Leader as Coach

As leaders, we can all also choose to take a coaching approach in how we communicate and engage with colleagues around us, which will have significant benefits.

  • As leaders, we can all also choose to take a coaching approach in how we communicate and engage with colleagues around us, which will have significant benefits.  When we take a coaching approach as a leader we:

    • Empower people to realise their potential 

    • Provide a thinking space that allows people the opportunity to gain new insight 

    • Ask instead of tell

    • Enable people and teams to think for themselves and tackle challenges together

    • Create a safe to fail environment and enable people to scope solutions,

    • Challenge people in a supportive manner 

    • Create an environment of psychological safety

    Take a look at the following resources to find out more.

    Leader as Coach – Harvard Business Review The Leader as Coach (hbr.org)

    Coaching with the OSCAR Model – Open University Everyone Can Learn to Coach! Coaching with the OSCAR Model | OpenLearn - Open University

    Coaching with a growth mindset – Simon Sinek



    Leaders who coach are creating better workplaces, and so can you – TED Talk


    Coaching skills for leaders

    Interested in developing your coaching skills as a leader, the following courses could be a useful starting point (all are available to colleagues in all sectors within the ICS)

    Coaching skills e-learning programme  - this online programme is available on the Midlands Leadership Learning Zone.  It is free to access and you will need to register

    Three Principles of a Coaching Approach – This online programme introduces the key concepts of coaching and is available from the Open University


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