Category: Coaching
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OKAY… NOW WHAT DO I DO?
There is a statistic floating around the internet that we make around 35,000 decisions a day. Seems like a lot doesn’t it? These include unconscious decisions that we don’t even think about, like which hand will I use to brush my teeth this morning? Will I turn right or left out of my driveway this…
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THE ART OF THE ‘DIFFICULT CONVERSATION’
As a manager you will have had occasions I’m sure where you knew you needed to have a chat with someone in your team but you just didn’t do it. These situations can pop up at any time and often we might let the opportunity to address the issue slide right by. Why do we…
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HOW LONG IS TOO LONG IN THE ONE JOB?
One of the biggest issues for employees is “lack of career advancement” opportunities in their organisation. Almost every employee engagement survey will score poorly on this metric. Most people want to be able to progress and advance within their own organisation. It’s understandable, this is the place where they are building their expertise and technical…
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WHO DOESN’T NEED A COACH?
It’s a trick question because almost everyone will benefit from coaching and often the people who benefit the most are the ones who don’t really need it. You see most people think of coaching as a remedial process, as something that is required to ‘fix’ a problem or address a deficiency. And while coaching can…
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RECOGNISE YOUR MVPs BY INVESTING IN A COACH FOR THEM
It used to be that when the boss said they were organising a coach for you there was a sense that there was something wrong with you, that you might be the problem, that some sort of deficiency needed to be addressed. Assigning someone a coach was often part of a remedial performance improvement plan,…
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HOW WILL OUR KIDS SURVIVE THE WORKPLACE?
If you are a parent then you know what I’m talking about. You have dedicated yourself to protecting your offspring, providing everything they need and want (far more than you ever had growing up), keeping them safe from harm, from cyber bullying, from people being mean to them or saying hurtful things. Our kids have…
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WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A ‘HOT COALS’ LEADER?
Many years ago… more than I really care to think about, I had a manager who was what I would term a hot coals leader. The term ‘hot coals’ leader is someone that you would walk across hot coals for, even though they would never ask you to do that. Those familiar with Tony Robbins…
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THE ONE MISSING INGREDIENT IN YOUR TEAM
I’ve been doing a lot of work with leaders and their teams over the past fifteen years or so, and I discovered one absolute truth. In every single team where there is dysfunction (and by dysfunction I mean performance issues, conduct or behavioural issues, backstabbing, gossiping, blame cultures, a lack of accountability etc) there is…
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MAKE BETTER DECISIONS
The workplace will present you with a number of decision points throughout the day. Some of these will be small decisions, and some will be big decisions which impact other people, organisational outcomes or future direction. Of all the various options you could choose, how do you know which is the better option? How do…
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WHAT IS IT LIKE WORKING FOR YOU?
Think about what it might be like to work for you. How do you think your team feel about coming in to work every day? Are they inspired? Motivated? Engaged? Maybe you think they are but how can you be sure?
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