Effective Coaching

Coaching Benchmarks - a Combination of Deep Analysis and Empathy!
Aditya Bahl, Management Consultant, India
Thank you Jeff! Your definition is one of the best that I have ever come across. I specially appreciate the comprehensiveness of coverage (data, analysis and strategic action) and the conciseness with which you have created a benchmark for an effective coach. Very nicely done!

Identifying Weaknesses and Potentials of Team Members
Albert Ofosu, Student (MBA), Ghana
Many thanks for Jeff''s insight on effective coaching. In identifying the potentials of team members, the coach should be interested in identifying weaknesses that can be improved.
Also an effective coach will ensure that the strenghts of team members are harnessed and blended to function as one whole unit like an orchestra or sports team.

Coaching Effectiveness
Azim Ali, Manager, Trinidad and Tobago
Coaching focuses on helping a coachee to develop specific skill sets in order to improve job performance specific to the business. By asking the right questions, a coach is very effective when the coachee learns through self discovery.

Psy-coaching the Current Trend?
Bridget Hamilton, Professor, Australia
Is this is direction management consultations now take? Sounds like CBT for MBAs. Might be a good idea to consider what role wider forces play, beyond the individual - like the law, discriminatory structures, workplace practices...

Effectiveness in Coaching
akhilesh rawal, Manager, Thailand
That's very wisely said, I welcome the concept of pondering over the thoughts that lead to the non construction...
And to be effective the most viable and the strategically important point should be the communication. The effectiveness of the coaching lies in the way his or her communication remains effective.

Effective Coaching in a Nutshell
Kelvin H Mwiinga, Student (MBA), Zambia
Coaching is guiding, inspiring, and also collabrative. i.e. it takes two to tangle. The sessions should start with being aware of the past and current status of things.
Once the awareness is there, deliberate efforts are made to align with the desired vision.
Then there can be reflection on failures, success.
As put forward, use strengths to develop and use failures to learn from them and to grow from failure to success.
The coach should be a facilitator, poking, curious, open ended questioning, allowing ideas and solutions to flow. he should ask, listen, and challenge positively seeking inner solutions, support actions, allow autonomy and accountability, and get reasonable feedback.