Coaching as a Leader

Coaching individuals and teams is an essential part of a leader's role. Without effective coaching, employees and businesses will never reach their full potential, but how do you get this right?

How can leaders encourage people to think critically and confidently problem-solve? How can they adapt their communication style to ensure that language is clear and direct, yet also supportive and motivational? How can leaders use their coaching skills to influence employee behaviour and company culture?

This book answers all these questions and more, providing leaders, senior executives, and senior coaches with a best-practice guide on how to coach from a senior position. It covers the skills needed to coach as a leader, as well as how to adopt a coaching approach to all elements of the employee life cycle, from onboarding and engagement through to goal-setting and managing performance.

Designed for use by senior business professionals who need to coach their team and executive coaches who are coaching these leaders, this book is essential reading on how to support and develop a workforce, allowing employees to reach their full potential. Coaching as a Leader also includes essential advice on how to maintain boundaries between senior practitioners and employees, as well as safeguarding confidentiality. Written by a team of global experts and edited by the Association for Coaching, this is a best practice handbook for coaching as a leader.