Category Archives: Coaching Managers
No Lame Conference Calls
Good friend and colleague, Byron van Arsdale, an experienced coach, has been working in the area of improving the quality of conference calls, here is his latest work http://budurl.com/7hjf Related Posts Why Coaching? Performance Related Coaching, its relevance and place … Continue reading
Creating internal coaching capability
Coaching Questions that have proved to be relevant when creating or planning to create coaching capability inside organisations. Some of the questions seem to be difficult to come to terms with, and from experience, when they are answered the end … Continue reading
Coach Approach to Leadership – Conversations for Success
Conversations for success – I have used this presentation several times when talking to leaders about the nature and benefits of a ‘coach approach’ – also includes tips, behaviours and approaches that work. Coach Approach to Leadership. Related Posts Coaching … Continue reading
Effectiveness of Expenditure on Learning & Development Programmes
For discussion purposes only Introduction. Management keep a close eye on the costs of most items in their profit and loss account e.g. office rent, salaries, rent and marketing. The cost of learning and development programmes, including coaching, is usually … Continue reading
The Manager as Coach
THE MANAGER AS COACH An Introduction to Coaching by RICHARD FOX Preface Coaching and being coached are essential activities for 21st century business leaders and managers. In an environment of uncertainty, intense competition and globalisation of markets, innovation, creativity and … Continue reading
Coaching to Manage Performance and Employee Engagement
50% of managers fail to mange poor performance, a recent survey said. Should we just get rid of those poor performers and hire more talented people? Oh that we had the luxury … and of course getting rid of poor … Continue reading
Building a Coaching Culture
I often get asked about how to build a coaching culture in an organization. Lots of work is one answer, and it starts with getting clear about what you want to see at the end, (doesn’t everything!). The map below … Continue reading
Coaching Models–useful or not?
Working recently with an organisation on advanced coaching skills I suggested that the only ‘model’ necessary for them was for the conversation to have a beginning, a middle, and an end. They had previously been drilled in GROW. After their … Continue reading