Staff not motivated?
Elements of Career Coaching, Life Coaching and Business Coaching can also be combined for a tailored program to;
- Enhance the performance of a business operation or team.
- Deal with difficult individuals where there is internal conflict, poor motivation or self-awareness. Where communication or interpersonal relationships could be enhanced.
- Assist groups or individuals in stressful or de-motivating situations whether facing difficult clients, high pressure or high staff turnover.
- Enhance the coaching and goal setting skills of those delivering appraisals
All of these with the aim of enhancing the individual's motivation in their role while enhancing the bottom-line for the business.
Causes of de-motivated staff
Stress
So much has been written about stress at home or at work, how it has a detrimental impact on an individual's productivity at work and their ability to work harmoniously within a team.
Some organisations have a policy whereby the employee must be seen to be almost at the point of breakdown before they are able to refer them for counseling. WE BELIEVE THIS IS TOO LATE !!! The repercussions of leaving it too late are damaging for the individual and the business.
Many forward-thinking organisations are now beginning to recognise the benefits of bringing in life & career coaching as a PREVENTATIVE measure to ensure that employees remain at their most resourceful.
Coaching isn't counseling, we don't focus on an individual's past or what's wrong. Instead, we work with our clients using a variety of styles and techniques, allowing them a confidential space to think differently and make the changes necessary to get back on form.
Stress within teams
In roles where employees are 'piggy in the middle' and there are factors they have to deal with which are out with their control stress levels often rise. Group coaching with our experienced Life skills Trainer and coach will give them skills and strategies to deal with it more positively and to also boost morale.
Doing, Being & Growing or overstretched + stagnant?
“Fulfillment” and “Work/Life Balance” and “Stress Management” are all terms that we hear often hear being banded around but what does it all mean in simple terms?
Well, an individual is said to be at their most stimulated, fulfilled and purposeful when they are;
“doing” performing/working/active
“being” relaxing/reflecting/doing nothing, and
“growing” learning new skills/being stretched/progressing
When staff lose motivation or become bored with their work, it could be due to one of these aspects not being addressed. With organisations now being flatter in structure and there being less opportunity to progress upwards people need to grow laterally within their roles to gain this sense of fulfillment at work. As coaches, we can get underneath boredom and apathy, identify where the problem lie, create a fresh vision with the client, and an action plan to get them achieving it.
Poor communication skills
Most of our problems at work and a home lie in poor communication skills. These are essentially;
- Presenting Yourself & Creating a Good Impression
- Confidence & Assertiveness Skills
- Coping with Conflict
- Relationship Skills
Through coaching we can explore in a 1-2-1 coaching programme or small groups the causes and effects of poor communication and arm clients with the necessary knowledge, skills and motivation to manage conflict situations with confidence, and think about it differently; as something to learn and grow from. We can help clients to blast limiting beliefs out of the water, to develop their emotional intelligence and become the type of robust individual that you want on your team.
Staff not feeling valued
Unfortunately many people leave organisations because they do not feel valued.
Furthermore, where people find giving staff appraisals very difficult, we bet staff find receiving them even more so!
Cutting edge research into appraisals shows that most are too infrequent, they look back over a year not forward over the next quarter, are based on telling people not asking what they think, are conducted in ways which miss huge opportunities to motivate focus and enhance the performance of the person being appraised.
Retain and Aim appraisal conversations shares basic coaching and powerful NLP goal setting skills to give the appraiser(s) tools to help motivate and enhance the performance of those they appraise.
Benefits for the appraiser
- Take the anguish out of giving appraisals
- Learning basic coaching skills to ask enquiringly not tell skills which help get more out of people in many contexts
- motivational performance focused approach to goal setting within the business context
- Increased staff
Benefits for the appraised
- Specific goals to aim for that they have engaged in creating
- Increased role / job satisfaction and motivation
- Opportunities to grow not stagnate particularly in a flat organizational structure with limited promotion opportunities
Managing others performance
I am a Nikken Independent Wellness Consultant with a large group of people under me. It is my responsibility to train these people but there was one person who was proving to be a challenge for me and was under-performing, so I asked for Fiona's help.
In a one to one coaching session with Fiona I learned some new approaches in ways to inspire my Distributor to be more focused. That was at the beginning of March and I am very happy to say that by the end of March, the Distributor's turnover has doubled and she is a very happy lady!
Sandy Wrigley - www.newassociates.com
Staff not pulling together
Another reason for de-motivation is lack of direction and clear goals resulting in reduced productivity and wasted opportunities. The direction may have to come from the top or may come from the team depending on the organisation ( see Great Business coaching site for more info)
The following is a popular workshop, included in many coaching programs for organisations. It's exact content is tailored to each clients circumstances and it's best delivered with follow up coaching:-
Where are our goal posts?
Some teams share a vision, play hard to win and thoroughly enjoy the game. While others go out in the pitch together but moan about the weather, don't pass to each other well, perhaps don't know the strategy and tactics or even where the goals posts are. Every team needs an inspiring vision that's real and honest with practical substance not fluff. With goals, strategy and actions not just dreams.
What are the benefits?
Where are our goal posts? provides the perfect opportunity for each participant to
- Recognise key goals for themselves and the team/dept/company
- Understand what they can influence and what they can't and ways to respond positively to both
- Understand others perspectives (other team players, support staff, stakeholders, internal and external customers)
- Co-create new goals, strategy and tactics for the team to enhance motivation and performance
- Optional follow up process so that this is not another meeting for meetings sake but is a powerful forum for progression and action
Call to discuss if this is appropriate for your team.
