The Skyline G Blog: New ideas and perspectives focused on results
by Thuy Sindell, PhD. and Milo Sindell, MS.
The benefits derived from executive coaching are many including - higher functioning leaders, higher performing companies, and better performing stock price. Whether you are just starting out learning to coach as a new manager or a seasoned coach, what you’ll find in the executive coaching world is a lack of consistency how coaching is deployed and how the success of the engagement is measured. To overcome this obstacle, I created the “4x4 Coaching Methodology.” This methodology ensures a coaching experience is consistent and hits the objectives you (both coachee and organization) have identified.
The main interaction and vehicle for the coaching relationship is through conversations. In my years of coaching and managing coaches, it has become apparent that coaching conversations can vary from very free flowing and unstructured to overly rigorous. To ensure consistent, scalable results, whether you are a manager or a coach, coaching conversations should follow a consistent process.
The overall framework for where the coaching should go is to ensure the coachee is gaining:
Then in the context of each conversation, whether you are in the Foundational stage of building your skills or in the in process of learning how to Sustain your skills, the following must take place in order to ensure a high-impact conversation that yields results:
At the end of the coaching experience, the coachee will have built skills that will serve them for the rest of your professional career. In addition, there will be tangible, measurable results for both participant and company.
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