Using a coach approach with your team members can help them with communication, innovation, self-reliance, confidence, taking responsibility and even with their work relationships. Our clients and regular readers of our blog are familiar with what it means to use a coach approach to leadership, but you may not have thought about how you canContinue Reading
Most of us around the world are staying home right now, trying to minimize the coronavirus pandemic. Some of us are still working or have transitioned to working from home, some have been laid off and some are working on the frontlines. And everywhere on social media and internet sites, we’re barraged with social mediaContinue Reading
Capturing the attention of an audience has been the work of storytellers, writers, and orators forever and a day. Narrative hooks can range from dramatic to hilarious stories, startling stats or relatable secrets. Songwriters and musicians use music hooks — memorable lyrics or melodies — to catch the ear of the listener. Why? If youContinue Reading
If you’ve ever worked in a fractious or toxic work environment, you know how difficult it can be to speak up at work. Hushed and guarded conversations. Uncertainty about who to trust. Dread about retribution for those who dare to raise concerns. Worrying about the future of your career. In the worst cases, a pervasiveContinue Reading
Respect is a two-way street. Respect your elders. Give respect, get respect. We grow up hearing all kinds of things about respect, but what is ideal in the workplace? Is respect owed because of achievements, abilities, and status? Or earned because of qualities and reciprocity? Or should it be a combination of both owed andContinue Reading
We’ve talked before about remembering – amid the deadlines and the pressures and the non-stop busy-ness – to celebrate wins with our team members. – especially if you are, like most of us right now, scrambling to adapt to managing remotely while helping staff transition to working remotely in response to the COVID-19 crisis. TheContinue Reading
But how do you know who is engaged in online meetings? Many of us have been using remote meetings for some time, while others have had to quickly ramp up in response to the COVID-19 crisis. As we discussed the other day, there are essential tools that help you facilitate remote meetings. But how doContinue Reading
With the world’s leading health officials and most world leaders calling on everyone to “self isolate” or “social distance,” many of us are working remotely from home in response to the Coronavirus outbreak. If you’re new at this, trying to get your team members online and keeping the workflow on track might feel overwhelming. ButContinue Reading
No one can predict right now what will happen in the next few weeks or months. That uncertainty, of course, contributes to enormous anxiety and fear in people. While many of us are doing everything we can to “flatten the curve” of the outbreak, it isn’t easy to keep soldiering on. Some of us workContinue Reading
One of the harder aspects of leadership is effectively dealing with poor performance. It might be that a team member is: Not pulling their weight Not meeting deadlines Creating conflict or involved in conflict with someone else Chronically late or absent Not meeting sales targets And the list goes on… As a leadership coach, IContinue Reading
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