What percentage of people’s potential do you see at work?
The power of people’s potential
What percentage of people’s potential do you see at work? I have asked this question countless times and have yet to get an answer of 100%, or anything even close. Most…
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Getting around coaching roadblocks
“Understanding these reactions can help you develop your approach, get the most out of your coaching relationships, and build your appreciation of the thoughts and feelings that the prospect being…
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Why I too have had enough of experts.
“I think the people in this country have had enough of experts…” I recently wrote an article for The Maverick Paradox, considering the idea of ‘the leader as the expert’.…
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Why I too have had enough of experts
“I think the people in this country have had enough of experts…” I recently wrote an article for The Maverick Paradox, considering the idea of ‘the leader as the expert’. I…
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Turning leaders into coaches
Late last year I was a guest on the wonderful Kelly Loudermilk’s POP Talk. We spoke about the benefits of leaders assuming the role of coach within their organisation. We…
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Performance management: why poor results should be managed with coaching, not disciplinaries
“We might replace the terms ‘misconduct’ and ‘capability’ with the more optimistic ‘willingness’ or ‘ability’.“ I recently wrote for Training Zone about the way employers conduct themselves around poor staff performances. A…
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How good coaching can replace bad performance reviews
“If we coach our people properly we can hold them accountable for their performance and develop them at the same time.“ More and more organisations are ditching annual appraisals and…
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Coaching: If you manage people, you’re a coach whether you like it or not!
“As a manager of people, being a coach to the team is inevitable. They can do it well or they can do it badly. What they can’t do is avoid…
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Never has business coaching seemed less relevant but perhaps that’s unfair.
Looking at the list of key workers the UK Government published in response to Covid 19 is a humbling experience.