Coaching Employees
Coaching to improve performance is a basic function of a Nurse Manager; yet, few are adept at the skill of coaching others. According to Narayanasamy and Penney (2014), coaching is fundamental in the successful development of people and establishments. Effective coaching involves six basic steps. The intent of this paper is to identify, describe, and explain the six steps of coaching while providing context through hypothetical examples of the coaching process with Dan, the performer. A coaching relationship is a journey with an individual that creates vulnerability and enlightenment while attempting to reach an optimal level (Tyra, 2008).
Intention and Purpose of Coaching Intention and purpose offer clarity when establishing
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Since Dan is joining an active committee with many new responsibilities, the PSM coaching model would support NM and Dan in creating a healthy coaching relationship to achieve stated objectives. The first stage explains and demonstrates the relevance and all components of the skill necessary, placing emphasis on the importance of the role in the organization, and providing feedback. The second stage reflects on recent learning and a brief opportunity to practice. Whereas, the third stage reviews Dan’s progress, including examination of the original intention and goals. The third stage encompasses an assessment of progress towards goals, including a review of communication and audits, then discussing opportunities for improvement and planning for next coaching session. The last step incorporates providing sessions to practice, which are a chance to work together to generate his email communication or role-play, expected leadership behavior. The Practice Spiral Model demonstrates an investment in the employee by focusing on mutual respect, trust, support, communication and motivation to reach Dan’s …show more content…
The coach must determine the intention and purpose of the coaching. Next, assess the performer to individualize effective coaching interventions based on the performer’s developmental level and needs (Manion, 2011). A coaching relationship develops and roles clarified then the dyad collaborates on setting goals and learning opportunities. The coach chooses a best practice coaching model that best suits the needs of the situation and carries out interventions. During the last two steps, the coach observes the performer and provides intentional feedback. Coaching challenges the performer to rise to accomplish the performers’ objectives while increasing performers feelings of achievement, fulfillment, and
AC 2.4 Recognise any potential barriers to coaching in the workplace and explain suitable strategies to overcome these barriers. There are many potential barriers in the workplace that will stop coaching dead in its tracks if allowed to do so. These must be recognised and overcome where possible with a more “let’s not look for obstacles not to coach” and a more “let’s find a solution to do it” frame of mind! If you are working for a company where the leadership method is that of telling individuals how things are done and where “red tape” is key you will find that the company conflicts with the principles of coaching conflict.
In healthcare it is very important to have strong leaders, especially in the nursing profession. A nurse leader typically uses several styles of leadership depending on the situation presented; this is known as situational leadership. It is important that the professional nurse choose the right style of leadership for any given situation to ensure their employees are performing at their highest potential. Depending on which leadership style a nurse leader uses, it can affect staff retention and the morale of the employees as well as nurse job satisfaction (Azaare & Gross, 2011.) “Nursing leaders have the responsibility to create and maintain a work environment which not only promotes positive patient outcomes but also positively influences teams and individual nurses” (Malloy & Penprase, 2010.) Let’s explore two different leadership styles and discuss how they can enhance or diminish the nursing process.
A proper coaching philosophy contains principles which improve character development, teach step by step tactical and technical skills, form proper progressive physical training regimens, and carefully utilize team management to handle and control problems with administrative issues. A coach with a sound philosophy should mold a team with strong cohesion, and he should treat players not only as teammates, but as family and friends who are encouraged to develop communication and lifelong learning of skills through positive support and role modeling from the coach (Mergelsberg, 14-15). The philosophy should also contain written documents of implemented strategies and techniques, so that the coach will know what to improve upon season by season
My coaching philosophy will come from many experiences I’ve had over the years with different coaches. I’ve played on many different teams and was able to observe many different personalities in coaches. So I know what I like and what I do not like in a coach. I am blessed to have been around so many coaches, because after college I will want to coach for a living. The best part of me wanting to be a coach is that I’ve been in the player’s position, so I will understand more than others.
Leading and managing in nursing (4th edition), pp. 92-93.
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Vance (2011) states, “Nursing cannot be learned or carried out in isolation. Learning about nursing and being a nurse is clearly a ‘team sport” (p.15). In nursing communication and mentorship are vital. Effective communication allows us, as nurses, to successfully talk with other members of the health care team and look for solutions to problems. Mentorship is another aspect, in which we must experienced nurses must teach and train new nurses so they can adequate the skills. Nursing is a profession where we gain skills through experience and collaborating with others. Nursing is not “one man/women job,” nurses must work and depend on one another in order to utilize their full potential. Nurses are teams in the hospital setting that work together to
Coaching is not an easy task and figuring out the best way to lead and guide employees can be overwhelming and challenging. Alex is now in a position where she has to be a motivator, leader, and a coach to several employees. She needs to understand the concept of coaching and the behaviors that go along with her coaching style. The concept of coaching helps develop and grow employees to achieve performance improvement, but it also helps the managers see how the employees embrace their job tasks and asses their results in comparison to the overall mission of the company (Bawany, 2015). Therefore, Alex needs to look back at her previous managers and determine what qualities and behaviors they possessed in order to improve her performance. Also, she must look at what personality traits James has and look at his previous managers to see which manager coached James to perform the best while working for the company.
Coaching, however challenging, is a great way to influence the lives of others while also building their character. For as long as there have been sports, there have been people teaching the sport to the players and making them better at it. Coaches must have certain qualities in order to obtain success. One must also look at a coach’s motivation for his job, his passion for what he does, his methods for coaching, and how he became a coach in order to fully understand him. There are many questions someone may want to ask a coach about his profession if they are interested in coaching. Some questions would include: Why did he choose this as a profession? How did he get into coaching? What does one have to do to get a job as a coach? How does a coach become successful? I aim to answer all of these questions and more in my paper.
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Further, this type of working environment challenges the job satisfaction for people who works in this sector (Turner, 2006). Clearly then, it is through mentoring and coaching that a more effective leadership and management abilities are identified, developed, and shaped. Also, mentoring and coaching in the healthcare is vital in ensuring that patients are able to receive the appropriate level of healthcare services and that unconditional positive regard of the client is maintained. Further, it is through these tools that the healthcare system is improved, much more in the delivery of quality care to its
Coaching via Coaches help all sorts of people move forward in life as they specialize in meeting the needs of a wide variety of people with their own unique challenges and opportunities. Coaching makes a lasting impact on people’s lives because the coaching relationship developed between the Coach and the Client leads to constant growth and change in the Client. Coaching relationships brings to light what the person being coached already knows, but may not know they know, and then helping the person to make decisions and take action so they can move forward to accomplish a dream or goal they want to achieve. The continuing evolvement of leadership requires coaching.
Yoder-Wise, P. S. (2011). Leading and managing in nursing (5th ed.). St. Louis, Missouri: Elsevier Mosby.
“People are remarkably bad at remembering long lists of goals. One may have learned this at a professional level when trying to get my high-performance coaching clients to stay on track; the longer their lists of to-dos and goals, the more overwhelmed and off-track they got. Clarity comes with simplicity.” As a child he always looked at being able to play or coach a sport at the professional level. For the reason of me just loving the game of Basketball. Also i know it will make an impact on lives because people look up to you and the money in make will give back to communities and change lives around you. The career of a Professional Coach is a challenging and fun career,because of the level of competition and it’s a dream job. The research will describe the career of
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