A great manager is a great communicator
The day-to-day role of a people manager is to provide context and create the alignment and trust that their teams need in order to feel and do their best. To most employees, managers are the business so they need to have the ability to communicate with positive impact and integrity, and avoid causing unintentional problems.
But as an essential management competency, communication is an incredibly undervalued skill at a time when the need for improved employer-employee relationships has never been more glaringly obvious or acute.
So, inevitably it’s just picked up on the fly which isn’t great for the manager or their team. The good news is that there are better ways for managers to understand and learn how to be a great communicator. And coaching is one of the best.
Being a people manager is a non-stop learning experience. And without having effective communication know-how, can turn into a role of fire-fighting and micro-management. Left to question their own ability, managers can lose their confidence as well as their impact. If they leave, you lose proprietary knowledge and bear the costs of another external hire.
Through tailored coaching, managers can become better communicators and improve the way they handle situations so they get the best from their teams - boosting confidence and resilience all round as they become a role model for others and add value to the business.
One-to-one, bespoke and targeted coaching with clear steps and goals, can speed up and elevate management communication skills and know-how.
If you'd like to explore how this could work for you or one of your managers, I’m here to help.
