Moving from Boss to Leader: Can Coaching help? With more organizations realizing the need for thoughtful leaders over 'bosses' and managers, a new definition of leadership is emerging. Owing to this evolved outlook, the importance and need for leadership development training are increasing significantly. Many organizations are adapting to leadership and executive coaching methodologies to foster leadership qualities in senior management.
Leadership Development Training: How Coaching Helps What are the qualities that are essential in a leader? • Cooperative and non-authoritative. • Greater sense of self and the surroundings. • A deeper understanding of behaviors and emotions. • Ability to motivate and inspire others. • Good communicator. • Active listener. • Ability to drive the team in a positive direction of individual and organizational growth. All these can be fostered in an individual through leadership development training. Such programs of varied approaches have become quite accessible these days. However, how many of them can deliver favorable results is debatable. Contextual to that, a coaching approach might seem more viable for forging leadership qualities.