Transitioning the coachee transitioning is moving your employee to the next level of development. You may also transition your employee to the next developmental goal. In any case, it is a good practice to make a clear transition. making it clear tells the employee they achieve success and are ready to take on new challenges. Failure to transition may frustrate the employee over time. Transitioning closes a door and opens the next.
Below are the steps to making a good transition. Make a statement of success. This is a purposeful announcement you make to your employees as a way to mark the transition. Here is a simple, john, you have accomplished a great deal over the last year. Today marks the beginning of a new face of development for you. Overview of accomplishments given here you review what your employee has accomplished and how well they did and that you are proud of them.
Verify your employee agrees. You want to ensure that you and your employer are on the same page. They may not quickly understand that you're about to move them into another level of development using open ended questions to help you determine if your employee is in fact ready to transition. If they are not ready, then set goals to help them address those concerns and coach them through using smart goals in the grow coaching process. Engage the employee with the next level of development, you should have a plan in place that outlines that transition. Share this plan with your employee and have them engage it as soon as possible.
Perhaps you may have to hand them off to another manager for development, then walk the employee over to that manager and introduce them. If your purpose is to transition your employee to the next developmental goal, then follow the steps like before this time engage your employee to the new goal instead. Always make sure your employee is ready for the next level of development.