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As a coach a manager will be handing out suggestions to make improvements in specific areas. These areas will have to be identified by you. It is not a process which can take place in a day or two. It is a long term process. It cannot be a one way street. You have to develop a relationship with your co worker. To suggest improvements you will be analyzing the work performances. Your suggestions will include ways to improve this performance. Leadership is essential in these issues. Be supportive of your co  workers as well as help them by instructing them, guiding them and encouraging them.

All management training programs and management training courses specify that communication skills are one of the most important skills a manager can possess. This is one of the most important techniques used in coaching. You have to clearly tell your team members what your expectations are. Do not let there be ambiguity. Clear any ambiguity on the spot. Repeat yourself if necessary to get the message across. Do not leave any room for doubts. Clear them up.

Coaching is all about building relationships with clients. Do the same with your team members. If you feel there are certain areas where improvements can be, then go ahead and tell them. But, do so in a manner that does not seem to find fault, rather suggest the improvements as a way to enhance their performance. Fault finding is easy, encouraging someone to do better is not. Platitudes can be mouthed by anyone but only a genuine leader can give the correct kind of emotional support. You should only offer emotional support and should not yourself become the support.

If there are obstructions on the path to their advancement it is your duty to help remove them. After all you are also their manager and not just their coach. You can advice them on ways to remove these obstructions. Your guidance is necessary for them. Be gentle when you are advising them. Do not be harsh.

If you have attended management training classes then you would have had a session on leadership. A good leader knows the importance of Action speaks louder than words. If you want your team members to work to reach their goal, then you have to show them the way. Not by telling them how to do it but by showing how to do it. Tell them which part of their behavior or performance should be changed to show better results. Tell them how to do it.

All this advice that you have given is going to be useless if the team member is not committed to make those changes. It is your duty to ensure that the person or people are committed to making these changes. Explain to them the reasons that it is necessary for them to make this change. Tell them the benefits, if they make the change.

All management training programs or management training courses say that unless you appreciate people they are not going to be motivated to work better. So, this is another technique that a coach needs to do. So do not hesitate to appreciate the good performance and as a manager it is a good idea to reward the performance. This can do wonders for you and your team

I have been pondering on the questions and concerns that many clients ask me in my life skill coaching work. Spirit guided me toward sharing information about Foundations. At one point I created a diagram that depicting the different levels in relationships. By using the analogy of the foundation of a building or a house as a comparison to the spiritual aspect of relationships, we know that without a foundation the house has nothing to stand on. Without a Spiritual foundation a relationship has nothing to stand on.

Without a Spiritual Foundation our lives have nothing to stand on.There is nothing to hold us together when we don’t build from the inside out. We just float around like a boat that is lost in the ocean. Everything that is built on the physical plane has some kind of a base to build from. A car has to have an engine to run. The frame could be great to look at, but without the motor there is no way that the car is going to move. That works the same way on every aspect of the material plane.

What makes us think that we can live our lives and not make Spirituality our first priority? Nothing works from the outside in. Everything is based on building from the inside out. Sometimes in life skill coaching I ask clients’ what their Spiritual base is, when it is apparent they are struggling with life issues that need deeper attention. In order to support them I ask that question to be able to direct them to the right resources that best resonate with what they are focused on. Many clients are practicing Christians, many are Christian by birth, but are not currently studying anything in their faith. Other client’s are interested in Spiritual and Metaphysical tools, but have no idea which would best fit their needs.

One thing that I must mention is that tools are just that, they do not give us a base to stand on. Foundations are created with tools, but the tools are not the Source of the Power. The power of an engine or the foundation of a house is built on a tried and true method that have specifications and guidelines. When people tell me that Tarot cards, Astrology, Numerology, Psychic Readings, is what they building their foundation on, I have to correct them. Those are tools that can amplify and fine tunes a structure that is strong and solid. They are not the foundation……In life skill coaching I teach that the only foundation we can live by is one that is based on God’s word, the principles of God’s truth and any writing or teaching that is based on those principles.

Tools are our helpers. Music and Nature are magnificent support systems for our healing and alignment with Source. All other tools can be a roadmap to help us to design a firmer foundation. An analogy could be that we have bodies. They are the foundation for our physical selves. They are what we move around with on the Earth Plane. We have many tools to take advantage of regarding our bodies’ health and adornment, but our bodies are the foundation. We have freedom of choice as to how we want to make that body look, but the base of the body, shape and structure are designed by a Power greater than our own.

That is the same with our Foundation. We must keep our focus on the designer of that Power that is within us. Our lives and direction are dependent on that force. The Law of Attraction can only work when we know who we truly are. What we are made of, and where we come from. In our life skill coaching work we can take that small child within us to God. That child needs a rock solid foundation. If we didn’t get that from our parent’s we will need to reframe our thinking and programming until there is no doubt left in our hearts that God and I are One. That is our foundation……forever and ever…..and ever.