- What return is your organisation receiving for its investment in coaching?
- Are you spending thousands of pounds on coaching with no significant organisational benefit?
Benchmarking and supervision will support you and your coaches to work for the benefit of the individuals AND the organisation and ensure that the results are sustainable
Why do I need to think about supervision and benchmarking?
When you use external or internal trainers, you probably invite course participants to give evaluations and feedback on the quality of the training they have received. You may even send someone from your Learning and Development team in to observe the quality of the training which is being delivered.
Are you monitoring your internal and external coaches in the same way?
All our internal coaches have coach training – do we need supervision?
There is a huge variety of coach training on the market today. Some is excellent. Some never gives the opportunity for trainees to be heard coaching. Do you know what standard your coaches are working at? Are you confident that they are coaching and not overstepping boundaries into advising or therapy? Are you confident that you are providing a totally safe process for both internal coach and the person with whom they are working?
Have you thought about benchmarking their skills so that they can develop professionally and so that you know at what standard coaches are working? This can boost their confidence and encourage them to develop professionally in the same way that they are supporting their coachees to develop professionally. Benchmarking and supervision will also help you to manage risk more effectively. Sustainability is important for you to ensure that you receive value from your investment in training and developing your coaches. Supervision can support that process.
You will need to decide what the way forward is for your organisation.
Mentoring – or coaching your coaches to develop their coaching skills further is primarily about skills development to ensure that all your people are working to the highest standards.
Supervision is an opportunity to allow the coaches to evaluate the roles and boundaries in the coach/ client relationship.
You may decide that you need one or other of these approaches – or a combination of both. Talk to Lynn on 01462 483798 or email info@3dcoaching.com and we will be happy to explore the most cost-effective and sustainable way of doing that.
