A coach’s goal is your Leadership capability and success
Why are coach’s so hell bent on your success? Because if you are not succeeding the coach is failing.
Why do teams need to know when they are successful? When a team knows they are being successful, they know they are contributing, everyone wants to contribute and feel useful. When people feel useful and are recognized for it, keeps them engaged.
Leaders must help their team define success so they know when they have reached the goal. Knowing when you have hit success triggers the team to evaluate their current situation and take the needed steps to innovate.
More often than not, I see teams leave meeting rooms super excited that they developed great ideas with plans to move the ideas from concept to reality. What I often don’t see in the plan is the inclusion of:
their definition of success,
where the success will lead them to next, and
a plan to celebrate their success.
Meetings usually end with everyone agreeing that the ideas are good, the deadlines are reasonable, and they know who is doing what and how.
Just when everyone thinks the meeting is done, accredited coaches should be helping teams to stay in the meeting room for a bit longer.
Professional coaches will help teams go the extra mile to help them define success, to develop an understanding of where the success will lead them next, and to make a plan to celebrate along the way.
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When you think your planning meeting is done, ask the team these four questions before you end the meeting:
What will success look like and how will we know if we are successful?
Completed project? Client feedback? Number of email or phone inquires? Social media analytics
How will success be objectively measured?
How many products do you want to sell and by when?
How many people are using your services and by when?
Where will success lead us?
Development of complimentary products or services.
Recognition as an industry leader or an award nomination through an association.
More customers.
What do we want to do to celebrate and at what stages of our work?
This could be a team outing
Drinks after a project’s milestone is made
The manager bakes a cake for the team
Brad Ison
Brad Ison is a professional coach, disaster management professional, facilitator, and speaker. To find out more contact Brad directly by emailing him at brad@bradison.ca. You can also learn more about Brad here.