People being coached or mentored
How ready are you for coaching or mentoring? Coaching or mentoring can be beneficial at almost any time, but you will find it particularly beneficial when: In all of these situations, you will get more out of coaching or mentoring, if you: © David Clutterbuck, 2014...
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Being a mentee is both a privilege and a responsibility. It’s a privilege, because it is a valuable opportunity to learn from and with someone more experienced. It’s a responsibility, because it requires you to invest time and energy in making the relationship work and in ensuring that you make effective use of the learning...
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It is important from the outset that expectations from both the mentor and the mentee on their roles and respective responsibilities are clearly laid out, discussed and agreed. Mis-matched expectations in these areas can impact on the success of relationships. What’s expected of a Mentor? Time – the mentor should be willing to invest enough (more…)
Recommended good practice is for coachees to spend at least 30 minutes in quiet reflection after a coaching conversation. It’s important to set this expectation both for the coachee and their boss! It’s helpful to use the following headings to structure this reflection: Issues Insights Ideas Intentions © David Clutterbuck. All rights reserved...
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It’s easy to assume that a coaching client is ready for coaching, but as every experienced coach knows, that isn’t always the case. Some clients are there reluctantly, because they have been sent – so they may even arrive with an adversarial attitude towards the coach. Others may recognise the value of coaching in general (more…)
The key roles and responsibilities of a coach include: The role of the coachee is to seize the opportunity to learn. Key responsibilities include:
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Effective coachees tend to be committed to and willing to spend time on their learning. They recognize the importance of playing an active role in the coaching relationship – they don’t expect to be coached so much as to engage with coaching. Some of the key attributes they exhibit are expressed in the questionnaire below....
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Measurements of the impact of coaching consistently show a high return on investment from successful creation of a coaching culture within teams and from executive coaching. The picture with regard to life coaching and basic “sheep dip” training of line managers as coaches is much less clear. Creating a coaching culture in the team has (more…)
Summary The aim of any training course in coaching is to equip participants with the skills they will need to be confident and safe in the role, for the particular level, at which they are expected to operate. For most organizations, it is convenient to categorize training programmes as: Given the small number of people,...
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The Pygmalion Effect is the name given to a phenomenon, by which belief in your abilities from someone you respect has a dramatic and positive effect on your performance. It also works in reverse – in experiments, even a minor put down by a stranger can have a remarkably negative influence on performance. In classroom...
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