Great Leaders are Great Coaches — 1 of 7

Want a clearer picture of what’s working in your business—and what needs attention? Take the free 12 Fundamentals Assessment for a personalized score and your clearest next step: 12fundamentals.comWhat is a leader’s job? It seems like a simple question, but often we look at leadership through the lens of other people’s expectations, or we don’t take the time to think about our responsibility to the people around us. In this episode, we explore the idea that the primary responsibility of a leader is to unleash the best in others. To help with that, we also introduce five principles of effective coaches, which we’ll continue to explore in the coming weeks. What do leaders do? (0:49) Leaders unleash the best in others (2:11) As a leader, you must live in the tension of wanting to see certain outcomes but accepting that you can’t control everything (4:12) Leaders believe that your best is in you (9:51) Leaders believe the best is possible (13:21) Leaders believe the best needs to be unleashed (18:22) The best leaders wear many hats, not just the vision casting hat (19:52) Great leaders need to wear the hat of coach (21:35) Effective coaches have five key qualities (26:18) 1. Effective coaches are relational (27:57) 2. Effective coaches are curious (29:28) 3. Effective coaches are assertive (30:32) 4. Effective coaching is directional (32:57) 5. Effective coaching is principle based (33:51) Path for Growth MembershipPath for Growth One-on-One CoachingSign up for the Worth it Wednesday EmailJoin Path for Growth on Instagram and Facebook Not sure where to start? Describe what’s happening in your business or team, then explore 400+ practical resources to help you take the next right step: resources.pathforgrowth.com