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I do a great job of managing my team. Why should I coach them?
As a manager of a team you have heard all about coaching. Perhaps you even googled the word and found out it's probably about motivating and engaging your team members. But why should you bother learning more about coaching and how it works? So let's cut to the chase....
How can I (and my organisation) benefit from coaching?
Two key questions that I get asked regularly are: 1. What exactly is coaching? 2. How can I benefit from coaching? The Coaching FAQs on this site provide some initial answers to these questions, but let's succinctly summarise what this is all about. So what is...
“What’s happening in your personal life?”
Whenever I ask this question to executives, early on in a coaching programme, a lot of them respond by acting baffled, confused and even disconcerted. I can see them think and ask themselves... "Why is he asking me questions about life outside of work?" Sometimes, I...
Feedback: Could it be harmful for development?
This week I read a piece of research that shocked me. Amongst other things, the researcher explored how feedback could hinder a person's development. Their results showed that employees that did not receive feedback on their performance showed greater career...
5 Things to Consider when Designing A Leadership Programme
Leadership programmes are becoming a staple activity of L&D professionals, more so as the lines between L&D, talent management and development become more enmeshed. Research by the CIPD and other bodies shows that organisations are increasingly utilising these...
“Why don’t you tell me what you think of my situation?”
Irrespective of the style you adopt most coaches will agree that being directive in a coaching session is not advisable. You read it in Coaching 101, practice it when are getting trained, and if by chance you end up making the mistake of being directive your client...
Beyond designing #digitallearning – Market It!
Whenever I am delivering workshops, whether in-house or on open courses, I get a great amount of interest and questions on digital learning. People, including L&D professionals, seem to be equally excited and petrified by the idea of delivering learning...
Social and Collective Learning: Can it really be created?
Social learning has become a bit of a buzzword in the L&D world nowadays. Organisations that I speak to want to know more about it and most importantly how to foster it in the workplace.The first question that I always ask is whether they know what...
“What did my employee say?” Confidentiality in Executive Coaching
When working with corporate clients contracting and particularly the challenge of confidentiality is of utmost importance. However, when starting out on your coaching career it might be easy to slip on these, or simply forget to mention them in the original...
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