It’s all about you

Coaching isn’t just confined to the world of sport. It can be just as effective when used in business. Like a sports team, a business is made up of individual employees, who as a group drive the company towards its goals. If an employee is feeling unmotivated and unhappy in the workplace, this in turn will affect the business. One-to-one coaching enables employees to be at the centre of their own development and learning. This helps them focus on their specific needs and find answers to enable adjustments and improvements to be made.

Team coach

For coaching to work effectively, both the employee and the coach need to be fully engaged. This will ensure that positive benefits are achieved. Although group coaching has its place, if it’s not carried out correctly it’s all too easy to have some members not entirely on board, or competing for more attention. This situation makes it more difficult for a coach to successfully help each member of the group. One-to-one coaching allows the coach to adapt to the employees preferred learning style and understand the employee’s needs more thoroughly. Ultimately, making it easier for them to achieve their goals. As well as face to face, this can be carried out in the short-term remotely via the internet, which with the current lockdown situation is the sole option.

Challenging thinking

With coaching, each individual has the opportunity to decide on their own solution to the challenges they face.  The coach will help the individual, by working with them to develop different solutions. Each individual will be unique and so will each solution. Coaching can help generate new ways of thinking to solve problems. It is adaptable and flexible in its approach. The individual can choose to undertake coaching when it suits them. This means that it can fit in around their work life in a way that adds benefit, rather than causes additional stress.

A boost in confidence

Following one-to-one coaching sessions, it has been proved that employees demonstrate huge improvements in their levels of confidence, productivity and work ability. It’s a recognised and valued approach to managing employees that is mutually beneficial to the employee and the business. This way, the team member feels valued and supported through their time working at the company. Coaching can make all the difference between merely a good employee and a champion. It is something that every company should consider as part of its business game plan.