Coachwise

The Edinburgh Festival is underway again and I can’t help but see things from the perspective of the performers. They remind me of coachees who fully commit to the coaching process.

Each one has embarked upon a demanding journey. They are revealing who they are to the world and, in doing so, they make the world a richer place. None know before the festival starts the difficulties that they will encounter or the rewards they will reap. The only thing that is certain is that those who get the most out the festival will be those who commit the most wholeheartedly to the adventure of it all.

On Wednesday evening I went to the Edinburgh UX Meeting session at Codebase.

Thanks very much Kerry and Val for your talks. And thanks to the Edinburgh UX community for being so welcoming and helpful. I have learnt a lot from you.

I’ve come to place a huge value on the quality of experience we can give a users, so I am exceedingly glad of everything I have learnt about UX research and UX design. I’m glad, too, of the friendships I have made.

Edinburgh has some wonderful communities and I am proud to part of a few of them.

This afternoon I read another report showing that people’s need for effective coaching outstrips what they have available to them. According to the report, 40% of front-line leaders said they received inadequate coaching from their managers and that leaders identified coaching as the most identified skill area in which they wanted to improve. 85% of the HR professionals surveyed believe it will be critical for leaders to develop coaching skills within the next three years.

Over the past few years, there has been a drop in the percentage of companies that rely heavily on coaching to develop their leaders. However, those that do develop leaders’ coaching skills see significant returns.

For people who run organisations, the message is clear: make sure your leaders learn how to coach.

https://www.ddiworld.com/global-leadership-forecast-2023 #