Lead Like a Pro: Building a Coaching Habit

On today’s Management Development Unlocked, you’ll hear part five of Eric’s six-episode series of his audiobook, Lead Like a Pro: The Essential Guide for New Managers. Building a healthy coaching habit can help break three vicious cycles at work, and Eric shares some tips for becoming a great coach for your team. You’ll learn about the GROW model, becoming an active listener, and some questions you can use in your next coaching session. You’ll also hear why feedback is crucial to a successful team. Eric outlines why feedback should be a habit—both constructive and positive—and how to handle adverse reactions to feedback and reward and recognize your team without money.In this episode, you’ll hear:Building a coaching habit and the three vicious circles at work that it can break.Evolving beyond your own tasks and taking proactive steps to help your team perform better.Coaching and feedback and the three things it can help you do as a new manager.Why you should always coach in private, be curious, and avoid statements that may make the coachee defensive.Questions that can help you evaluate your team’s performance.Challenging your assumptions and digging deeper.The purpose behind coaching at work.Four essential coaching skills and the GROW (goals, reality, options, and way forward) model for coaching.GROW in practice and avoiding offering advice.Six behaviors or active listening.Seven essential coach-like questions to get a coaching session rolling.Making feedback a habit and the simple things you can do to ensure it is received well.Keeping a record of the feedback you provide.Handling negative reactions to feedback.The coaching-feedback-coaching technique.Offering rewards and recognition to team members.The three ways to reward and recognize your team that doesn’t involve money and how to do it.---Head over to girardtrainingsolutions.com to take a look at the 20+ courses I offer for new and experienced managers! Get your copy of the Amazon #1 Bestseller and #1 New Release Lead Like a Pro - The Essential Guide for New Managers while you’re there!Connect with me on LinkedIn.Please subscribe and comment!

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Management Development Unlocked is a global top 5% podcast for new managers and leaders who want to transform from high-performing individual contributors to great people managers. As the saying goes, “What got you here won’t get you there.” The skills that made you a great employee are almost completely opposite from the skills that will make you a great manager and leader. Eric Girard is your guide during this key transition. Experienced managers and leaders will also benefit from the tips and tricks shared on the show. Eric interviews guests from around the world with expertise in leadership, management, empathy, emotional intelligence, productivity, feedback, cultural competence, coaching, storytelling, engagement, and other management and leadership and management topics. Eric’s guests include authors and experts with decades of real-world experience who will help you smoothly make the transition into management and leadership. About your host: Eric Girard is the CEO of Girard Training Solutions LLC, a management development firm focused on helping new managers and leaders transition into their role. ​Eric has over 30 years of experience helping improve the performance of managers, leaders, and employees, including 20 years in Silicon Valley at companies like Apple, Applied Materials, and Symantec. His superpower is facilitation, and he’s led programs around the world with his high-energy and engaging facilitation and speaking style. Eric is a passionate, lifelong learner. As a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer, he is pursuing the rating of IDC Staff Instructor. When he’s not hosting a podcast or designing and or delivering training, he enjoys spending time outdoors with his wife and twin 15-year-old daughters.