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COACHING @WORK

POWER TOOLS How to use ILS coaching tools at work

by Colleen-Joy
ICF PCC Internationally credentialed coach, author, speaker & creator of the InnerLifeSkills coaching programs

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#3 consequences of not empowering

The 3 WORST consequences for companies when managers fail to EMPOWER teams...

1 THE GREAT BURNOUT

Great managers and staff suffer burn out they take on other people's responsibilities instead of empowering and equipping.

None of us is as smart as all of us. ? Kenneth H. Blanchard

ILS COACHING POWER TOOL: empower

By using critical coaching skills, leaders learn to empower rather than be 24 hour "fix it" machines. They learn to take a few minutes with juniors to empower them to be solution focused AND to come up with their own solutions, rather than only resorting to "telling people what to do". The 3 BEST consequences for companies when managers EMPOWER by coaching teams... 1 - THE GOOD ARE SUPPORTED: Managers create strong teams - instead of flying solo. 2 - THE SLACKERS SHAPE UP OR SHIP OUT: Slackers can't hide, because they are called to task by being given responsibility & challenges. 3 - HELLO TALENT DEVELOPMENT: Talent feels challenged & more fully utilized - so they stay, filling gaps in skills & building human capital.

2 THE SLACKERS HIDE

A lack of effective delegation, coaching, succession planning, mentoring and empowering junior talent, makes a safe haven for slackers (people putting in half the effort and still expecting full pay).

3 THE TALENT LEAVE

Talent leave - talented staff feel under utilized. By not empowering them, they leave for greener pastures - creating gaps in skills and draining human capital.

Many great, seasoned managers make the single biggest mistake of thinking that they can not delegate OR don't have time to. So instead of investing 15 minutes with a junior, to get the junior to solve problems and be empowered, they spend their days fixing other people's problems and carrying other's responsibilities. This is a spiral down recipe for failure. Creating a coaching culture at work is an effective long term solution to management training and talent development that matters!

CASE STUDY
TRAINING OBJECTIVE: Accelerate talent pool development and install a coaching culture. ILS won a prized tender to serve a leading international logistics enterprise. 40 senior managers, incl. Exco were trained in a 2 day ILS Coach@Work seminar. Skills trained: 3 Step method to conduct informal and formal coaching sessions to empower staff and talent. With top reviews, ILS licensed the company to feature the seminar as a permanent part of their management training. Over 1 year, their L&D department has trained a further 150+ managers in ILS Coach 101 and report that the successful program is achieving its objectives.

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The dangerous cost of meetings

Meetings have a staggering hidden cost! Take the cost of each person's hour, multiply by the number of people, & by the meetings hours. 'value of hours X 'number of people in meeting' X 'hours of meeting' = ACTUAL COST OF MEETING Are you getting a real ROI on your meetings? What if you could improve the value and return of your meetings by 20-70%? Common meeting problems: - Time wasters - Lack of buy in - One man show - Tension - All talk, no action or follow through - Group procrastination How many times, does the real meeting happen later in the corridor? Most people don't know that proper coaching methods (not many of the poor coach training circulating) can make meetings incredibly more productive and quickly solve all the problems listed above and more.

ILS COACHING POWER TOOL: meeting teachnique

TURN AGENDA ITEMS, INTO CONTRACTS Agendas for meetings are usually 'Themes' & 'Goals'. Theme & Goal style agenda item examples: ? "Staff Morale >>> "Improve Staff Morale" ? "Strategy for Project ABC" >>> Implement Strategy Problem: Themes & Goals are uncoachable & therefore are potential time wasters. Goals can be polished but a profesionall coach goes one important step further, & this simple technique is a cracker! They "Contract". Contracting is coaching jargon for creating a specific, achievable target/outcome... (and here's the genius of it)... for a specific time frame. It looks simple, but you'll be surprised, it takes guidance to implement. Sample contracts for the above themes & goals: ? Brainstorm 5 possible solutions to improve morale. ? as a team on the first short term milestone Decide to reach for the project strategy. Now imagine meetings with clear, agreed targets that everyone focused on achieving. Add several other ILS coaching skills & methods to make meetings really work!

CASE STUDY
TRAINING OBJECTIVE: Equip marketing management team with methods to improve meeting productivity. ILS trained 18 managers in a 1 day ILS Coach@Work Meetings that work seminar. Methods trained: Contracting agenda items, re-framing, scaling, measures, evidence, group decision making. During the training the team were able to use the ILS methods to formulate a working procedure to establish consensus and make quick, effective decisions as a group. They included methods for conflict resolution, solution focused conversation and decision making.

When people have a clear common outcome, they stop shooting each other.

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Without a why there is NO WAY!

