Professional development coaching is driven by the coachee and areas of performance or well-being that the coachee desires to further develop within themselves.
The following are representative of topic areas that OSU employees have been coached on as part of their development:
- Getting off to a great start in a new job
- Freeing up time to take on a new project
- Increasing effectiveness in the classroom
- Dealing with overwhelm and busyness
- Creating a personal, value-driven vision/mission statement for guidance
- Being an effective supervisor (values, authenticism, talents, and effectiveness)
- Sorting through challenges; a place to think out loud
- Completing a project in less time than forecasted
- Improving team meetings
- Organizing and getting started on a new project
- Identifying and overcoming barriers to accomplishing projects
- Becoming a better listener
- Clarifying expectations between team members and with management
- Being seen as a team player
- Staying focused and relaxed while managing a large project
- Improving the effectiveness of a leadership team
- Career exploration
- Improving health and well-being
- Developing curriculum for a new class
- Speaking more effectively in group settings
- Rediscovering passion and joy in work
- Understanding and working through cultural differences
- Cleaning up clutter to get organized
- Getting a handle on priorities and effective use of time
- Creating a powerful team
- Working through self imposed restraints
- Balancing work and family
What would make a huge difference in your life if you went to work on it?