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COACHING IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. George Washington University April 1, 2005 G. Lee Salmon, Executive Coach Federal Consulting Group. WHY DO MANAGERS SEEK OUT A COACH?. To help develop future leadership To address performance issues To help staff adapt to change
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COACHING IN THE FEDERALGOVERNMENT George Washington University April 1, 2005 G. Lee Salmon, Executive Coach Federal Consulting Group
WHY DO MANAGERS SEEK OUT A COACH? • To help develop future leadership • To address performance issues • To help staff adapt to change • To create high performing organizations
WHY DO MANAGERS SEEK OUT A COACH? • To create better results faster • To help improve coaching skills • To build teamwork within a management team • To retain high potential employees
APPLICATIONS OF COACHING • INDIVIDUAL COACHING FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT • TEAM COACHING • FEEDBACK COACHING IN CONJUNCTION WITH A 360 SURVEY • INDIVIDUAL COACHING IN SUPPORT OF LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
EXAMPLES OF COACHING APPLICATIONS • USDA NASS: Coaching the Administrator and select members of his Senior Executive Team • EPA OES: Coaching manager and her management team • INTEL COMMUNITY: Feedback coaching in conjunction with OPM Leadership 360 survey: Executives down to managers
EXAMPLES OF COACHING APPLICATIONS • CNCS: Feedback coaching with 360; HQ Executives and managers plus all State Office Directors • INTEL COMMUNITY: Individual coaching for each member of leadership development cohort • HHS OGC: Limited number of individual coaching sessions with 360 feedback and MBTI
TRENDS IN COACHING IN GOVERNMENT • Coaching is becoming a preferred tool in developing future executives • Focus shifting to development of leader coaches • Coaching is an integral part of SES Candidate Development programs • Coaching certification becoming more important and a requirement by some agencies
TRENDS IN COACHING IN GOVERNMENT • Coaching and OD consulting skills are becoming important competencies • Coaching and mediation skills are becoming more important for leaders • Coaching is an important complement to mentoring • Coaching is being used to help create organizational alignment and communities of learning
TRENDS IN COACHING IN GOVERNMENT • More internal coaches appearing in agencies; e.g. IRS. OCC, and some Intel Community organizations • Coaching capability is being seen more and more as an important competence of future leaders • Some senior executives are getting trained as executive coaches as they transition to retirement and setup practice
CONTACT INFORMATION: • G. Lee Salmon, Executive Coach Department of Treasury Federal Consulting Group (202) 906-6206 email lee.salmon@ots.treas.gov Website www.fcg.gov