5 Practical Steps to Coach Your Employees for Success
- Noodle Factory
- Jul 11, 2018
- 1 min read
It may be a new task, new skill or new process that it is necessary for the manager to coach their employees on.Here are 5 practical steps to coach your employees for success:
1. Prepare the employee
Introduce the need for you to coach your employee on the required task
Seek your employee’s commitment to improve by learning the required task
Ask for ideas and suggestions from the employee
Establish objectives and learning goals for the required task
2. Demonstrate or describe the desired performance
Explain the main steps towards achieving the goal
Give a hands-on demonstration if necessary
Role-play correct behaviours
Have your employee explain to you the instructions for completing the task
Review the desired performance with examples for a better understanding
3. Create a positive environment
Re-assure the employee about his ability to execute the task
Encourage the employee to express concerns and listen to them
Communicate your expectations to the employee
Share problems or obstacles that might occur while executing the task
4. Have the employee do the required task
Provide the resources required to do the task
Take photographs, video the process and take notes of the process for a detailed analysis after the execution of the task
Check in with the employee to see if there are any issues while carrying out the tasks
5. Do the follow-up
Praise and congratulate the employee
Give detailed feedback
Schedule additional coaching if needed
Ask the employee for suggestions to improve your coaching skills
