You are in your office looking over your performance report and it happened again. Your low performing employee failed to meet quota this month even after you spoke with them about the importance of meeting goals. This employee has a great attitude and you know they can do better. You just do not know how to motivate them to reach the goal. Money used to work, but that has worn off. You are baffled and you know being frustrated makes matters worse. What do you do?

Coaching and Mentoring are essential skills that can benefit both you and your organization. The organization’s success can depend on how well team members operate together and as individuals and how well they are positioned to make independent decisions on behalf of their organization. Being a coach involves being able to draw experience from several disciplines. Coaching is based on a partnership that involves giving both support and challenging opportunities to employees. The role of the coach is to facilitate the full expression of individuals through growth and change. Teams are an important building block of successful organizations. Whether the focus is on service, quality, cost, value, speed, efficiency, performance, or other similar goals, teams are the basic unit that supports most organizations. The structure of teams continues to change to adapt to changes in technology, markets, and the necessities and possibilities of remote work. Transformative Leaders facilitate growth and change by learning the unique strengths and challenges of team members to better focus effort on achieving a shared vision; inspiring change more than directing it.