Coaching the Alpha

Section A, Group 4
Aniket Sharma (16P018)
Harshvardhan Periwal (16P023)
Lekha G(16P029)
Nikash Pandey(16P034)
Shashank Mittal(16P050)
Arvind Chetty(16P060)

The Alpha Male

The issues with Alphas
Judgmental of colleagues
Bold, confident, intelligent
and highly successful
who cant control feelings
Vent their own anger and
Not efficient listeners
Thus miss out on details,
frustration
arguing
that
but never credit those
same rules dont apply to
details as important
top boss
Unable to take criticism and
Believe their insights are
unique and put complete
feedback
They feel that coaching
faith in own
Feel justified in focusing on
them inhibits them and
flaws of others
lowers
down
their
Challenging/intimidating/ab
productivity.
usive leadership style
Unemotional and analytical
Alpha Females
Women tend to pay close attention to peoples feelings &
interpersonal relations
They are generally comfortable with control and being in-charge.
They dont seek to dominate people and situations as Alpha
Males.
Likely to use velvet hammer, tending to express orders as
polite suggestions.

The Alpha Male

Coaching the Alpha

5 Steps to Coach
Get their attention, only then
Alphas require coaching to
step
outside
their
can they proceed in right
constraints
and
see
direction.
Demand their commitment,
themselves as others.
The coach should possess
without it there is no use of
characters like analytical
exercise
Speak
orientation and direct style
his
language,
of communication.
otherwise the coaching falls
They need to take inputs
on deaf ears
Hit him hard enough to hurt,
from
co-workers
to
understand
the
issues
to sensitize them about
surrounding the alpha.
others
Engage his curiosity and
Coaches
should
avoid
kowtowing to 5obtain
competitive
Steps best
towards Alpha
Growth instincts, to get
results.Vulnerability, When he admits the
best results
Admit
he needs
help, the impact on
team is massive
Accept Accountability, When he accepts that he impacts others, it
transforms him
Connect with underlying emotions, Alphas rarely let out their
feelings leading to sudden outburst. Alpha should be coached to
connect with them and control them.
Balance positive with critical feedback, Alphas need to be coached