Coaching

Employee’s crave recognition. Think of how our reliable dog friends become when they are praised for a certain behavior that we like. In addition, a two-handed ear or neck rubbing has them [...]

Read these insightful and powerful coaching quotes. Each is especially selected to identify steps to great coaching, while sharing words of wisdom.  Most organizations and managers talk about [...]

Managers coach better when they have been coached well. What happens if they haven’t experienced good coaching? Unfortunately, research indicates that only 75% of managers do more managing [...]

As soon as the word ‘coach’ enters the scene, subtly but seriously, an underlying tone is set for all coaching discussions. The coach has the expertise and the other persons needs the [...]

 “The zone” is a point where athletes reside when they are at their peak performance, even while almost at ease. It’s been called the Holy Grail of sports. Psychologist Mihaly [...]

Want to eliminate your coaching mistakes? Shhh, this is top secret! Not even the CIA, KGB, MI6 or Mossad know about this! Coaching is the ‘secret sauce’ to leadership success. So few [...]

What is more important? Should a manager focus more on high-tech tools or high-touch coaching? Recently, a couple of highly recognized leadership blogs highlighted new technologies that will [...]

Think of the worst supervisor or a bad boss you had. Chances are someone comes immediately to mind. Why do you consider this person “the worst?” How did he or she act? How did this [...]

Persistence seems to be a nitty-gritty, nose-to-the-grindstone mentality, right? Right. A persistent person is someone who keeps on keeping on under every possible trial. They face adversity, so [...]