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Confidence is something many of us wish we had a bit more of, especially in circumstances where we feel powerless.
Alchemy for Managers Weekly Tip – guest post from Paul Matthews.
“John would know what to do. If only he were here right now.”
Have you ever said something like that to yourself?
Next time you are in a tight spot, and wishing for a hero or heroine to come and save the day, [...]
In today’s post for our coaching series, we are looking at the growing area of team coaching.
In this competitive market place teams are expected to be high performing, deliver consistently, and exceed business goals, and all with an eye to supporting and developing the organisation’s cutting edge future strategy. It could easily seem overwhelming.
Coaching the team as a [...]
When developing your coaching culture you will need the support of your managers. Also, many of the coaching techniques can be applied by managers when they are talking with staff about their personal development and during adhoc conversations. Managers are key players in the process. Teaching them to use these simple techniques helps re-enforce a [...]
In this post in our coaching series, we look at the basic requirements for developing and maintaining a coaching culture with a quick view checklist.
A great place to start with developing a coaching culture is to have a small group of people who participate in a pilot of the scheme. This allows you to ‘iron out’ any [...]
Having a clear understanding of the benefits of coaching allows you to build the business case for implementation within your organisation. It’s important to understand what you are looking for the coaching to deliver; whether it’s for an individual, team or the whole organisation.
Identifying a clear vision of expectations for your coaching program enables it to [...]
“I’m too busy for coaching”. This is a really common statement from both managers who need to be coaching and from individuals who should be receiving coaching.
Getting to the real reason for the statement can often reveal that it’s not really the time issue. So, if presented with this statement there are several courses of action [...]
In the 3rd post of our coaching series we’re looking at considerations when implementing coaching in your organisation.
There needs to be a commitment to any coaching program implemented at all levels of an organisation, to gain this commitment there are key steps that you can take.
Meet with senior management to identify the organisations needs and [...]
Coaching continues to gain in it’s popularity with 7 out of 10 respondents in the CIPD’s 2008 L & D survey indicating they use it in some form in their organisation.
Now that we have taken a view of what coaching is, when should we be using it? There are many appropriate occassions when we should be [...]