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Establishing a coaching environment

Staff Development Weekly: Insight on Evidence-Based Practice in Education, February 16, 2007

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You may be asking yourself, "What does coaching have to do with being a nurse manager? I don't deal with a football team every day." But even though it may not be a football team you're supervising, coaching has everything to do with your role as a manager. Grasping coaching skills will improve your achievements as a leader. Encourage an environment conducive to productivity by doing the following:

1. Help employees achieve success by helping them grow as problem-solvers.
2. Spread your own enthusiasm, because if a manager is excited about a new game plan, the team will be as well.
3. Maintain high performance expectations, which can best be accomplished when the employee has accepted the goals and objectives of the organization.
4. Encourage employees to exercise independent judgment; sometimes the player needs to make a call on the field without a signal from the coach.
5. Provide recognition and reward, since each employee likes to be recognized for a job well done. You can never overdo your bragging and praise of the team.

Editor's note: The above excerpt is from the online course, "Nursing CE Series: Leadership and Coaching Skills for Nurse Managers." For more information on this and other courses in our library, go to http://www.hcprofessor.com.

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