The inability to improve performance is frustrating and often hindered by not having a complete understanding of presenting issues, barriers, and constraints. Coaching is an effective way to discover what’s getting in the way. The right coaching questions expedite the discovery process and help people get moving in new and better directions. A typical coaching …
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Coach with Care
“Life is difficult.” That opening line from The Road Less Traveled is one no can take lightly. From a coach’s perspective, we continually need to keep this top of mind as we coach people at work, or in their personal lives, and always maintain a strong awareness of this reality and a heavy dose of …
Owning Your Own Future
Thomas Friedman is right about our need to focus on our own learning. He wrote a terrific column in the New York Times about exactly why owning our own future is so critical. Based on his thinking, our message to one and all in the workplace is that it is time to choose ourselves as …
Coaching Is In! Are you?
The need for and benefits of having managers who coach others has never been stronger or more widely understood. In some organizations, there is extensive support for developing coaching skills within credible and sophisticated HR/Talent departments. These organizations offer courses and organizational support for managers to learn how to coach people and to do it …