Category: Coaching and Feedback
Feedback – The Most Golden of Rules
It’s funny how theory comes back to get you in the end. After so many years of reminding those in positions of authority that there are some vital rules for feedback, it takes just one occasion to show the real value of the advice. It was a sunny morning in my local chain coffee-shop. The [...]
Why Asking For Help Works For Managers
Management can be a tricky role to play. Not only is the work challenging, but sometimes it’s hard to find the help you need. Yet there are people all around. The simple act of asking you team for help can be a difficult step for many managers, because it can seem to be that they [...]
People Management – Having An Open/Closed Door Policy
It’s important to be accessible to your people. Being available means that you have the opportunities to bond and be willing to create excellent relationships. And there’s a time to stop as well. We are sociable animals. As managers, there is nothing in us that makes us different from the rest of humanity. We like [...]
Extreme Productivity – The Lucille Ball Way
As we work in ever demanding circumstances, I’m reminded of those occasions where as managers we want to get more from our people and willingly, they are prepared to do their very best for us too. This classic Lucille Ball clip shows how often they are prepared to go the extra mile, whilst reminding us [...]
Ready for Some Positive Feedback?
Two activities – one group and one personal. 1. Here’s a cool activity if you are in a meeting, or running a training session. At the end of the meeting, give everyone a blank sheet of paper. Ask them to write their name at the top. Ask them to pass the paper to the left [...]
Management Development Secrets – Easy Coaching For Your People
There are many ways to develop those employees that you have within your team. Some are more productive than others and depend on your own, personal management style. The easiest way is to ensure that you use the momentum each individual has within themselves and radically multiply that for them – and you & your [...]
Management Development Secrets – Four Advanced Coaching Skills
Coaching is a valuable talent that managers use when developing their people. It has the capacity to ensure that they perform to their very best, without telling them everything. Sometimes it’s important to let them discover things for themselves. The core activity of coaching is to ask questions that stimulate thinking and them listen a [...]
Effective Workplace Relationships – External Influences
There is value in ensuring that the interaction between a manager or supervisor is effective. Both sides have much to gain. Although this would seem to be a relationship between two individuals, who else might be involved? When managers work closely with team members, the exciting relationship that builds is value-creating on both sides. Greater [...]
Seeking Win-Win By Building Employee Relationships
The core of all business relationships is parity. They are about the negotiation between an employer for output, in exchange for reward, the basis of which is usually a financial transaction. So this is a fair deal then. The best relationships serve everyone well. The term win-win comes from the need to ensure that both [...]
Managing for The Future Starts With Today
Management is naturally in the moment. Challenges come to managers every day, hour and even less. Yet there is wisdom in developing a mindset that seeks and effective future for the team too. From experience, most managers don’t get ‘the future’ right away – they busy themselves with just today’s issues, which is, to be [...]
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