Chances are that if you take the time to read this, you’ve been entrusted with the responsibility of managing and leading a team.Whether these people refer to you as coach, boss, doctor, professor, or parent, your team looks to you for guidance.No, you don’t actually need to work on a football field to be a coach… all you need is a team.

So how can you embrace your role as a coach and excel at developing those you lead?Here’s a list of some of the roles and responsibilities you have as a leader in your organization.

As a coach, you’re responsible for…

• Organizing – creating systems and putting the necessary tools and equipment in your team’s hands

• Strategizing – planning and creating processes and protocols that help your team succeed

• Executing – implementing your strategy and best practices consistently

• Monitoring – making sure your plans and protocols are followed while also looking for what works and what doesn’t

• Adapting – changing when necessary… hopefully before it’s necessary

• Delegating – seeking help from others on your team; leveraging the skills, expertise, and time of your teammates

• Communicating – keeping your team informed of individual and overall performance… but mainly, taking the complicated and making it simple

• Motivating – keeping people engaged and energized so they continue to excel

• Teaching – showing and explaining how things work so everyone is prepared to make good decisions and perform their work correctly

• Disciplining – calling attention to undesired behavior and performance in a timely manner in order to correct them

• Rewarding – recognizing desired actions and performance in order to ensure they continue

Yes, you are a coach. And everyday your team is counting on you to lead them. The question is, “Will you?”