LEADERSHIP COACHING IN AID OF PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT

 


                                                                            Figure 1: Leadership coaching- Source (SIMON, 2018)

Unless like traditional personal management concept with the manager and labour relations, the modern world is practicing more friendly influencing concepts with leadership behaviours. Leaders are motivating and guiding their team apart from commanding and controlling. This emphasizes that ‘Coaching’ skills in a leader can drive his team towards a successful working experience which ultimate with high performance.

What is ‘Leadership coaching’?

“The definition of Leadership Coaching is a developmental process where a leader gets tailored help from a coach to help them achieve a goal and become a more effective leader.” (Gounis, 2018)

Leadership coaching is an appropriate developmental process for leaders who adapted to suit a person or achieved in partnership with a coach. The role of the coach is a friendly influence in which the leader believes he has the proper potential to achieve the goal or outcome he has planned accordingly.

Coaching styles (Ibarra & Scoular, 2019)


                                                                      Figure 2: Styles of coaching- Source (Ibarra & Scoular, 2019)

Directive coaching is where the manager plays the role of a mentor. Directions are given in exact base and employees follow the rules and regulations also instructions in ordering manner.

laissez-faire coaching is in which leaders do not give any orders but let the team carry on the whole process alone with their own desire.

nondirective coaching is where the leader is taking the team ideas to be involved in advance and taking decisions with everyone's desire. Creative and innovative ideas come up with this coaching.

situational coaching is which management handles the coaching style according to the situation in the middle of the directive and non-directive. It is a neutral concept with leaders carrying on an intelligent way to handle the team.

Above related with coaching styles defines in which the leadership coaching directly the team towards its goals and tasks.

Benefits of Leadership coaching on performance management. (Kelly, 2021)

  • Leadership coaching supports employee satisfaction, performance and wellbeing which creates a proper corporate culture.
  • Well directing leaders can drive the team towards better performance
  • Happy employees retain for long periods inside the organization.
  • Professional coaches can have a self-reflection and identify their favourable and adverse behaviours and improve.
  • Develops individual development
  • Identify talents of the team and improve the relevant skills of employees.

Conclusion

Leadership coaching can be effective in each business especially in the financial sector which weights high in a country’s economy. The banking sector must have proper leadership coaching which can lead the team towards maximum productivity and support the business with performance management and the economy in a favourable manner.

References

Gounis, V. (2018) What is Leadership Coaching?. [Online]
Available from https://bts.com/2018/09/01/what-is-leadership-coaching/
[Accessed 11 dec 2021].

Ibarra, H. & Scoular, A. (2019) The Leader as Coach. [Online]
Available from https://hbr.org/2019/11/the-leader-as-coach
[Accessed 11 dec 2021].

Kelly, K. (2021) 5 Organizational Benefits of Leadership Coaching. [Online]
Available from https://www.td.org/atd-blog/5-organizational-benefits-of-leadership-coaching
[Accessed 11 dec 2021].

SIMON, (2018) The Reasons Why So Many CEOs Have a Coach. [Online]
Available from https://therightquestions.co/why-a-good-ceo-has-a-coach/
[Accessed 11 dec 2021].

 

 

Comments

  1. ARSHAD MBADecember 11, 2021 at 9:34 AM

    Lakshmi ,, when Leaders Interact directly with their team without commanding and controlling on involving the mates to engage in common goal, it will be more productive, to achieve the set goals, and the blog give us better scope of understanding.

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    1. Lakshmi BandaraDecember 19, 2021 at 3:38 AM

      According to (Erakutu and Chafra, 2006) Leadership engaged with social influence, leader can use their all workers usefully, productively to archive their targets and reduce job stress. Thank you for your valuable comment.

      Delete
  2. Eranda KumaraDecember 11, 2021 at 8:30 PM

    To maximize organizational performance the Leadership coaching is a powerful management training tool. Some of the benefit of leadership coaching are new insight, leaders gain new perspective on everyday responsibilities from their coach, free thinking, coaching reduces narrow-minded thinking in leaders. Good article,

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    1. Lakshmi BandaraDecember 19, 2021 at 3:39 AM

      “Management support helps in reducing or increasing stress in employees.”
      (Stamper and Johlke, 2003)
      Tahnk you for your valuable comment.

      Delete
  3. Nuwansiri RathnayakeDecember 14, 2021 at 11:16 AM

    Good article. Leadership coaching provides a powerful career development experience, helping employees develop valuable new skills that can open up opportunities for promotion and advancement. At the same time, coaching helps to employees become better leaders. Also can boost employee engagement and retention throughout the organization.

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    1. Lakshmi BandaraDecember 19, 2021 at 3:40 AM

      Leadership is,
      “Process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to archive a common goal”.
      (Northouse,2016). Thank you for your valuable comment

      Delete
  4. PrabathDecember 15, 2021 at 6:22 PM

    Coaching leadership is one characterized by collaboration, support, and guidance. Coaching leaders are focused on bringing out the best in their teams by guiding them through goals and obstacles.

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    1. Lakshmi BandaraDecember 19, 2021 at 4:43 AM

      Agreed. Leadership coaching is which leaders must allocate proper job roles considering employees competency and ability levels and support them with friendly influence. Thank you for your valuable comment

      Delete
  5. Tharaka Pathirana December 17, 2021 at 9:45 PM

    Leadership training is equally important in everything from a small business to large industry. Innovation, collective action, competition between teams occur in the organization. The result is the creation of quality goods and services.
    It's a timely topic.

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    1. Lakshmi BandaraDecember 19, 2021 at 4:45 AM

      Yes. Leadership must be practiced with high training and development process which aids the organizational success. thank you for your valuable comment.

      Delete
  6. E127918December 19, 2021 at 5:22 AM

    Coaching can refresh a business or even a careers. A coach can assist a leader in identifying abilities that need to be developed, critical strengths, and improvement tactics. Coaching can help a leader achieve goals in their current work or move in new areas.

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