Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Remedial Coaching: Steps to Ensure Success

I was reflecting today on some of the tougher coaching assignments that I’ve done and have found that the hardest ones are invariably remedial in nature – i.e. the person’s manager is sending the employee for coaching to get better at something, as an alternative to eventual termination.

I have to admit that I have not been successful at coaching in all of these situations, however the so-called “school of hard knocks” has taught me quite a few lessons that have helped to gradually improve my score. I would like to share these with you, with a view to helping ensure a return on any investment that you may make in this area: