Differeneces between managing, leading and coaching

1. Managing, Leading and
Coaching
Presented by Sue Lindgren, CMEC
From YESS! and Ideal Coaching
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2. To begin with…
 Are you responsible for attaining
results through other people?
 If so (and more importantly), are you good
at it?
 How do you know?
 Is that the job of a manager, leader
and/or coach?
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3. Facts
 Leadership accounts for 15% of the success of any
organization - Warren Bennis
 Both leadership and management are important, but
not interchangeable – completely different
 Not everyone within the organization is to be a leader
– we can’t lose site of our primary role
 Natural talents are required for great leaders – same
for great managers – you can improve, but if you lack
a few core talents, you can’t succeed at either
 Coaching is an imperative competency for anyone
working within a leadership or management role
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4. The way that it is
 Excess Access/Drive Thru Learning
 Ifyou can’t learn to learn, you will suffer
 Information/Knowledge/Wisdom
 Filter
 Focus
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5. How much do we know?
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6. What’s the value in declaring
yourself a beginner?
 Beginner
 Minimally
Competent
 Competent
 Expert
 Master
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7. Great Managers
A great manager’s starting point is each
employee’s talents – they can transform each
employees talents into performance
 Great managers make employees believe that
your success is their primary goal –
emotionally not rationally
 Great mangers change the role or tweak it to
have them succeed - a natural coach
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8. Great Leaders
 Optimism and Ego are the talents of a great
leader
 Leaders believe that despite the odds they
have what it takes to overcome the odds
 Leaders rally people toward a better future.
 Restless for change
 Impatient for progress
 Deeply dissatisfied with the status quo
 Friction between what is and could be stirs you up
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9. Manager and Leader
 Great managers see people as a means in
and of themselves
 Great leaders see people as a means to a
performance end
 If you want to manage, begin with the person
 If you want to lead, begin with the picture of
where you’re headed
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10. What is coaching and where does it fit?
 What is coaching?
 Distinguish the following:
 Manger
 Leader
 Consultant
 Teacher
 Mentor
 Trainer
 Therapist/Counselor
 Coach
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11. Components of a Worldview
 Immediate Circumstances
 Objectives
 Vision/Senseof Possibility
 Values and Beliefs
 Frame of Mind
 Background
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12. How Coaching Works - ontologically
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13. Excellence and Achievement
 What sustains excellent performance?
Excellence is rarely a function of one
off achievement, but rather a result of
repeated practice and incremental
improvement.
Marcus Buckingham
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