Virtual coaching is able to be just as effective as face-to-face coaching on CoachPlatform

Despite concerns that coaching over a digital platform may not be as effective as face-to-face training, research has shown that virtual coaching is still able to deliver the same positive results.

The flexibility and consistency of digital coaching instead allows for the building and maintenance of a strong coach-client relationship.

Additionally, CoachPlatform integrates coaching sessions with individual learning tasks to be completed by the coachee between sessions to ensure learning is ongoing and applied.

External coaching is common for executives and one-off cases, but a whole-of-organisation approach is needed to imbed changes.

While external coaching is commonly sourced by businesses for senior
executives, this is not the norm for the lower tiers of an organisation.

Coaching is utilised by executives because is known to work – enhancing both the functioning of individual teams and the income of the whole company (see Kampa-Kokesch and Anderston, 2001). So why is it not implemented at an organisation-wide level?

Digital coaching on CoachPlatform allows for a systematic
and consistent approach that brings the known-benefits of coaching to
all employees, while navigating the low effectiveness that occurs when
organisations book a coach for a one-off case.

Managers struggle to fulfil the coaching role, external coaches are more effective

Research suggests that much of the workforce is hungry for more training than they currently receive (see Santos, 2003).

In this environment, it often falls on superiors to pick up
the slack, despite conflicting needs to spend their time managing a
team. Given these workloads, superiors often do not have the time needed
to prioritise coaching team members. In addition to this, employees may
not feel comfortable discussing workplaces challenges and professional
development regularly and openly with their boss.

CoachPlatform’s network of coaches guarantees a wider perspective and complete confidentiality.

Coaching positively impacts clients and teams both directly and indirectly

Coaching is able to influence an organisation and its employees both directly and indirectly. This is because coaching impacts the direct performance of the coachee, as well as influencing levels of engagement, self-efficacy, the quality of exchanges between leaders and team members, job satisfaction, role clarity, and retention rates.

These far-reaching consequences of coaching a single team member can mean that the positive influence of investment in one person can increase motivation and efficiency of an entire team.

CoachPlatform provides both an effective and affordable means of professional development

While coaching has been shown to influence the productivity of
clients and, subsequently, the bottom line of the organisation, many of
the benefits cannot be quantified tangibly. These include increases to
coachee’s resilience, emotional intelligence, teamwork and client
satisfaction. Add this to the fact that coaching has been shown to lead
to more sustained change and applied learning than other methods of
training that organisations commonly invest in.

Finally, the nature of coaching itself is less taxing on company time and additional costs, as there is no need to travel or spend a full day in a seminar or workshop (rather, just an hour is needed). Coaching is both purpose and outcome focussed. This makes CoachPlatform the perfect tool for effective and affordable professional development.