Core Coaching Characteristics (and Why You Should Care)
While 26% of HR leaders agreed (or strongly agreed) that managers in their organization UNDERSTOOD effective coaching behaviors, only 19% agreed (or strongly agreed) that those same managers actually DEMONSTRATED those behaviors. Leadership development must work to close this knowing/doing gap, helping managers move from intellectually knowing about good coaching to modeling and practicing it.
Ask the Experts
HR MANAGERS REALLY AREN’T SURE WHETHER THEIR MANAGERS ARE COACHING WELL.
The best way to know whether managers are good coaches is to ask their people. Nearly half of employees thought their managers were ineffective coaches. Only 15% agreed or strongly agreed that their managers were good coaches.
15%
When asked if their managers demonstrated good coaching behaviors, nearly two-thirds (63.6%) said they only somewhat agreed or somewhat disagreed, or
80%
Felt coaching is a key leadership practice
Coaching that works.
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that they didn’t know at all.
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