Chapter 13

Put Me in Coach

Elaine Biech

Elaine Biech

President of EBB Associates Inc, USA

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First published: 27 April 2015

Summary

Coaching has been around for a long time—perhaps from the earliest human interaction as the more experienced and skilled taught those who were less experienced how to cook, hunt, communicate, build a fire, and other techniques of survival. Current coaching has its roots in sports to some extent, beginning with Timothy Gallway's The Inner Game of Tennis, Random House, NY, published in 1974. Most Fortune 500 companies hire coaches, both internal and external, to support their workforce. Most organizations also expect managers to coach their employees to be better at their jobs. This chapter mainly discusses four coaching strategies. The first coaching strategy guides a coach to ask powerful questions. The second coaching strategy presents an easy-to-remember formula for feedback. The third coaching strategy concentrates on supervisors who do not show appreciation. The fourth coaching strategy provides a meeting template for a coach.

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