How can you be a more resilient coach for your employees?

To be a more resilient coach for your employees, focus on adaptability, empathy, and continuous learning. Understand each employee's unique needs and strengths, and tailor your coaching accordingly. Embrace change and encourage a growth mindset, showing them how to learn from setbacks. Prioritize open communication, actively listen to their concerns, and provide constructive feedback. Lead by example in dealing with challenges, maintaining a positive attitude, and demonstrating problem-solving skills. Invest time in developing your own skills and knowledge . Remember, resilience is about bouncing back stronger from difficulties, and fostering this in your team will create a more robust and adaptable workforce.

In my experience the key to managing your own resilience is to practice whatever self care works for you. For me, this includes getting plenty of sleep, exercising daily both outside (brisk walking) and indoors (strength training), seeing friends regularly, reading a novel for pure escapism in the bath before bed and breathwork. And having my own coach so that I too regularly have that space held for me. I also have some coach friends and we have wonderful conversations about what’s important and our intentions for the future. Coaching can be intense work, since as the coach you are holding the space for other people’s emotions. It’s important to have systems in place to avoid burnout.

Coaching and mentoring employees can be really rewarding and also demanding. It's important to remember that your responsibility is not to take on the stress and problems from your employees, but to help guide them through it. We all have our own challenges so to take on other peoples is too much and can lead to higher levels of stress. Set boundaries and help them through the problem. If they are junior, generally a more directive approach is needed. More senior, you are a sparring partner and need to give them tools to find the solutions themselves.