When you hear the word coaching, what comes to mind? Are you one who correlates this phrase with sports and competition or do you think of the workplace environment? If you choose the former, you are not alone.

This time, think about the duties and roles of a manager and compare the two terms coaching and managing. The two titles are recognized as different roles in very different fields of work. However, their functions and responsibilities are similar in their respective titles. Look at this comparison.

Managers in organizations

*monitors daily, weekly, or even monthly work progress of each employee

*implements and delegates tasks and duties to employees

*influences and affects employee workloads

Coaches in sports

*prepares players by conducting practices, workouts, and focuses on boosting performance

*executes game plans and develops strategies to help players win

*Often makes more formal decisions whereas players make more informal and on the spot decisions

As you can see, both managers and sport coaches carry out similar roles and responsibilities in their respective duties. For this purpose, instead of managing, we need to be coaching employees in our daily interactions and work environment. Much like the sports environment, it has the same end goal in mind. That goal is to improve performance and drive winning results.

A company has many roles and responsibilities. Its responsibility is not only to shareholders, customers, community, but also to employees and managers. A great company much like a sports team needs to continuously improve the skills of the managers in order to develop and coach employees into a capacity that will drive results. To improve and develop skills, organizations often turn to a coaching workshop to assist managers and employees. Below are two sample topics that might be addressed in a Coaching program.

Attitude & Morale- How do your employees perceive and feel about their working environment? Is there a sense of loyalty and dedication to the company? With workers getting consumed with every day duties, they can sometimes get tired of the repetitive routines they face everyday. Manager who are observant of these routines can set aside some break time to reward employees for their work contributions. Ideas such as weekly or monthly employee luncheons and one on one development during the work hour will rejuvenate employees to work hard, develop others, and be invested in the organization.

Productivity- Meeting deadlines, sales number, production quotas, and doing quality work are important goals employees need to accomplish while on the job. However, when it comes to the end result, managers are ultimately responsible for their success or failure. Through effective coaching, managers improve performance by addressing accountability issues, building positive relationships, and confronting excuses. Workers are much more inclined to follow managers who use positive reinforcement and take sincere interest in the personal development of their people. If managers can learn that coaching is a leadership skill, work productivity will increase and the company will benefit.

Coaching doesnt just apply to sports, it can be applied to management and employees at all levels in an organization. A Coaching workshop provide essential processes, tools, and skills, for managers as they try to continually run an organization and assist their employees. If you observe that your organization is encountering problems among managers and workers, identify an organization that will help your company. You will not only relieve unnecessary problems, you will move toward a positive work environment.