Coaches takes centre stage
There is a new buzzword in town: coaching. If your not even thinking about this, then your going to miss out. Everyone knows that coaching is not new, but its rapidly changing and growing fast in popularity. Coaching was once seen as the final straw for a manager that was not quite making the mark, but now its something that the top-dogs couldn't be without.
Various research panels have been completed and the Chartered Institute of Management and Lloyds TSB's survey of attitudes to coaching in the workplace concluded that 96% of managers thought coaching should be made
available to everyone. (source: www.campaign-forlearning.
org.uk/projects/coaching.htm, July 2006)
Principally, coaching was used as a method to develop staff's performance and was carried out in a relaxed environment by way of conversation - this is still widely used today, but organisations have built upon this method and have introduced role-plays.
Coaching in the modern world is seen to increase staff retention, ownership and investment in their departments success, increase the value of their interpersonal skills and self-awareness and amongst others helps staff members become less dependent and more accountable.
Sally Vanson, MD of TPS, ' Compared to previous years we have seen a progressive increase in coaching, especially within the first half of this year, and companies are focusing more and more on team morale and generating responsibility within their workforce.'