Support Goals Completion Continuously

What can leaders do to uplift others when their energies diminish while facing challenges along the journey to results? People often slack off when experiencing obstacles completing the action steps, especially if the goal is a challenging one. By and large, transforming habits and cultivating new disciplines can be particularly difficult for people.

One method to provide support is to help people establish a support structure for them. A support structure is what keeps people on track and motivates to get the results they want. The next question is how can coaches help the coachee to set up the support structure? For one, having an open and honest coaching conversation is already one pillar in the structure.

Other support coaches can help setup include:

1. Regular communication to stay updated on progress via emails, calls, or a shared onlinespreadsheet that tracks goals.
2. Identify accountability partners who can partner with the coachee to keep him or her accountable.
3. Schedule tasks and reminders using electronic platforms, for example, the calendar appon the smartphone.
4. Develop a curated collection of resources, such as articles, podcasts, and videos, tosupplement coaching sessions and enhance the coachee’s knowledge base on projectsthat are important to the coachee.
5. Celebrate with the coachee when he or she successfully reaches a milestone or marksmall wins with family, friends, or colleagues.

Your task as a coach is to help others come up with the support structures that works for them. Encourage your coachee to come up with simple and creative solutions. Even a simple sticky note could become a good reminder to change a habit. For example, if someone is procrastiworking – a portmanteau of procrastinating and working to describe a person procrastinating on urgent work in favor of other important tasks – a sticky note on the monitor as a reminder to complete urgent tasks could assist in habit change.

Another low-tech but elective method to become more productive is to practice the ABC Method and create large chunks of time where you plan and set priorities using pen and paper. On a piece of paper, list down all your to-dos. Then prioritize them by labelling the must-do’s an A, the should-do’s as a B, and the nice-to-do’s as a C. Once you know what the A tasks are, focus on finishing them before moving to the B task items. The C tasks are personal tasks you can do after work.

Transformation can be difficult, but things can be easier with the right support and the right structures in place. In a coaching relationship, the coach provides continuous support, encouragement, and accountability to the client. Helping a client put in support structures is one of the most beneficial things you can do as a coach.