10 signs your team would benefit from coaching
Times are changing
Change is an inevitable part of life, especially within the working environment. But the changes we have seen in 2020 have been unlike anything we’ve experienced in our working lives before. Even in this lockdown period, changes to work methods and practices can lead employees to start feeling unable to keep up. Working remotely, for example, can seem very alien to someone who is only used to an office environment.
With the uncertainty surrounding the shape of what work and workplaces will look like next year, career transition may be forced on many people. It’s important that companies monitor their staff to look for tell-tale signs in these insecure times, particularly with more senior members of staff, who can become lost or even left behind by the pace of change. Coaching can help them, especially in the current economic climate.
Noticing the signs
Changes in a staff member’s behaviour can be a key sign that they are not coping well with company adjustments.
Here are 10 signs which could indicate that your staff are not managing effectively with change:
- Frustration – with themselves and their colleagues
- Stress – anxiety and general unhappiness
- Isolation – lack of conversing and reduced sociability
- Unprepared – looking or feeling lost and out of their depth
- Increased periods of time off – through illness, or an unwillingness to be in work
- Boredom – a reduced enthusiasm for their job
- Disputes with colleagues – becoming resistant or more argumentative
- Lack of confidence – in themselves and their work
- Punctuality – issues with continual lateness
- Procrastinating – being unwilling or unable to complete their tasks.
Inevitably, how well employees are able to deal with changes can strongly affect the business. At Career Evolution, we understand how crucial it is to help staff throughout the company cope.
A positive change
Through our expert coaching programme, designed to aid members of staff at all levels – including those at more advanced positions, such as senior managers and directors – our highly-qualified coaches will assist your staff to handle change effectively. This includes helping people before, during and after transition periods, offering bespoke support on a one-to-one and group basis.
Tailored specifically for how to best suit your employees’ needs, our coaching enables individuals to recognise their value, and most importantly, how they and their company can continue to succeed in the face of change.
Change for the better
The most effective method for your staff to deal with change is to embrace it as a positive element, not as something to be feared and treated with scepticism and suspicion. Change is vital for businesses to adapt and survive in an uncertain environment, where many companies have already buckled under the pressure of not keeping up with the times. The other side of lockdown will be a testing time, economically and socially. Helping employees to take control of their changing role or situation, and formulate a plan for a future that will work for them, is the key to helping individuals thrive and prosper. It will aid both staff and the business forge ahead, and bring about positive change together.
