The Difference Between Traditional Leadership and Coaching-Based Leadership (Episode 1 of “How Do I Lead Now?”)

In this weekly video coaching series called, “How Do I Lead Now?” Cylient CEO Dianna Anderson will discuss leading in “the new normal.” Each week, a video will be released talking about how to lead during times of uncertainty, and how to integrate coaching-based leadership approaches into your day-to-day conversations. We’re starting with the difference between traditional leadership and coaching-based leadership.

To get the most value out of this series, we’re asking you to reflect and learn with and from each other. At the end of each episode, Dianna will pose a question for you to reflect upon. Write down some thoughts in a journal or a Word document as a reflection exercise. Then, please comment below with your insights, thoughts or questions from your reflection or email us at info@cylient.com.

 

This week, Dianna focuses on the difference between traditional leadership approaches, like having the answers to problems and telling people how to solve them, and coaching-based leadership approaches. With coaching-based leadership approaches, leaders use coaching approaches like asking an insightful question or using an insightful observation to help ignite insight. That insight creates the motivation to move ideas into action.

Reflection Questions

Watch the video above, then reflect on these questions:

• On the scale from traditional leadership to coaching-based leadership, where do you think you fall?
• Is it reasonable to have all the answers right now?
• What is it costing you personally if you are still using traditional leadership approaches right now?
• If you’re a leader of leaders, what is it costing your leaders if you are holding them to a really high standard of needing to have answers and keeping everything under control right now?

Post your insights, questions and comments in the comment box below.

Other Episodes of “How Do I Lead Now?”

Watch other episodes with the links below.

• Episode 1: The difference between traditional leadership approaches and coaching-based leadership
• Episode 2: What kind of leader do I need to be now?
• Episode 3: How to meet people where they are
• Episode 4: How to coach someone through fear
• Episode 5: How to make friends with fear
• Episode 6: Why the questions we ask and answer for ourselves really matter
• Episode 7: Why intentions work better than goals now
• Episode 8: Understanding and appreciating worldviews
• Episode 9: What to say when you don’t know what to say
• Episode 10: Using traditional and coaching-based leadership together
• Episode 11: How to coach people to build confidence
• Episode 12: Discerning patterns as a leadership skill
• Episode 13: How to create change in complex situations
• Episode 14: The problem with perfection

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