Whether you manage employees, manage a household of children, or are trying to manage your own mind to get the results you want, great leaders know how to coach.

The second most impactful management discipline or manager must-do is to give feedback and coaching.

In Episode 16, we discussed how to give feedback, and now you’re ready to coach.

The ABC Coaching Framework is how effective leaders coach, and can be used in both self-coaching and with others.

A – Ask Questions

B – Brainstorm Options (To BEAR Up)

C – Commit

Topics Covered:

Intro to The ABC Coaching Framework

9:54: Learn what questions to ask – The top 5 W questions

Examples using the ABC Coaching Framework:

22:57 – Son asking for parental advice

29:12 – Employee asks for career advice

35:40 – Employee preparing a presentation for a big meeting

39:07 – Coaching how to make meetings more effective

For a more advanced version of the ABC Coaching Framework, the B in “Brainstorm Options” becomes “Brainstorm Options to BEAR Up,” and will be discussed in more detail in a follow-up episode. It incorporates using the BEAR model within the framework.

Reminder: Listen to Episode #5  (29 minutes) to discover the #1 most impactful management discipline or action you can take to immediately improve how you manage people and become the boss people want to work for by holding consistent, reoccurring one-on-ones or “O3” with each of your employees.