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Leading the Way

Leading the Way Coaches realize • The whole is never the sum of the parts – it is greater or lesser, depending on how well the individuals work together. • Effective coaches pay more attention to doing the right thing than doing things right.

A Coach Is… Directions: • Without conversation, write your personal definition of a coach. • Find a partner and share your definition. Combine your definitions into one statement. • Write on a piece of chart paper write the statement you and your partner created together.

Leading the Way Means… • Empower others • Involve everyone • Keep the team focused on the purpose and collective agreements • Set goals • Maintain a focus on results • Model

Leading the Way Means… • Work to clarify, develop, analyze • Serve as a driving engine of the process • Draw conclusions and create opportunities • Support and encourage others • Share strategies

Key Skills for Leading the Way • Able to facilitate reflection • Possess specific knowledge and skills • Demonstrate effective interpersonal skills • Establish trusting relationships • Ability to observe and provide quality feedback

Key Skills for Leading the Way • Use questions as a prompt for reflections – not judgmental • Serve as a resource • Understand the need to make changes as easy as possible • Flexible

Leading the Way in Different Hats • • Facilitating Presenting Coaching Consulting

Guiding Questions • What will be your primary responsibilities as a coach? • What strengths will you bring as a coach to the team? • What challenges do you foresee that you will face as a coach? • How will you address the challenges as a coach?

Leading the Way Questions asked by effective coaches: • What are our successes? • What contributes to these successes? • What did we do to achieve them? • Where do we go from here? • What will we do?

Leading the Way • It comes down to a matter of motivating people to work hard and prepare to play as a team. • The essence of coaching is the attention to details and the monitoring of results – these are what help leaders realize visions and accomplish goals.