Coaching Models For School Leaders

First published in 1987, The Leadership Challenge is a guide for becoming leader. The book received many awards and its above two million copies are internationally sold. The book teaches principles of leadership that apply whether the leader is running a sports team or a fortune 500 organization. The book includes stories and examples of many leaders from micro to macro level (Founders and Authors, 2013). The basic leadership principles can be adopted by anyone to challenge status quo and increase leader productivity multifold. The book tells about the flow and hierarchy of values too (Machedo, 2013). One can use the guide without an instructor to develop leadership traits.

Coaching is another role of a leader. The definition of coaching is "one who instructs or trains" (Coaching, 2017). For example, a coach will not only provide training, but also advise and provide guidance. To put this role into perspective, imagine a Soldier on a firing range. The soldier has been trained to successfully fire that weapon, but with coaching, they will be guided to sharpen their fundamental skills, thus improving their

Coaching leaders help employees by identifying their unique strengths and weaknesses. They encourage employees to establish long-term goals. Coaching style is used least often because many leaders don’t have time to teach people and help them grow. Studies have shown that leaders who have mastered four our more especially the authoritative, democratic, affiliative and coaching styles have the best climate and business performance. I believe in order to master the art of leadership we need to comprehensively understand human behavior and have the ability to adapt. Leadership styles can lead to different types of success, as mentioned in the article leadership will never be an exact science. But neither is it a complete mystery. I believe that the business environment is continually changing, all leaders have to respond. Leaders must know when to use the right style at the right time to gain success. Although not all skills are equally effective leaders could use multiple styles at one time to gain success. For example leaders could use the authoritative style to mobilize people towards a vision while at the same time creating bonds and harmony through the affiliative

According to former Indiana state superintendent of schools Dr. Suellen Reed, “We know from our research that there’s no turnaround school without a turnaround principal” (as cited in Gammil, 2007, para. 2), further supporting the fact that “school leaders have an essential role in cultivating a positive school culture in public schools” (Peterson and Deal, 2002, p.30). However, it is imperative to improve our understanding as to how principal leadership impacts the school culture in high poverty schools to ensure that all children receive a quality education, regardless of zip code, in an environment conducive to learning. The six measured factors are as follows:

Young Leadership: In seeking to examine, promote, and advance the success of Teaching and coaching in an organizational setting, the national and International Consortium for Coaching in Organizations is intended as a forum for all people involved in coaching in organizations: the organizational users of

With an inexhaustible curiosity Tom can be counted on for a highly collaborative, reliable, but flexible use of evidence based facilitation and coaching methods. Tom Krapu, PhD, PCC helps his organization leading clients create impact across their organizations that lead to lasting and meaningful results. Whether it is developing leadership or creating a powerful culture in their organization, Tom's optimistic, but real facilitation expertise and leadership coaching increases the effectiveness and sustainability of the organizations where he works.

Leadership and coaching go hand in hand in many ways because to coach is to lead, and to lead is to coach others. Indeed, leaders and coaches, whatever the title are really mentors within the context of a particular organization or activity. For centuries, scholars and philosophers alike have been trying to find a specific and complete definition for coaching and leadership, but have not had much success. True, leadership is, in part, decision making at the nth level; while coaching takes that decision making and often compartmentalizes it into split-second action (Rhodes, J., et al. 2000). In the era of gloablization, this has become even more critical now that there are so many divergent cultural opportunities that require new skills, approaches, and even that allow coaching to occur not just in the physical environment, but in the virtual as well, with no regard for geographic or political boundaries (Drucker, P.F., et al. 2001).

L. D. is bullish on the need for Executive Coaches. “Especially with how businesses are changing, there is a critical need for coaches. Companies tend to have the technical part of the job handled, but they don’t have the people part down” (Brami Interview with L. D. Bennett, Executive Coach

My coaching practice is constantly being developed. It was not until the book club, when I began to understand the theory, principles, and practices around being a coach. My experience with being coached as a CM and classroom teacher was centered on providing feedback; therefore I equated coaching with delivering feedback. This archetype of coaching led to my directive coaching style. In the beginning, my one questions was “How can I fix this?” To be plain, my focus was on changing teacher actions. In practice as a directive coach, I researched, shared tangible and intangible resources, met with content leaders within schools and TFA on behalf of my teachers, and modeled lesson.

Being a leader has many advantages and disadvantages. Could coaching an employee be helpful for all involved? Being in a management position there is the need to be the devil’s advocate and approaching employees in a delicate manner to engage in the conversation that something issues need to change. What is the definition of coaching when working with adults in a workplace? Do managers need to be coached on how to coach? These are items will be addressed in this essay for anyone who is in or is planning on being in a managerial role. All the skills needed to provide a safe and healthy work environment for every employee.

Although I coach and train in my current position as a Human Resource Manager, the majority of my coaching and training experience occurred while I was a food Divisional manager (1997 through 2001) and Store Sales Director (2001 through 2010). As a Divisional manager I would coach, teach and train a diverse group of associates at all levels within the food Division (this includes all employees that work in grocery, meat, seafood, produce, bakery, service deli, natural foods and health and beauty aids). Whether a newly hired employee or a veteran employee, I was responsible for identifying training needs and implementing training solutions to achieve continual improvement of my team.

In a business there are several different factors, and attributes that can excel or hinder a company’s environmental and economic success. Most people believe that a business’s longevity relies solely on its profits and regulations, when in actuality, it is the coaching and the leadership of the business. In fact, coaching and leadership are the greatest attributes that accumulate to a company’s success, but if they are abused, or misused, they can cause severe damage to the company’s well-being. For this paper I will be covering the topics of coaching and leadership in the workplace and will be giving different types of styles for both concepts. I will also evaluate the correlation between the two and will give several examples throughout to help comprehend the topics. I will then explain how these attributes can be abused and can cause more harm to a company than good. I will conclude my paper by highlighting all of the main points throughout the paper, and then give my own opinion on the subject.

The leadership process is a dynamic relationship between the leader, the followers, and the situation. Coach Shirley is a new basketball coach at Burke College. Shirley’s leadership style and behavior appear to conflict with the teams leadership expectations. The situation complicates a vision change due to the basketball team’s prior success and Coach Shirley’s lack of knowledge about the team. However, by shifting to a more participative leadership style, Shirley will improve leadership effectiveness, thus enabling her to incorporate a vision transformation. Accordingly, Shirley’s leadership style and situational factors are counterproductive to her attempt to implement transformational leadership.

Those who learn to be instructional leaders acquire many characteristics that are beneficial to their schools and communities. The writer concurs that Instructional leaders exhibit a clear sense of direction for their schools and prioritize and focus attention on the things that really

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