Coaches provide guidance, motivation, and guidance to their
clients. Von Hoffman (1999) discusses that coaching help people define their
goals and set a time where they will achieve those goals. (p.1) There will
always be that person that has a little bit more knowledge and wisdom more than
you do and in any organization one person alone cannot move upward without the
proper guidance. Oblesnky (2010) discusses the GROW model which is to have a
Goal, to have a Reality towards that goal, create Options, and to have Will to
achieving that goal. That is where I believe a coach comes into play. (3795)
Coaching is a vital aspect in both leadership and strategy
due to there is guidance in implementing what works and what does not when it
comes to experience. Bleich (2016) stated “Coaching can objectively guide the
coachee in building and expanding relationships and alliances crucial for
organizational success.” (p. 11) Without the proper coaching in an organization
there would be no direction into what needs to be accomplished.
Coaching can make a difference in an organization by
allowing an individual to grow. Oblensky (2010) states that the “follower can
do what is needed and coaching is employed to encourage.” (p. 3182) Coaching
needs to be in every organization no matter how an individual looks at it,
whether through a negative aspect or through a positive one. Through my perspective
I experience some negative coaching habits (i.e shortcuts through work, playing
the system, or finding ways to get the job through the bare minimum) or
positive coaching (doing the right things always). It is up to me however to
choose which coach to go through when it comes to learning. I believe that it
is up to the individual to choose or nitpick the learning criteria from
opposable coaches in their organization. Learn from the bad just as much as the
good, but it is up to the individual to figure out what to do.
Coaching to my organization is crucial. Coaching provides
the right direction (for the most part) in coming up with a solution at
personal level or lower level of an organization. I would go through a coach
from another unit who has been in my shoes in order for me to gain
understanding to an issue. Von Hoffman (1999) stated that “coaching produces
more consistent, replicable results than a lot of other management approaches.”
(p. 2) I know that my superiors above me have had coaches during their time as
young leaders. Through their experience and the additional knowledge of their
coaches it has helped shaped not only their specific teams but the entire
organization as well.
References:
Bleich, M. R. (2016). A gift to self: Leadership coaching.
The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 47(1), 11-13.
doi:http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.libproxy.db.erau.edu/10.3928/00220124-20151230-04
Obolensky, N. (2010). Complex adaptive
leadership: Embracing paradox and uncertainty.
von Hoffman, C. (1999).Coaching: The
ten killer myths. Harvard Management Update, 4(1), 4.
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