Coaching, developing and Combating the 'I don't knows'

In the HFL Fastlead leadership program we spend a significant amount of time focusing on the role of the leader as coach. We believe most situations between a leader and a team member are most effectively dealt with through a coaching approach. And it one of the most powerful techniques a leader has to support the development of the team. However, it is not an approach or skill that comes naturally to most new people leaders, so we provide a few extra hints and tips from two highly experienced coaches – one a senior leader and two, a professional executive coach and consultant.

In Episode seven of the Fastleader podcast, Darin Fox, Chief Research Officer at HFL, asks a senior leader Rachael Grant and executive coach Greg Holland-King, to explore five questions:

• When is it NOT a good time to use a coaching technique and why?
• What do you do when your coachee is aware of the coaching process?
• So many leaders struggle with how they might develop their team members outside of formal training. What are some other ways leaders might use to develop their people?
• What are some hints and tips about dealing with the coaching curve balls a leader might experience?
• How might a leader know when the situation may have evolved suddenly into something that a coaching conversation can’t resolve?

Key quotes

• “Leadership is about relationships.”

• “Give people a safe place to fail.”

• “I used to be nose-bleed level perfectionistic. But I’m much better now.”

• “You often need to combat the ‘I-don’t-knows.”

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Show notes

Hershey’s & Blanchard Situational Leadership. Wikipedia.org

70/20/10 learning model. Deakinco.com

Fastlead’s GRROW coaching model. Fastlead.com

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More resources: the Fastleaders homepage

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Rachel Grant, Global Head of Talent and Capability at Genesis Care.

Greg Holland-King, Principal Consultant at ghk Consulting and Associate at the Melbourne Business School.

Darin Fox, Chief Research Officer of HFL and Fastlead.

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