Defining and demystifying coaching

By Jessica Jarvis
The term ‘coaching’ has come to refer to many different activities. Although this guide focuses on the use of coaching in organizational settings, it can be used in many other situations. Its early use in the business world often carried a remedial connotation – people were coached because they were under performing [...]

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SEVEN MANAGEMENT HAT [2]

2. THE DIRECTION HAT: TEACHER, COACH, PROMOTER, INNOVATOR
In providing direction, managers integrate knowledge, skills, attitudes, personal characteristics, and experience of the unit into an effective and efficient team. Providing direction involves managing the assigned and available resources within the limits of the organizational infrastructure.
The resources include people, intellectual property, information, organizational attributes, technology, time, [...]

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What is Coaching ?

Coaching is a one-on-one development process formally contracted between a coach and a management-level lient to help achieve goals related to professional development and/or business performance. Coaching typically focuses on helping the client to become more self-aware through the use of action learning methods.
Some fine points about that definition should be given attention.
• “One-on-one” doesn’t [...]

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