Coaching Green Belts

Coaching Green Belts

Welcome Exercise • Think of someone who has been a great coach or mentor to you – personally or professionally. • On a piece of paper, describe what made them a great coach to you. 2

Welcome Exercise • Think of someone who has been a great coach or mentor to you – personally or professionally. • On a piece of paper, describe what made them a great coach to you. • Break up into teams and pick 5 words that describe why your coaching experience was so great. 3

Where to start? What concerns you about being a good coach? 4

Why is coaching important? • Improves your knowledge of the methodology and overall skill set • Provides the ability to see other areas of the company • Develops a deep bench of talent for the company • Improves the likelihood of results achievement 5

What is coaching all about? Critical Aspects of Effective Coaching • Coach vs. solve • Help find answers • Know when to escalate 6

Coach vs. Solve How to approach Coaching: • View it as a learning experience for both of you • Your job is to get the green belt to think and learn on their own – not tell them how to do it • Be supportive yet challenging • Provide a different point of view • Generate a wider range of options 7

Understanding motivation . WILL SKILL 8

Skill vs. Will HIGH WILL LOW SKILL HIGH 9

Skill vs. Will HIGH In which quadrant does your Green Belt reside? WILL LOW SKILL HIGH 17

What to say when coaching Think of Coaching as ‘GROW’ing your Green Belt: • GOAL • REALITY • OPTIONS • WILL 18

What to say when coaching Think of Coaching as ‘GROW’ing your Green Belt: • GOAL – Clarify expectations of each other and the project • REALITY – Understand the complete picture • OPTIONS – Help to generate many possible options • WILL – Commit to specific actions, assess motivation Think of Coaching as ‘GROW’ing your Green Belt: • GOAL • REALITY • OPTIONS • WILL 19

Your coaching plan • What’s the appropriate amount of time to meet with your GB and how often? • Where is it best to meet to allow focused coaching? • How will you follow-up with one another? • Do you have expectations between coaching sessions? • What will you do if you have a problem? 20

Help find answers As the coach, do you need to know all the answers? 22

Help find answers Break up into groups: • On the flip chart, write questions you think your GB will ask you (or has asked you). • Come up with possible answers to the questions. 23

When to escalate When you should escalate: • If you don’t know the answers nor can you find them • If the employee is still stuck after trying suggestions you’ve discussed • If the GB is showing a sincere lack of motivation • When the project is showing RED 25

When to escalate Who to escalate to: • Start with the Belt Leader or Master Black Belt • Progress to Project Sponsor 26

Reporting status • If you are coaching a green belt that is working on a second project • You will need to score the projects in project.net at least every 6 weeks (details coming in wk 2) • Complete the final review and evaluation of the project, MBB to validate

What is coaching all about? Critical Aspects of Effective Coaching • Coach vs. solve • Help find answers • Know when to escalate ANY FINAL QUESTIONS/THOUGHTS? THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU WILL DO DIFFERENTLY NOW. 28

Coaching Green Belts