Managers leave behind many opportunities to connect and help team members focus in most One-on-Ones. At best, they get very tacit surface-level updates; at worst, they give advice that the team member does not use, and then they feel devalued by the lack of follow-through. In this course, we discuss a new way to approach the One-on-One conversation. By incorporating a Coaching framework and open-ended questions specifically tailored to these discussions, the conversation can get much deeper than just tactical updates. They will focus on the right challenges and identify the right solutions to enable the team member's development and impact.

Learning Objectives:

Understand the benefits of Coaching and the three vicious cycles that are avoided by using Coaching.

Review the value and benefits of Coaching questions brought to One on Ones.

Identify a framework that can be used to create an empowering conversation.

Describe and demonstrate the suggested open-ended questions to use with team members.

Demonstrate your ability to utilize the framework and questions in a judgment free, supportive environment.

Build a Coaching habit that will help the team to become more self-sufficient, be more focused and reconnect to the work that has impact as well as meaning.

Biography:

Throughout his 22 years in engineering, Steven served as a trainer to Fortune 500 organizations as well as influencing and managing company-wide change management activities. Steven is an ICF Professional Certified Coach, a TEDx speaker, a trained DiSC and Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team Facilitator along with Founder of multiple Toastmasters public speaking clubs. Steven empowers engineering executives and their teams with effective leadership skills, catalyzing innovation, boosting engagement, and curbing turnover. Steven has served over 175 one on one coaching clients and corporate clients such as BlackLocus (Home Depot Innovation Lab), Sheet Metal & Air Conditioning Contractors National Association (SMACNA), Neighborly, Renewable Resources Companies (RRC), Texas A&M Engineering, San Antonio River Authority, Qualcomm, and James Edward and Companies.