PREREQUISITES FOR THE COACHING TECHNOLOGIES ORIGIN IN THE STAFF MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Authors: Skorobagatska O. 
Published: April 2021

Formulation of the problem. The new philosophy of staff management involves the formation of employees’ favorable work perception in the company, encouraging the interaction culture, the use of powerful analytics tools and giving employees the opportunity to control their own careers. Modern organizational coaching technologies help to build the potential of the staff management function, helping to achieve the goals of the organization.

The article examines the essence and prerequisites for the emergence of coaching technologies in the staff management system. The history of origin is analyzed. It has been found that the coaching paradigm as a special style of interaction has developed based on the search for advanced approaches in the field of mentoring, business counseling, psychological counseling and even psychotherapy. Options for the coaching application in staff coaching, business coaching and working with staff are considered. It has been found that coaching is a process aimed at achieving goals in various life spheres and activity. It arose at the junction of psychology, management, philosophy, logic and life experience. One of the equivalents of the coaching idea is “joint achievement” or “developmental counseling”. It has been proven that in Ukraine coaching has become the most widespread in the counseling field, and some managers use it as a method of staff management in order to effectively form motivation. It has been found that coaching technology includes the method of Socratic dialogue.

Materials and methods. Solving the highlighted aim, a set of methods of scientific research adequate to them were used, theoretical: a comparative analysis of coaching technology in the mainstream development of the modern society; a systematic analysis of prerequisites for the coaching technologies emergence in the staff management system. The main coaching sources are singled out, namely: the method of Socratic dialogue, the psychoanalytic theory of S. Freud, K. Jung; humanistic approach in psychotherapy (K. Rogers, A. Maslow, A. Adler); methods of practicing effective sports coaches (T. Gallwey); D. Goleman’s concept of emotional intelligence (EQ).

Results. Modern research in the psychology of leadership confirms that emotional competence is a much more important factor in achieving successful results in working with people than technical knowledge and skills. Understanding emotions, the ability to manage them, the ability to develop high motivation, correctly recognize the emotions of others and competently build relationships with them increases the modern leader effectiveness. In other words, coaching technology becomes a very promising method in the modern staff management system.

Conclusions. The essence and preconditions study of the coaching technologies in the staff management system allows to conclude that the sources of coaching are considered Socratic dialogue method, psychoanalytic theory, humanistic approach in psychotherapy, methods of practicing sports coaches, the concept of emotional intelligence (EQ) D. Goleman. Coaching as a type of management focuses on the process of developing the employees’ potential, helps to maximize their personal productivity and the success of the company as a whole.