SHORT NOTES FROM:
COACHING FOR TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERS
BY COACH ABDUL AZIZ KASSIM
7 JUNE 2011
Coaching doesn't make sick people well, but makes ordinary people extra ordinary. Coaching is the interaction that occurs between people which produces desired performance. Coaching is thus performance focused but people centered.
Mentoring is the voluntary action between a willing experienced senior and willing grateful junior. It is the process of sharing of tacit knowledge and experiences.
Those who don't know, teach or tell them;
Thos not able to do things, train them;
Those who want to perform and move forward; coach them
Coaches uses appreciative inquiry (questioning); active listening (only hearing); unbiased observation (look-see, look-see); constructive feedback (criticise and give comments); and support where appropriate.
Foe effective coaching, coaches need to shut up; listen; observe and get out of the way. Thus the competencies needed are:
- emotional (relationship management)
- rational ( intellect, analysis, problem-solving)
- ethical (values, meaning, respect)
- able to relate to others
- have high EQ
- know yourself
- manage yourself
- know others
- manage relationship
