Enterprise Coaching

Coaching and the Enterprise

Coaching for the enterprise is effective for any industry where people are the key asset in determining performance. This covers manufacturing, services, research, in public or private sectors. It may be be in at addressing the individual level, or acting for a greater enterprise goal. Examples of such activities are;

Managing performance can be taken to a new level with coaching. It becomes a continuous process that can motivate performance and accomplish goals at both individual and team level by addressing issues early and affirming success when appropriate. The informal engagement makes it a potentially painless process with the potential to raise performances significantly.
Coaching can play a significant role in managing and developing talent. It provides the incumbent a strong advocate in the development of a career path, and identifying key goals and milestones on this journey. The role of the Coach focuses on the development of the individual; addressing issues that may be helping or hindering progress, be it work or non-work related, with the objective of maximizing talent potential. For the enterprise, the development of such talent may be tied to a bigger company succession plan that helps talent retention and builds enterprise resilience.
A successful dynamic team may contain diverse talents and personalities. Through Coaching and facilitation, the Coach can play an effective role in maximizing team effectiveness by ensuring shared understanding of the goals, building better internal communication, and addressing conflicts early so team members can function optimally as a team without sacrificing individual creativity.

In Change Management, the Coach can play an important role in helping an individual transition to a different role. For an organization in a process of transformation, the coach can marshal the process ensuring there is clarity through the organization of the goals, and resolving issues at the personal level to align actions with the organization strategies.

Coaching Enterprise

For coaching to succeed and provide the desired long term impact, a coaching culture is needed. Adoption of such a coaching culture within the Enterprise requires managing and supervisory staff incorporating coaching in their management activity. This changes the traditional ‘passive’ performance management system into a proactive process, raising performance and improving engagement within the organization. CoachingPen in partnership with MasterCoach App provides a coaching program, together with a special coaching app, that is designed to turn manager and supervisor quickly into effective coaches. Together with data analytics, the enterprise can monitor coaching adoption and success rates within the organization.