{"id":3995,"date":"2010-07-08T23:05:13","date_gmt":"2010-07-08T23:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/?p=3995"},"modified":"2016-08-11T21:02:25","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T05:02:25","slug":"thoughts-on-the-who-and-how-of-leadership-coaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/thoughts-on-the-who-and-how-of-leadership-coaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts on the Who and How of Leadership Coaching"},"content":{"rendered":"

What do you think of when you think about leadership coaching<\/a><\/strong>?\u00a0 Probably the context of business is what comes to mind.\u00a0 But leadership is an art and a skill set that your clients can use in many areas of life.\u00a0 Sure, you might be a business coach helping an executive or a branch manager to increase productivity in her team, but you could just as easily be a parenting coach helping a dad figure out how to blend an argumentative, stressed out family into a harmonious and happy unit\u00a0 The mindset and skills of leadership can be effective tools in the arsenals not just of business coaches, but of parenting coaches, relationship coaches, personal development coaches, and the list goes on.<\/p>\n

Demonstrate Leadership to Your Clients by Example<\/h3>\n

When you coach, who is responsible for keeping the session focused on your client\u2019s goals?\u00a0 Who structures the session?\u00a0 Who manages or uses the emotions that come up?\u00a0 That\u2019s right, you\u2013it\u2019s your job.\u00a0 You are the leader.<\/p>\n

Think about the qualities you need to have as a successful coach.\u00a0 You are focused on helping your client get what he wants, not on getting what you want.\u00a0 You are open minded and non-judgmental, willing to listen and pay attention to what your client is saying.\u00a0 You demonstrate integrity by keeping your coaching appointments at the day and time you set, and by staying focused on your client during your sessions.\u00a0 You know when to push and when to back off.\u00a0 You know when to be a shoulder to cry on and when to be a tough accountability coach.\u00a0 You spend time on building rapport, but you don\u2019t waste time without a purpose.\u00a0 You demonstrate respect and expect it in return.\u00a0 Etc. etc. etc.<\/p>\n

With the obvious additions of coaching knowledge and skills, a great coach looks a lot like a great leader.\u00a0 When you demonstrate the behaviors, expectations and mindset of a leader in your coaching sessions, you are already half way to success in your leadership coaching<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In Leadership Coaching You Become Part of Your Client\u2019s Peer Group<\/h3>\n

In order to sustain a long-term shift in behavior and mindset, your leadership coaching<\/span> client will benefit from being part of a peer group of successful leaders, willing and able to mentor and support each other over time.\u00a0 Part of your job as a coach is to help your client find a way to associate with such a peer group.\u00a0 And guess what?\u00a0 You are a great fit.\u00a0 Of course as a coach, you have specific, additional skills, and you get paid by your client, but as long as you don\u2019t get caught up in an ego trip, you can be model, mentor and peer in many positive aspects of leadership.\u00a0 Be an example in your leadership coaching<\/span>, and challenge your client to extend his peer group and find other leaders with the qualities he sees in you.<\/p>\n

Give this strategy a try and see for yourself that it works.\u00a0\u00a0 If you liked this coaching tip, leave a comment or use the handy bookmark buttons below to share it with others on Facebook, Twitter, Digg, etc. Thanks<\/span>! <\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Dorine G. Kramer<\/p>\n

JTS Advisors Certified Strategy and Accountability Coach<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What do you think of when you think about leadership coaching?\u00a0 Probably the context of business is what comes to mind.\u00a0 But leadership is an art and a skill set that your clients can use in many areas of life.\u00a0 Sure, you might be a business coach helping an executive or a branch manager to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[288],"tags":[1172],"class_list":["post-3995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-leadership-coaching","tag-leadership-coaching","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3995"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18257,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3995\/revisions\/18257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}