Tag: coaching

December 19, 2023

Introduction In the dynamic and ever-changing landscape of the contemporary workplace, the emphasis on investing in employee learning and development has become paramount for organizations striving for sustained success.  The recognition of this critical importance stems from the understanding that […]

July 17, 2023

Since the early 1990s, I have presented numerous training presentations covering anti-harassment, conflict resolution, documentation, trust building, teamwork, accountability, performance management, discipline and discharge, DE&I and other topics related to leadership, culture, and HR. The kinds of training listed above […]

February 14, 2023

The last few years have shaken up the way people work. Remote-capable companies recognize that employees prefer the hybrid work model and embrace shifting workforce tides. With over half of companies expecting to maintain a hybrid model beyond 2022, work […]

October 10, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly impacted mental health, as well as physical health and well-being, personal finances, and other aspects of people’s daily lives. As recent problems, such as rising inflation and Russia’s unjust war in Ukraine, give people new […]

June 22, 2022

Creating and insisting on a coachable management culture can help companies better find their next superstar employees. Speaking at a June 13 concurrent session during the SHRM Annual Conference & Expo 2022 in New Orleans, motivational speaker and former NBA […]

May 31, 2022

Anyone watching old sitcoms from the mid- to late 20th century will likely see a stereotypical boss: authoritarian, demanding, and insensitive. The relationship between subordinate and manager was clear and one-sided: The subordinate was there to do the manager’s bidding […]

September 2, 2021

One way to describe coaching is the practice of helping others do three things: Make decisions, commit to actions, and deliver results. To me, the whole purpose of coaching is to support people in being accountable to themselves by doing […]

February 11, 2021

I attended my first professional baseball game in July of 1975. The Boston Red Sox traveled to the dearly departed Milwaukee County Stadium to face the Brewers. Hank Aaron was in the final years of his Hall of Fame career […]

December 29, 2020

Executive coaching has been on the rise as a professional development tool for the past three decades. This powerful tool can dramatically help build self-awareness, leadership capacity and interpersonal skills in high-potential employees. However, given the nebulous nature of the […]

September 8, 2020

Over the past 6 months, businesses have had to transform how and where people work at a pace none of us could have imagined just a year ago. As we shift from initial crisis to planning for the next normal, […]

July 15, 2020

In the age of the Covid-19 pandemic, employee coaching and mentoring are not being put on the back burner. Instead, they are quickly adapting by relying on videoconferencing and other virtual technologies. This adaptation has happened so quickly that HR […]

June 8, 2020

The leadership development and coaching industries are undergoing a major transformation due to the dramatic shifts in remote workforce policies in response to COVID-19. With many companies canceling events and tech employers like Shopify, Twitter, Square, and Facebook enacting permanent […]

April 13, 2020

In a crisis, our attention tends to shift from the most common, everyday concern of needing approval to the more basic needs of security and control (water, food, shelter, etc.). In this coronavirus pandemic, good managers are asking themselves similar […]

September 5, 2019

These days, we keep hearing about the disengaged workforce and the struggle to retain talent. Coupled with that, Millennials are a growing segment of the workforce (by 2025, they will represent 75% of the global workforce) and are more demanding […]

August 8, 2019

Sometimes I feel like we’re lost in an ocean of coaches at work. It’s a movement that needed to happen, but like all movements or paradigms, there are unintended consequences. In the case of coaching, we have an abundance of […]

June 13, 2019

At the heart of every organization is its culture—its personality and identity. Today, people are putting more importance on company culture than ever before. Deloitte recently found that 94% of executives and 88% of employees consider a distinct workplace culture […]

March 5, 2019

Have you ever avoided giving feedback to a foreign national employee for fear of appearing prejudiced or insensitive? Managers are obliged to provide thoughtful, candid feedback as a core component of professional development. Yet managers, often representatives of the dominant […]

December 17, 2018

Coaching is a powerful growth accelerator. Whether to prepare the next generation of leaders or unlock the potential of current leaders, organizations are using executive coaching increasingly to bolster their talent development. Leaders who have had coaching are quick to […]

December 11, 2018

Management literature is filled with different perspectives on what managers should do to most effectively influence the performance of staff members who report to them. Ranging from authoritative to collaborative, aspects of these various styles are appropriate at different times […]

December 5, 2018

Companies must adopt a growth mindset and build a coaching culture in order to thrive in today’s highly competitive and evolving markets. In a coaching culture, everyone is encouraged to question their assumptions and seek out new ways of thinking […]