Helping You Lead with Perspective
Connecting in coaching
Thursday 7th February 2019
Working as business and leadership coaches in UK, we’ve learned that connection is everything in this business.
When we are working with leaders, we have found that it is essential that there is a reciprocal connectivity that is both respected and honoured.
When you connect with someone, communication flows, listening is sharper, understanding emerges and solutions present themselves.
Considering coaching? Hire a qualified coach and you’ll experience:
- Being heard
- Understanding there is value in the process
- Personal Growth
- Strategies and Techniques to Build stronger relationships
- Challenging your unconscious bias
- Career Development
- Problem Solving tools including NLP
A connected and professional coach should exhibit behaviours such as:
- Exquisite listening; reiterating a coachee’s statement to understand their angle
- Providing a safe place for the coachee to express themselves
- Asking permission to offer advice to coachee
- Patience with how the coachee processes emergent learning
- Empathy.
If you’re a coach, or looking for one, please be aware of some of the criteria required to take advantage of different ways to connect.
“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” George Bernard Shaw