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Leader as Coach: Lessons from a Saturday on the Soccer Field
As I sat on the sidelines for my sonās soccer tournament this past weekend, I observed various coaching styles and techniques which bore an eerie [...]
The Power of Trade-offs
Around August every year, I'm reminded of the power of making trade-offs. You see, I take a month off every summer (actually five weeks). And, [...]
Mentoring as a Leadership Role
One of the responsibilities of leadership that leaders sometimes minimize is the role of the leader as a coach, mentor and developer of people. For [...]
Operating at the Intersection of Personal Interest and Company Interests
In recent years, study after study has told us that across the globe the majority of workers are emotionally disconnected from their workplaces and find [...]
Get Over Your Fear of Conflict
Most of us have some resistance to conflict. Instead of addressing issues directly, we try to be āniceā and end up spending an inordinate amount [...]
Is Your Employee Coachable?
As a manager, you provide some level of coaching to all your direct reports, helping some attain higher levels of professional achievement, and helping others [...]
Signs That You Lack Emotional Intelligence
In my ten years as an executive coach, I have never had someone raise his hand and declare that he needs to work on his [...]
The Questions Good Coaches Ask
In the HBR Guide to Coaching Employees, executive coach Ed Batista defines coaching as a style of management characterized by asking questions. With those questions [...]
Signs That You’re Being a Pushover
If collaboration is key to succeeding in organizations today, doesnāt it pay to play nice in the sandbox? You have to get along with others [...]
What Micromanagers Really Mean When They Try to Explain Their Behavior Leading
What Micromanagers Really Mean When They Try to Explain Their Behavior Leading: A helpful chart to help you gain perspective. Ā Ā Ā READ ARTICLE