Coaching for Accountability: Beyond Discipline and Compliance

Event Type

Webinar

Sponsor

HRDQU

Date

Aug 27, 2025   1:00 - 2:00 pm  

Speaker

Guy Harris

Registration

Click here to register.

Contact

Joseph Meeker

E-Mail

jlmeeke2@illinois.edu

Phone

217-300-6568

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If you want to build a high-performing team, you must move beyond top-down, do-your-job, compliance-based performance discussions to an inspire commitment and invite a feeling of accountability approach. While it’s true that enforcing compliance can achieve meeting minimum expectations, it also limits your ability to do anything more than that.

Do you need to make sure your team meets minimum expectations? Yes.
Can you supervise, pressure, and prod people beyond the minimum to achieve excellence? No.

Coaching for high performance rather than supervising to the minimum has always been an important leadership skill. And, in today’s fast-paced and ever-evolving business landscape, where leaders need employees to identify and creatively fix problems rather than just report them, it is even more so. Yet, many leaders have not had this approach modeled for them. As a result, they struggle to find ways to address performance gaps in a way that inspires creative problem solving rather than merely getting people to do what they are told.

Our work with new and frontline leaders for more than 15 years tells us that a substantial number of leaders feel unprepared for and lack the confidence to engage in effective coaching conversations. This lack of preparedness and confidence leaves them questioning the real impact of their coaching efforts. Ultimately, this gap can negatively affect team morale and productivity and pose a risk to organizational growth and employee retention.

This webinar is designed to bridge this gap by helping leaders fully understand the tools they need to coach employees for high performance rather than discipline them to avoid or correct failure. We will consider the difference between these leadership approaches, highlighting why mastering this distinction and applying positive coaching skills is crucial for building a culture of accountability that drives team performance and organizational success.