Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Coaching in the Workplace - Part IV

The fourth best practice rule of coaching in the workplace is:

Be Timely
  • Give feedback as close to the event as possible
  • It will have more impact and keep things from bottling up

If your feedback is about a current event that is still fresh in the employee's mind, it will most certainly have more significance (to both of you).

Letting an instance of poor performance go unaddressed for a length of time can only make the situation deteriorate. Likewise, good performance should be recognized as early as possible as well.

Situations are improved if addressed in a timely manner; so Be Timely!

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