| "Ability is what you are capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it."
-Lou Holtz
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"The goal of coaching is the goal of good management to make the most of an organization's valuable resources."
-Harvard Business Review
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| What Are the Benefits and Challenges of Leadership Development? The benefits of leadership development coaching and training are beyond words in many cases, but here's just a sampling of the benefits than can be anticipated:
- More personal satisfaction with work and personal life
- Ownership is transferred to the people doing the work
- People grow, developing personal strengths
- Expanded skills and competencies
- Leader's time is freed for vision, mission, values, strategy
- More strategy in addition to operations roles
- More qualified and developed people
- More qualified, stronger leaders coming through the "ranks" (future leader development)
Eighty percent of problems experienced in any organization are people-related. Twenty percent are of a technical nature. Developing the people to function at higher levels benefits the organization, and always drops to the bottom line. The people drive the bottom line. When people are valued, and are an integral part of the development process of any organization, that organization will benefit - it's that simple.
As with all programs that involve people, there will be some challenges because of the very nature of people. Here are some "people issues" that may be experienced:
- unwilling to be developed or coached
- not open to feedback or change
- not open to innovation
- threatened by others (especially those below them in "rank")
- Not able or willing to try something new
- Susceptible to the three major pitfalls of "management:"
- Greed
- Need for recognition
- Need for power
Some honest "soul-searching" must be done by the leadership of teams with members who exhibit the above characteristics. If people can enter into leadership development training and coaching with a positive attitude, the results are much more dramatic. But results CAN be achieved, even if someone enters tentatively. A negative, unbending attitude, however, may force the need for an honest employee assessment.
Remember this: "The benefits of coaching appear to win over even the most cynical clients within just a few weeks." (Industry Week)
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