Did you know that coaching is being used more often and in new ways to help the bottom line? According to a study by the Center for Creative Leadership and Cylient, businesses plan to expand their use of coaching into 2009.
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The January 2009 issue of the Harvard Business Review includes an interesting article on coaching, What Can Coaches Do For You? The author, Diane Coutu, points out that the popularity and acceptance of leadership coaching continues to rise. She also mentions a trend that I applaud. And, that is most companies have moved away from [...]
Anyone who reads my blog knows that I’m a fan of the Center for Creative Leadership. One feature of CCL’s newsletter and website is called Ask CCL. A recently published Q&A deals with leadership coaching. I’m sharing it here because it is great advice and clearly explains the benefits of leadership coaching. “Question: I’ve got [...]
I remember the advice I got early in my career. It was something like, “The thing to do is get a job with a big, stable company with good benefits and a pension and stay there until your retire.” It was pretty good advice, given the business landscape in the U.S. during the early 1970′s. [...]
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I’m sometimes asked why people who have already achieved career success would work with a coach. The best answer is a question. Why does Tiger Woods have a coach? Can you imagine an elite-level athlete without a coach? I can’t. The observation, feedback, encouragement, guidance, and prodding that sports coaches give to their athletes is [...]
If you are in a leadership position within your organization, it is quite likely that one of your responsibilities is coaching your staff. In a poll conducted by the Center for Creative Leadership of its Leading Effectively e-newsletter readers, 70 percent of the 262 respondents said that coaching others is part of their job description. [...]
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A recent post in the Wall Street Journal blog, Independent Street, posed the following question: Executive Coaching – Worth the Money? I am obviously biased, but there are ample hard data and anecdotal data to answer that question in the affirmative. I believe coaching is most effective when it is used for personal or professional [...]
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When I was working as a manager in corporate America, I was discouraged from being too ‘touch-feely’ in my dealings with employees, customers, and management. I was instructed by my management to be ‘all business’ at work, stick to the facts, and use critical thinking skills to make decisions. I never felt quite right about [...]
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Join me and hundreds of other business people from across the Southeast U.S. on April 29, 2008 at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis for the Prism Award event and educational program. The Georgia Coach Association presents the Prism award annually to celebrate organizational excellence through coaching. In its third year, this year’s PRISM organizers were overwhelmed [...]
When I’ve shared my vision of a world without yearly performance appraisals with colleagues, especially those in HR, they have looked at me like I was from a different planet. In my utopian corporate world, the annual performance review wouldn’t be necessary because everyone would ask for and receive feedback on a daily basis. And, [...]
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