult Situations
A foundation for successful coaching
- What's it like to be coached by you? Really think about it. What is it like to be coached by you? Are you too tough? Too sensitive? Demanding? Encouraging? If you want to have a more successful coaching relationship with your team, there are three things you need to be good at. The first is empathy. As a coach, you need the ability to put yourself in someone else's shoes. For example, public speaking might come naturally to you. Without empathy, you'd be likely to look at someone who isn't good at it and think, what's your problem? Just get out there and do it. Empathy would be imagining what would it feel like to be petrified? Can you imagine what it would feel like to have your mind go totally blank in front of a room full of people? Without empathy, your frame is yourself. As a coach, your frame should be on the other person. And that doesn't mean you need to wallow and pity with them, it means you approach a…
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