Once coachees have been added to a program, Sounding Board recommends sending a Leadership Profile to be filled out.
The Leadership Profile is Sounding Board’s version of an intake form and a foundational tool for leader development experiences like coaching and mentoring. It encourages the coachee & mentee to pause and reflect on their leadership development, goals, values, and self-perception. This reflection helps capture their unique approach to leadership. The profile provides a structured and efficient way to begin engagements, giving the coach & mentor the crucial information needed to jump right in from the first session.
Here are a few additional callouts about why the Leadership Profile Matters:
- Self-Assessment of Leadership Capabilities: A critical part of the Leadership Profile is the self-assessment and rating of the coachee's & mentees' leadership capabilities. They will evaluate themselves on a set of key leadership capabilities that their organization has identified as essential for leader development. This process establishes a baseline for their capabilities, allowing them and their coach to track and measure their progress throughout the coaching engagement.
- Note: As part of the coachees' & mentees' manager’s dashboard, they will be able to see these ratings – as compared to their ratings – but this is the only element of this Leadership Profile they can see.
- Value of Leveraging Technology for a Deeper Understanding: Completing the Leadership Profile highlights technology's powerful role in enhancing the coaching & mentoring experience. By leveraging technology, they can gain deeper insights and maximize the impact of their coaching engagement.
- Jump Start Goal Creation: Through completion of the Leadership Profile, in their first couple of sessions, their coach & mentor will help them translate what they share here into a few key development goals that will become the focus of their coaching work.
For further information, see -
Administration
- Sounding Board's out-of-the-box Surveys
- Adding or Editing Surveys for 1:1 Programs or Group Coaching Engagements
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