Welcome to Leader as Coach
Our purpose is to invite you to join a discussion about leveraging coaching in organizations. We will talk about everything from coaching for performance to coaching for development…from being...
View ArticleTo be a coach….
I’ll begin by telling you that sometimes the hair stands up on my neck when I hear the term “coach” used in business. I’ve met people who call themselves “coaches” because they have experience in some...
View ArticleListening – a coachlike competency
There is listening and then there is listening. As I coach leaders and executives, I find one of the important differentiators between a good manager and a great manager is the ability to...
View ArticleEngineers need this stuff!!
I was working with an executive who is a terrific leader. We were talking about how to get engineers to connect with the skills of a coachlike manager. Here is the bottom line: analytical types...
View ArticleYou aren’t getting it done!
“You aren’t getting it done!” Ah, the words of a sales manager at the end of a quarter. He was berating his top producing seller because a major deal (one of those that makes the numbers for the...
View ArticleFixing what’s broken…
I got a call from a former coaching client asking me to work with one of her employees. It seems as though Ben was getting on people’s nerves. The manager wanted a coach to determine the problem and...
View ArticleWhat IS coaching?
I’d like to hear some opinions on this one… I worked with a new coach today. He couldn’t figure out what to do with me. I didn’t have a problem. I was excited with a new possibility in my business...
View ArticleBlue collar coaching – quantifiable value
We spoke to an operations director at a manufacturing plant yesterday…heavy manufacturing, real blue collar environment. It’s an amazing story. He has started using coaching with his floor leaders....
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