Managers: coaching takes too much time
David Woods, 15 October 2008
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1 comment on this article.More than two fifths (42%) of managers in the UK and Ireland find coaching employees to be too time-consuming.
According to research from global consultancy firm BlessingWhite, 32% of managers across the globe identify coaching as their biggest challenge; in the US the figure was 29% and in Asia 38%.
Almost a third (30%) of managers said their main reason for not coaching staff is that they do not have all the answers.
Tom Barry, UK managing director of BlessingWhite, said: "It can't be forgotten that employees are a business' greatest asset, even amidst the global financial crisis. Coaching is one of the most effective methods of aligning employees with organisational priorities. It can also boost performance, develop the leadership pipeline, engage employees and improve retention. Senior management must work to address this perception, especially at a time of economic difficulty."
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SONIA GAVIRA - 16 October 2008
It continues to amaze me how the two reasons cited for not coaching are" time" and "not having all the answers". It shows a real lack of understanding about what coaching is and how it works. Once people and organisations understand that coaching conversations can take place in minutes and that the spectrum of coaching from directive to non directive allows for you knowing and not knowing the answer, they will be more open to to it. As coaching professionals and members of coaching bodies, we need to do more to educate organisations and their managers.
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