Leadership Lessons: Coaching Job Skills

High tech + Low change = No productivity

Singularity is the term that technologists and futurists use to describe the point at which rapid technological progress leads to a quick, completed transformation of the human experience. Are your employees prepared to embrace rapid technological changes and experience singularity?

Based on the rate of past improvements, some believe that technological advances are likely to be exponential in the coming decades. For those who work in HR and training, the impact is huge. A report issued by the Society for Human Resource Management, 2015: Scenarios for the Future of Human Resource Management, brings this to the forefront as an issue to be considered now.

Some Perspective

The rapid turnover of technological knowledge may well require that employee education be embedded and coached as a part of everyday working life. A shortage of supervisors, team leaders, and managers, who are capable of coaching employees in the face of increasingly complex technologies, is quickly becoming a reality.

Take the example of Steve. He's a supervisor for a cereal processing plant. He's faced with the addition of three new machines and the need to hire new staff. It's also budget time. He's finding that he has little time to coach his current team members through job tasks related to the new machines, much less showing the new team members what to do. It's all happening too fast.

Steve's team is not likely to be productive and may be destined to fail. Why?

A Solution

In order to achieve results every coach must go beyond simply showing how to perform a task. Coaching must involve observing, analyzing, demonstrating, and developing relationships with team members. This process is essential to help team members adjust and adapt to rapid changes, and it creates a foundation of trust and respect that is essential for optimal performance.

To achieve this, your managers and team leaders should be trained and prepared to:

• Understand why coaching is important and how it supports company goals.
  
• Prepare for a coaching session using observations and analysis plans for a successful dialog.
  
• Hold a coaching conversation which improves an individual's performance and productivity.
  
• Use coaching as a way to build a valuable sense of teamwork, communication, shared goals, and collaboration.
  

While rapid change, speed, and innovation continue to transform the workplace, it is imperative that leaders are ready for this challenge with the right coaching skills that help team members work appropriately and productively.

The Vital Learning curriculum is designed to meet your training and budgetary needs. Want to learn more about "Coaching Job Skills" or the complete Vital Learning leadership development curriculum? Available in Classroom, Online, or Blended delivery options, the Vital Learning curriculum includes the following essential topics.

• Delegating - understanding when to use delegation and how to make it motivating
• Complaints - being able to effectively manage complaints
  
• Coaching - knowing how to productively coach job skills
  
• Project Management - being able to run projects, both on-time and on-budget
  
• Conflict - understanding how to successfully resolve conflict
  
• Hiring Winning Talent- knowing what to do to consistently hire the right talent
  
• Providing Feedback - understanding how to establish performance goals and standards and give feedback
  
• And more...

For detail go to www.TheLearningEngine.org