by Maureen Steele | Apr 3, 2018 | Coaching, Communication skills for leaders
Prepare to step into a coaching role and switch from just telling to asking There is always likely to be some resistance to top-down solutions no matter how well-intentioned – and this is definitively one of the limitations of the STAR model. The approach of the...
by Maureen Steele | May 16, 2017 | Coaching, Communication skills for leaders, Communication Strategies For Leaders
Acquiring the right mindset for using leadership coaching skills as a leader is a conscious decision and a choice that must be actively made. It presupposes that you stand firmly behind the belief that a coaching approach adds value, that the other person has...
by Maureen Steele | May 16, 2017 | Coaching, Communication skills for leaders, Communication Strategies For Leaders
Without mindful listening it is simply not possible to extract what is important from what is said and to make the kind of connections that are needed for you to be effective as a leader who coaches. There is little point in perfecting your questioning skills...
by Maureen Steele | May 16, 2017 | Coaching, Communication skills for leaders, Communication Strategies For Leaders, Uncategorized
As a leader, it may be easy to impress with your knowledge but finding the right words at the right time to ask a great coaching question that focuses the attention of the listener where it most needs to be is a tough call. Why is this? Often, neither the person who...
by support | Nov 8, 2014 | Coaching, Training Box Occasional Blog
When you want to coach for innovation, your challenge is to resist the natural tendency to voice an immediate solution or to give advice. Instead, start an exploration process. Move from telling to asking questions that encourage the other person to refocus their...
by support | Apr 30, 2014 | Coaching, Communication For The Future
Questions act as the critical trigger to bigger thinking. For example, in the workplace, if you try to do something differently, you may be met with the response, ‘That’s not how we do things here.’ The big thinker would wonder why not and would not hesitate to ask...
