The Coaching Process
To have successful coaching conversations, you’ll want to think about how you will prepare, promote dialogue during the meeting, and reinforce the coaching post-meeting. Coaching is a process, not an event! 1. Prepare for the Coaching Conversation Begin with the End...
Implement a Coaching Culture
In our previous blog, Coaching Your Team to Success, we looked at the benefits of coaching, overcoming obstacles to coaching, and using the GROW model to guide coaching conversations. Once you are ready to implement a coaching culture, your first step will be getting...
Coaching Your Team to Success
As a manager, you may frequently find yourself juggling multiple priorities and projects. Unfortunately, coaching often falls to the bottom of the priority list. It is easy to rationalize that a qualified and motivated team should be capable of accomplishing their...
3 Steps to Leading Through Change
Change pushes us out of our comfort zones. But with the right strategies, you can ensure that your team or organization emerges from change better than it was before, having built something truly exciting along the way. Here are three steps to leading through change:...
Presentation Skills Workshops: What to Expect
Presentations are a crucial part of business, whether it’s to pitch new clients, communicate with C-level executives, or inspire employees to align with a new vision. Effective presentation skills can have a serious impact on your company’s bottom line. Since not...
Body Language Break-down: Tips for Powerful Presentations
Based on research, most people form an impression about you in only seven seconds; and in some cases it only takes a fraction of a second. That can be a little intimidating. Particularly if the people who are forming that impression are the ones who might hire you,...
Social Media Etiquette
Whether or not you use social media as a way to build your career, it has the potential to derail it. Social media is now part of our resume. When we apply for a job or consulting project, potential employers are likely to research your online presence. Many people...
How to Improve Presentation Skills: Delivery is Key
Dynamic Delivery Brings Content to Life One of the primary reasons people run into trouble when giving presentations is because they focus only on the content. There are two equally important components to any presentation: the content and the delivery. Without a...
Tips to Avoid Asking Bad Questions
"There’s no such thing as a bad question.” Many of us remember that line from our school days. I used to think it was a great way to encourage questions until I realized there actually are bad questions. Especially, if you want to use questions to engage people. If I...
5 Tools to Improve Empathetic Listening
The Impact of Not Listening A colleague was telling me about a medical specialist that she sees on occasion. After the doctor does his exam, he asks if she has any questions. If she brings up an issue, the doctor “listens,” as he pastes on a wooden half smile. He nods...