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A growing number of companies are looking seriously with the skill of coaching as being a method of developing and enhancing the performance of their staff members and teams. The more illuminated organisations now insist that each line managers are competent in the skill of training whilst others are going further and creating specialist 'coach' roles in order to support personnel and teams within the enterprise. There are however six major difficulties that the internal company instructor has to face and conquer before they can really exceed in their coach role and so bring tremendous benefits in order to themselves the employees and the organisation itself.
In this article Performance Discipline Allan Mackintosh who was him or her self an internal company coach with regard to six years outlines these six major challenges that the internal Coach has to deal with and ways that the coach can face these daily life.
Challenge No . 1 Hiring of Coaches
Correct recruiting is vital in any role in the event the organisation is to get the maximum for his or her employees and it is no distinct in relation to the recruitment of coaches. Great care needs to be taken to recruit the right person in terms of their beliefs and the potential to take on the necessary experience that is required for a competent mentor. When I first became an internal corporation coach in the pharmaceutical market the recruitment was done internally with some people recognized as potential coaches but the bulk coming from a pool of 'potentially redundant' line managers have been in this position after a important company restructure. The result was that certain individuals were 'forced' into a role in order to continue to be within the company. This was far from ideal and as a result a number of people would not take to the role and also subsequently left the organization. Others stayed in the position but really struggled to take on the role of the trainer and actually behaved more like 'trainers'. In order to avoid these challenges companies really have to take great proper care in the selection process of mentors in order that they get the right people together with enough potential to become great coaches in the workplace. Shoddy hiring only leads to great financial loss in the long run Those staff wishing to become coaches should look at what they really trust about people and if they cannot believe that everyone has the potential being excellent in any role these people undertake then they might want to think about becoming a coach. If you do not rely on people then do not get a coach
