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Developing the day-to-day coaching capabilities of managers can transform an organisation's ability to learn, develop and grow.

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The Beech Consultancy’s Centre for Performance Development offers professional level coaching capability development to learning and development professionals from all backgrounds. However, there is frequently a need to develop more routine coaching capability amongst managers in organisations to enable them to develop their team members.

Coaching is frequently described as one of the most powerful developmental tools any organisation or individual could use, focussing as it does on developing an increased responsibility for personal performance.

Frequently managers use mentoring as a tool to support the development of team members, and this sharing of personal experience, offering of advice and recommending courses of action can be useful in solving problems and making decisions. However, this directive approach often does little to develop the team members own thinking and capacity for decision making. Coaching, by contrast, challenges the team member to think their problem through and supports them through non-directive questioning and effective listening. If managers can coach in this way, their team members can rapidly develop a self-sufficiency in their thinking and contribute more directly to the performance of the team. test

The Beech Consultancy can develop a tailored programme to work with managers in their own organisational context, ensuring their coaching capability is developed in a relevant and practical way. Extensive coaching practice using the popular GROW model and direct feedback in a supportive and safe environment would be key elements of this type of programme making this more than just an exploration of coaching theory.

Coaching in an organisation which has never used coaching before can sometimes present a significant cultural leap. It is therefore important that everyone understands what coaching is and what it is not. The Beech Consultancy can support the introduction of coaching and can work with senior management teams to ensure they also demonstrate the necessary behaviours to ensure coaching becomes a sustainable and effective element of organisational culture.

What should I do next?

First we have to ask the question ‘why do you want to develop coaching capability?’ Understanding the expectations around coaching will determine whether the anticipated outcomes are achievable and asks how such outcomes might be measured. The Beech Consultancy will work with you to explore some of these key questions and design a bespoke programme to develop coaching capability to suit your organisation and your aspirations.

Call us on 08454 303021 for a no-obligation chat about how we might help you develop coaching capability within your organisation, or alternatively click to the Contact page on this site.