“Coaching = awareness + responsibility”
As you know by now, I’m a big coaching fan. I’m convinced it’s one of the best ways to increase performance. Unfortunately, coaching is often misused. So, the first thing you need to do is to know exactly what coaching is all about.
In my view, coaching is all about creating awareness and responsibility. In this post, I would like to tackle the responsibility part.
Coaching & responsability
Responsibility is the second important performance coaching concept. When you truly accept responsibility for your thoughts and actions, you will raise your commitment to them. And this inevitably leads to better performance.
Your performance will not improve when you are ordered or expected to be responsible – or even if you are given responsibility. You might do the job to avoid an implied threat or punishment but your performance is unlikely to be optimised.
So what do you require to create responsibility?
You need to have a choice. And with choice comes responsibility. Remember this: as long as you blame someone else, there is no real sense of ownership. You don’t get the YES you want.
As a coach, by asking questions, I can help you with the reflection process but the final decision is up to you. It always is, even if that choice is to take no action.
Conclusion
So, to conclude, merely telling someone to be responsible for something does not make them feel responsible. That comes with choice. Offering choice is a fantastic trigger for responsibility.
Want more? (re)-read these 30 coaching tips.
