Creating a Coaching Culture
Leading Effectively e-Newsletter - July 2006 Issue

What can organizations do to support the coaching efforts of leaders? How can organizational practices ease the specific challenges coaches face? Apply the "three C's" suggests Center for Creative Leadership's Douglas Riddle: create a coaching mindset, champion a standard of excellence for coaching and campaign for coaching communities.

Create a coaching mindset. The first and perhaps most essential way to create a coaching culture is to find efficient and effective ways (both formal and informal) to distribute coaching skills throughout the organization. When people begin to see a consistent message and genuine support of coaching, an organizational culture shift can begin.

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