Coach your people, not their titles
A leader recently came to me for coaching on how to better manage his team's performance.
The official goal, was all about metrics, accountability, and strategic alignment.
Our first session had almost nothing to do with his team.
We spent the entire hour talking about his profound feeling of being stuck in his own career and life.
He felt he was on a path he didn't choose, and the energy drain that came with that internal conflict was immense.
That was the real issue.
And that internal conflict wasn't just a personal problem.
It was an invisible handbrake on his team's potential.
Because he felt stuck, he was unconsciously:
risk-averse
hesitant to approve new ideas
and less engaged in his team's day-to-day development
His lack of energy created a ceiling for his entire department's ambition and output.
The business wasn't just losing his full potential.
It was losing the potential of everyone he led.
In our second session, he had a personal breakthrough.
By our third session, he had a completely new, energized, and authentic approach to leading his team.
Their "performance issues" seemed to vanish.
He was a better leader because he felt more whole as a person.
Never forget that behind every Manager, Director, VP, or CXO title is a human being navigating all of life's complexities.
You can try to coach the title all you want with frameworks and strategies.
But real, lasting change only happens when you create the space to coach the individual.
Ready to provide support that creates real, lasting change for your leaders?
