Career development | 5 tips for becoming a great coach

Introducing coaching and mentoring schemes within a workforce are positive measures that HR can put in place to develop their employees and help them improve their skillsets. The popularity of these schemes has gradually increased over the years.

In fact, a recent internal coaching survey by Notion found that 64% of organisations now have Internal Coaches and more.

In addition, recent research by Towards Maturity found that 96% of learning and development (L&D) teams view coaching and mentoring as a priority within the workplace, to help enhance employees’ skills, knowledge and performance of their people around specific goals and skills.

As such, Kate Cooper, Head of Research, Policy and Standards at The Institute of Leadership & Management, has shared her list of tips with HR Grapevine on what makes a great coach: