HR managers, directors, or members of the C-suite team, here are four telltale signs that your manager might need some support.

Companies can spend thousands on gym passes, wellbeing sessions and subsidised coffees but in my experience it's the managers that are going to make or break how people feel about logging in each morning. 

When one of your top performers gets promoted into a senior role and they aren’t delivering as well as you thought they might, it's down to competence; one promotion too far isn’t it?

Or is it. Look more closely.

As a coach, I often talk to people who are burnt out, stressed or just done with their job. This is not only bad for the person but also not great for the employer; the company now either has someone not performing well or will need to be replaced when they want to leave.

You don’t need to be an expert in analysis to see that companies are finding it incredibly hard to recruit and then retain good people right now. There’s a new dynamic evolving where candidates and employees hold more of the power. 

Most of the time you can work out what you need to do if you hit a roadblock at work. Maybe you talk to people you trust and this helps you find a way forward or maybe you reach for a solution that’s worked for you in the past. Sometimes though you can get stuck with an issue at work that you can’t seem to resolve using your tried and tested methods. This is when coaching can help.