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Coach Your Team to Success

10 Attributes of Good Managers

Create an inclusive environment.

Empower the team and don’t

micromanage.

Support career development

and discuss performance.

Be a good coach.

Be a good communicator.

Have a clear vision and strategy for the team.

Be productive and results oriented.

Collaborate.

Be a strong decision maker.

Have key technical skills to advise

the team.

Use the GROW Method of Coaching

Goal

Goal you want

Ask questions to allow the person being coached to dig �deeper into their goals, needs, interests and ideas of success. Ask and listen.

Reality

Reality of today

Ask questions to get a better understanding of the current state of reality or challenges for the person you are coaching. Assess and give feedback.

Options

Options for action

Ask questions that will help the person being coached recognize the different options for moving forward toward their goals. Explore possibilities and experiments with them.

Will

Will take these steps

Help the person being coached to establish next steps �for reaching their goals. Support planning and connect them �to resources.

More resources on each attribute at rework.withgoogle.com/subjects/managers/

The GROW Model was developed by Graham Alexander, Alan Fine, and Sir John Whitmore.

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Employ SBI Formula for Feedback

Feedback is important to the happiness and success of your team but it’s

important that feedback is grounded, action-oriented, and truly aimed to

develop your team, not criticize them. You can use the SBI framework to

ensure you’re delivering feedback with the right approach.

Situation

Describe the situation

Behavior

Outline the behavior

(what they did)

Impact

Communicate the impact of

that behavior, then discuss

and clarify, create options,

and agree on next steps

The SBI Model was developed by Center for Creative Leadership.

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