Most managers and leaders suffer from three vicious cycles at the workplace: Creating overdependence, being overwhelmed and feeling disconnected.
By developing a coaching habit, you can break these vicious cycles to: Help your team to be more self-sufficient, refocus on what truly matters for you and your team, and push you and the people around you to step out of your comfort zones to learn and grow.
The best coaching methodology is to ask questions, the seven questions below capture the essence of coaching.
1. The Kickstart Question - What’s on your mind?
2. The AWE Question - And what else?
3. The Focus Question - What’s the real challenge here for you?
4. The Foundation Question - What do you want?
5. The Lazy Question - How can I help?
6. The Strategic Question - If you’re saying yes to this, what are you saying no to?
7. The Learning Question - What was most useful to you?
A practical approach given in the book "The Coaching Habit", by Michael Bungay Stanier, for reducing daily stress by giving conscious attention to personal and team development. We could all use more coaching.
