A Checklist for Coaching Conversations
for Smart Managers
Let me ask you this: as a manager, are you having coaching conversations with your people? In spite of wide-spread coach training, most of the
Let me ask you this: as a manager, are you having coaching conversations with your people? In spite of wide-spread coach training, most of the
I’ve been writing about why more managers don’t use coaching skills to guide and develop their people. Some managers don’t have clear framework for initiating
What distinguishes effective leaders from their mediocre colleagues? It’s mindset. Leaders with a growth mindset use every challenge as a learning goal. Effective leaders have
What’s your thinking style? Just like we have personality preferences for introversion and extraversion, we also have preferred ways of thinking about a problem. There’s
I’ve been exploring what builds high leadership trust (here and here). Maister, Green and Galford write about the elements that build trust in their book
How well do the leaders in your organization express their emotions? What about you? Do you appropriately articulate your feelings? Do you use emotional expressiveness
In my practice as an executive coach and leadership consultant, I encourage positive leadership and positive thinking but I often encounter resistance from cynical, hard-driving
Whether you’re giving difficult feedback to an employee, approaching your supervisor with a problem, or having an uncomfortable conversation with a peer — handling difficult
Imagine a workplace where people are scared to voice their opinions, where the fear of failure is so intense it paralyzes action. Such a work
The term “glass ceiling” evokes an image of an invisible, yet unbreakable, barrier that prevents women from advancing to higher levels of leadership, especially in
The world of quantum physics with its electrons, quarks, and uncertainty principles may seem far removed from the art of leadership. However, the quantum world