Focus on Leadership Coaching
Case Analysis, Focus on Leadership
Thomas Webb
St. Johns River State College
Case Analysis, Focus on Leadership Coaching is an effective tool for developing leadership and communications skills if it is done correctly. Many people fail to see how their actions appear to others, and they fail to realize that they may not be very effective at getting their point across. These are some areas that having a coach can help address and fix. A coach could provide an honest assessment of your communications and leadership shortfalls, and serve as a reflection of how you appear to your peers and subordinates. A coach should be able to show you a direct reflection of how your communication is being interpreted by individuals, and that perspective could help you form better self-awareness and self-concept.
A critical component for a good leadership and communications coach is that they must be someone that can be completely trusted. They also must be a good communicator, and be able to effectively argue an opposing point of view, this is a key component in being able to challenge the individual being coached, and they would need to play the role of devil’s advocate. The coach would also have to have great critical thinking skills. A coach should be able to identify and challenge any false dichotomies that that the person being coached may create. Before assigning the role of coach, clear goals and objectives would need to be established, and those goals would need to be geared toward the growth and development of the person being coached. I have a coworker that currently acts in a very similar role as a coach. We bounce ideas off each other, and challenge each other, and we also challenge the status quo. This relationship works particularly well because we both have opposite perceptual mindsets, which offers outstanding diversity in solving issues. During my time on active duty I was a Navy Chief Petty Officer, and one of the key jobs of a Navy Chief is to
Thomas Webb
St. Johns River State College
Case Analysis, Focus on Leadership Coaching is an effective tool for developing leadership and communications skills if it is done correctly. Many people fail to see how their actions appear to others, and they fail to realize that they may not be very effective at getting their point across. These are some areas that having a coach can help address and fix. A coach could provide an honest assessment of your communications and leadership shortfalls, and serve as a reflection of how you appear to your peers and subordinates. A coach should be able to show you a direct reflection of how your communication is being interpreted by individuals, and that perspective could help you form better self-awareness and self-concept.
A critical component for a good leadership and communications coach is that they must be someone that can be completely trusted. They also must be a good communicator, and be able to effectively argue an opposing point of view, this is a key component in being able to challenge the individual being coached, and they would need to play the role of devil’s advocate. The coach would also have to have great critical thinking skills. A coach should be able to identify and challenge any false dichotomies that that the person being coached may create. Before assigning the role of coach, clear goals and objectives would need to be established, and those goals would need to be geared toward the growth and development of the person being coached. I have a coworker that currently acts in a very similar role as a coach. We bounce ideas off each other, and challenge each other, and we also challenge the status quo. This relationship works particularly well because we both have opposite perceptual mindsets, which offers outstanding diversity in solving issues. During my time on active duty I was a Navy Chief Petty Officer, and one of the key jobs of a Navy Chief is to