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Coaching Builds COVID-19 Resilience
to Engineering Team
How Coaching Builds Resilience to your Engineering Team Members During COVID-19
There is another side to the current crisis
that needs to be taken seriously. While
the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) puts
over 3 billion people under stay-at-home
orders across the globe, anxiety, confusion and
negativity have been spreading throughout
communities. Focus has been on the struggles
and difficulties rather than opportunities and
success stories.
There is no question that the current situation is
a challenging one, however, history has proven
that out of every downturn there are winners
as well as losers. Whatever your past business
practice and philosophy, now is the perfect
opportunity to learn from the great winners of
commerce and reinvent your business of the
future.
Use coaching principles and ethics to navigate
the unknown with your engineering team
Coaching as an attitude is a great way
that leaders navigate the unknown future
ahead to redirect your engineering team in a
healthy way. Establishing superb engineering
team and customer trust, continuous clear
communication, employing a leadership
style that is open, flexible and confident, and
actively listening to both your employees and
your customers. While coaching extends
beyond these essential skills, reviewing how
they are being practiced in your business will
help during these times. They will start moving
you towards success by developing a positive
attitude and culture to your engineering team.
We are seeing a time of an unprecedented
need for awareness of humanity and ethics
that benefit the collective. The International
Coaching Foundation publishes its core
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