working with a leadership coach
DESCRIPTION
A great coach has four personas: Professor (ability to simplify key concepts to make them understandable), Drill Sergeant (to absolutely hold you accountable), Social Worker (to empathise and support when 'it' hits the fan) and the Business Consultant (who understands commercial reality and can talk your language). The coach's job is to induce positive change across both dimensions of leadership - the BEING (inner world of purpose, values, authenticity, fatal flaws, confidence etc) and the DOING (outer world of taking action / getting results through and with others).TRANSCRIPT
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Working with a Leadership Coach
Bruce RossAugust 2013
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How many entrepreneurs does it take
to change a light bulb?
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Did you hear the one about….
… the professor, the drill sergeant,
the social worker & the business consultant?
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1:1 Interview
AB (2 mins)BA (2 mins) (Total of 4 mins) No notes to be taken
Tell me about a peak experience or high point in your (professional) life – a time when you felt most alive, most engaged, or really proud of yourself or your work. • What was it about you, the situation, the organisation or the
leadership that allowed that peak experience to emerge?
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Fundamental Premise
Organisations grow in the direction of:
WHERE THEY FOCUS THEIR ATTENTION
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Where Does Your Attention Go?
There are a range of things we’ll be discussing today,
but ‘energy’ is the kee point.
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What works well What doesn’t work
Relationship between Focus and Energy
Both Dimensions of Leadership
BEING / DEPTH(Inner)
DOING / EXECUTION(Outer)
Authenticity / presencePurpose, Values, BeliefsFatal Flaws / Derailing behavioursEQ – connecting with others
Experiential application•Strategic planning•Creating structure & processes•Delivering consistent results
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Coaching
Facilitates change by: •Ensuring insight (particularly via self reflection)•Applying learning - experientially
– for multiple sources of feedback
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How Do You Know When?
If you’re after:
• Insights / objectivity from someone ‘outside the system’• A better definition of what success means for you• New pathways to success• Overcoming blind-spots / limiting behaviours• What else?
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How to Select a Coach?
• Be ready and willing to be coached• Chemistry• Credibility / Personal references
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What do you want from the Relationship?
• Sounding board• Greater clarity e.g. creating a plan• Support (or rigour or accountability)• Broader perspectives
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How do you get the most out of coaching?
• Give feedback to your coach – (not) working– Seek feedback
• Be vulnerable (vulnerability is your new super-food)• Find a trusted colleague at work to help measure
your progress
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5 Day Self Coaching Programme
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OR
www.ignitebusiness.co.nz/selfcoaching/