The 2 biggest mistakes people make when trying to motivate... ~ Me, me, me, me ~ Trying to motivate others by giving them "your" reasons, "your" inspiration, or "your" ideas about 'why they should do something'! This is a common mistake and epic fail. Why? Only if people share the 'exact' same reasons as you, will they buy in. But people all have their own reasons for taking action. Rather find their" best reasons are and leverage those. ~ More Money Honey ~ Think more cash, or financial incentives will do the trick? Don't be embarrassed when you find out the truth. Who knew? Well coaches knew. It turns out that money can demotivate. There are 3 things that do motivate people when they need to perform tasks that require more brain power than washing dishes. If you leverage these 3 things, you will motivate people, without needing to put more money on the table. Watch this multi-million viewed video and prepare to be amazed... http://www.inhousecoach.co/whatreally-motivates-us.html

ILS COACHING POWER TOOL: performance management

One of the first things a properly trained coach learns, is how to motivate people, in a practical, professional, authentic way. So what's the best way to motivate people? FIND THEIR BIGGEST WHY? (not yours). Its not a co-incidence that gifted salespeople naturally do this.

QUIZ (test if you have this in the bag)

You want to get buy-in and improve a teams job performance. Do you?... A) Tell them your best reasons for performing better. B) Offer them incentives & rewards. C) Threaten them D) Find out each team members personal best reasons to improve E) Align the teams personal reasons with company goals ANSWER: D & E. D is the tip shared, E is another more advanced performance coaching method.

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DEATH BY ASSUMPTION
How many times have we assumed wrongly, that people agreed with us? Opportunities die by the sword of assumptions that: ?can see our point of view people
? that others have the same values &

ILS COACHING POWER TOOL: persuasion skills

Here is a snap-shot of some ILS persuasion coaching skills to try out. Backtracking - use peoples own words in conversation. Listen well, and weave a single important word they used in your next sentence. Softening - ask questions with softeners to relax people into creative resourceful thinking. E.g. So, what could some ways of fixing this be? instead of How will you fix this? Reframes - when someone tells you what they dont want, reframe with a coaching question so that they focus on what they do want. Spiral UP - spiral down is thinking & conversation focused on the problem, the past or negativity. Change the focus to spiral up, which focuses on solutions, the future and positivity.

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Did you know: Top Coaches have valuable skills of persuasion. By learning these skills you can make more positive impact

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TENSION to FLIGHT
The crossbar in individuals represents an inner conflict within the persons mind. Example: procrastination versus decisiveness. One aspect of the pair is judged as "bad" and the opposite aspect polarised against it. Inner conflict then ensues, robbing the person of the energy they need to move forward towards their goal. A kite cannot fly if the crossbar is unbalanced, so we coach the polarity to reframe the judged negative aspect and transform the tension into constructive energy. By doing this the individual is able to more easily transcend the tension and rise to meet their goal. The crossbar in group dynamics and meetings represents group tension or conflict. Groups can then divide into polarised dynamics that waste time and energy. Each side tries to prove that it is right and the other wrong. By coaching the group crossbar the tension can be transformed and the group aligned towards the common of the goal.

Where ILS trains? ILS COACHING POWER TOOL: transform

GOAL

One popular and unique ILS module is the ILS KITE. Traditional coaching moves people along a VERTICAL PATH Coaching people and teams from where they are NOW to their GOAL. But we all know that obstacles sabotage success. INNER OBSTACLES like fear, group conflicts, doubt, procrastination, etc. are especially destructive.

horizontal path vertical coaching path NOW

The ILS KITE combines the vertical bar with the CROSSBAR of coaching obstacles. A kite needs tension to fly. Dont fight tension in yourself or in teams. Explore ways to see the positive intention behind tension, to transform what seems like enemies into powerful allies. Overcome obstacles by harnessing the dynamic tension of the ILS KITE.

CASE STUDY
TRAINING OBJECTIVE: Provide skills to team leaders to help them transform tension in the group. ILS trained 7 senior managers in a 6 hour ILS Coach@Work ILS KITE seminar. Methods trained: Positive Intention work, KITE, Spiral Up. The team seemed divided between old and new, centered around conflict between a young woman and a senior man. 2 weeks after the training, ILS was thanked because the sabotaging tension was resolved.

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DONT TAKE PERSONALITY PERSONALLY

How much time & resource is wasted on: ? personality clashes ? team co-hesion lack of ? misunderstandings between people who dont understand each other

ILS COACHING POWER TOOL: bridging relations

You can only build a bridge between people who understand each other.
? positive & empowering Learn a

personality typing system to assist teams to truly understand each other. ? Learn how to best manage & communicate with different types. ? Build bridges with empathy & care. ? Grow personal leadership skills through self awareness. ? yourself & others in expressing Support the full positive potential of their type.

ILS trains the 9 Type Enneagram system, which is very effective. This combined with coaching communication skills is a popular 2 day seminar for companies.

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