Bring out the best in others...

Every sports team has a coach, and all businesses have managers. Both ensure the effectiveness of those they lead.

 

·      Coaches lead teams of athletes to compete for championships.

·      Managers lead teams of employees to maximize a company’s value.

 

Leading others is essentially the same in any situation: guiding, coaching, inspiring, motivating, and supervising others, and unlocking their potential to become better. The terms coaching and managing are often used interchangeably, but that doesn’t mean they’re the same. While a manager typically organizes work and processes to deliver results, a coach drives team performance and helps people get to their next level of effectiveness. All managers, however, are coaches - it’s their job to bring out the best in their team of employees, to inspire them, and to guide them toward better performance. Coaches and managers are responsible for balancing and maximizing productivity and potential – achieving both immediate results and long-term success. You can’t focus more on one or the other – it’s a packaged set of responsibilities that takes keen awareness, focused communications, and careful handling. No two people they coach or manage are the same yet many of the same objectives apply to all. Coaches and managers must always be in the game/in the moment – it never ends, and they can’t take their eye off the ball or objective. Bring out the best in your people today.

 

Bill Bradley (born 1943): American Hall of Fame Basketball Player (Princeton and the New York Knicks), Rhodes Scholar, and United States Senator from New Jersey (1979-1997).