5 tips on conducting effective remote coaching sessions with team members
Updated: Jun 4, 2022

Coaches at Intellect (YC S21), including me, offer 5 tips to help you better handle remote coaching and hybrid teams:
Here are the 5 tips:
đĄ Tip 1: Remove potential distractions đĄ Tip 2: Dedicate the first few minutes to work-related matters, if necessary đĄ Tip 3: Have a framework, but be flexible đĄ Tip 4: Guarantee confidentiality đĄ Tip 5: Get comfortable with asking âbasicâ questions
Here are my contributions for a few of the tips:
Tip 1: Remove potential distractions
Respect the coaching process by properly planning your schedules and taking intentional steps to remove potential distractions.
âDeliberately setting aside time to focus on the conversation, the person, and the matter being discussed is key to effective virtual coaching. If youâre conducting a session between meetings, set aside a half-hour buffer to help you decompress and focus on the next meeting.â

Tip 3: Have a framework, but be flexible
Select a coaching framework that youâre most comfortable with, such as the one highlighted in this 18-minute podcast by Zenger Folkman - F.U.E.L. model.
âThe beauty of coaching is that you make it possible for your coachees to come up with their own conclusions and action plans. You donât give instructions - you explore an issue together to arrive at a solution together. Having a proper coaching framework helps enable this process.â
And finally, believe and commit to the coaching process. Itâs tempting to just offer a solution, rather than go through the entire process of letting the employee come up with their own solutions in a collaborative way. âWe may think: âThe faster I get out of this online session, the more time I have for other mattersâ.â
âBut if you stay committed and follow through with your coaching framework, youâll be surprised at how you might open up new ideas for your team and allow them to reach those a-ha moments for themselves!â
Full write-up on the tips may be found here.
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