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Managing Effective Teams using the GROWTH coaching model

Dieter Weinand

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Session outcomes

Develop knowledge of the GROWTH coaching model and how to apply it to developing people

View a coaching conversation in action

To understand the difference between mentoring and coaching

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“Employees are more engaged with

their work when they are able to do

what they do best.”

Adapted from Buckingham & Coffman 1999

First Break all the Rules

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Coaching is……

“….unlocking a person’s potential to maximise their own

performance. It’s more often about helping them

learn rather than teaching them”

John Whitmore, Coaching for Performance

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Coaching is……….

essentially a conversation effective listening asking the right questions about learning providing effective feedback

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Coaching is..….. achieving goals

Where are you today?

Where are you going?

DesiredState

Existing State

CulturalState

PoliticalState

InternalState

TechnicalState

How will you get there?

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The context of coaching

Awareness

• the product of focused attention, concentration & clarity

• the gathering of facts – what is relevant?

Responsibility

• taking responsibility for our thoughts & actions

• commitment & performance rises from choice, not blame

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3 Pillars of Coaching

Growth Model

Coaching Skills

Emotional Intelligence

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The GROWTH coaching system is…

G

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Results

Goals What do you need to achieve?

Reality What is happening now?

Options What could you do?

Will What will you do?

Tactics How and when will you do it?

Habits How will you sustain success?

Relationships Building the trust

Celebrating the results

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Something you have been putting off?

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Indicators of a Useful Coaching Conversation

A – Actions

C – Clarity

E – Energy

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Coach / Mentor Ladder

NON DIRECTIVE

Discovery

Informing

DIRECTIVE

Listen

Empathise

Clarify

Ask questions

Share opinions

Inform

Provide guidance

Give advice

Tell

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Problem Solving and Delegation

Coaching Zone!

Mentoring

Zone!

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Next steps – goal / future

Where do you want your team or staff to be by the end of 2012?

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Next steps - personally

1. Find a partner who you can work with to develop your coaching skills and goals

2. Agree how often you will meet – once a month, once every two months or once a term?

3. Create actions in between check-in sessions

4. Celebrate your progress – even the small wins!

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Broad applications

Leadership coaching

Peer coaching

Student coaching

Team coaching

Creating a coaching culture

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Vision without action is but a dream.

Action without vision is a waste of energy.

But a vision with action can move mountains.

(Lao-Tze)

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