ARE THE LEADERS BEING COACHED?

One way to check out if an organization has a coaching culture is to ask, “Are the senior leaders and the leaders in the C-Suite being coached?” Most of the time coaches are being asked to coach employees while the one making the offer, as well as the rest of the leadership team, is not being coached. That’s more often than not the case.

Now you are ready for the next question, “Why not?” And more often than not you will hear, “They don’t need it.” Now you have your answer! That organization definitely does not have a coaching culture! The leaders are not leading out in being examples of the very thing they say they believe in. And with that, no wonder they are not trusted or believed in. No wonder their integrity and congruency is so often questioned and mocked (of course, outside of their presence).