Here’s how to improve your ability to coach yourself and others! Step 1: Start with ambition and commitment to self-development. In today’s workplace having access to a great coach is a must. But having a coach is not, by itself, sufficient to insure ongoing success and progress. Taking charge of your own self-development makes the …
Meanwhile, Coach Yourself!
Whether one looks at Google’s research called Project Oxygen (demonstrating great managers are good coaches), or Gallup’s latest research (people leave managers, not companies), there is increasingly compelling data to suggest that managers and leaders play a critical role in improving employee engagement, satisfaction, and productivity. We all know it’s not in the pipeline. Here’s …
Vacations: Start and Return the Right Way
Now that many of us are going on vacation, planning a vacation, or returning from one there are a few things you can do to “maintain order” and keep things going in the right direction. Here are a few basic tips to make things easier when you are gone, easier when you return, and generally …
Character Counts! What’s your CQ? (Character Quotient)
Building character has never been more important. In today’s complex and challenging work environment character counts. Therefore, when developing character, you must take all of the following aspects into account: How you treat others. The types of relationships you create. What you say and how you say it. The commitments you make and keep. The …