title: Coaching. Developing key players.
abstract: Coaching provides nurse administrators with a framework for developing their management team. Middle managers who have been coached can use coaching to provide performance feedback and encourage teamwork within their staff. Coaching as a management strategy should be valued and practiced from the nurse executive on down through the organization.
authors.affiliation: Niehoff School of Nursing, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Haas
mesh_terms: D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal / Q000379:methods; D005246:Feedback; D006801:Humans; D008611:Mentors; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D009731:Nursing Audit / Q000379:methods; D009746:Nursing, Team / Q000458:organization & administration; D011231:Preceptorship / Q000379:methods