COACHING EXPLODES TRAINING VALUE

Coaching quickly is becoming a widely accepted strategy to develop employees, and those organizations that adopt coaching as a development platform will gain an advantage in the marketplace. Logistically, employees leave training workshops or online modules to go back to their jobs where they have a small window to apply what they learned. Too many studies reveal that training is lost within 30 days if it's not reinforced or applied. Managers either support the training and learning process or they don't. Managers rarely intentionally devalue training; rather without coaching, they may indirectly not support training without even realizing it. At the end of the day, only one person is doing the employee's end-of-the-year review. Quality training paired with managers ready to coach and reinforce the training is a powerful combination. In addition, their coaching regimen allows them to use coaching as a major tool for succession planning as they typically promote and hire from within for future leadership positions.