Stronger, More Effective Leaders
Leadership Coaching for Aggressive/Abrasive Managers
Based on our experience as an executive coach, and management coach, we have discovered that only a small number of behaviors cause the majority of frustration for a manager or executive, and the people who work with him or her. Identifying and correcting these few behaviors will have a large impact on the executive or manager and his or her team.
Aggressive and abrasive managers usually care deeply about the organization and the people who work for him or her. Unfortunately, their approach misses the mark and employees can become disengaged and unmotivated. We help these managers build better leadership behaviors that are more constructive.
In some cases it might take only one or two executive coaching or management coaching sessions to address the problem and apply a solution.
The process consists of four phases:
- Ensuring Fit: We recommend a conversation to discuss your situation and make sure we are the best choice as executive coach or management coach. This can occur face-to-face or by telephone. We also recommend a conversation with the coaching candidate, if it is not you, to make sure there can be a good working relationship.
- Situation, Goals and Action Plan: Together we identify what is working/ not working in terms of style and approach. Then we determine the goal and the executive coaching/ management coaching plan to get there. We use assessment tools to identify current thinking and behavior.
- Executive Coaching/ Management Coaching: Depending on how large a difference there is between current and desired behavior, we will conduct a series of one to two hour executive coaching/ management coaching sessions either face-to-face or by telephone. Each session will review accomplishments, determine action steps and discuss specific challenging situations.
- Reporting: We encourage the individual and their manager to discuss progress. The executive coach/ management coach can also provide feedback and determine when the executive coaching/ management coaching process has reached the desired results.
