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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Does your manager sometimes remind you of the pointy-haired boss in the Dilbert comic strip? According to a survey by KeepEm.com, bad bosses belittle people in front of others, lie, demean, and micromanage. Not surprisingly, bad bosses can drive good people away, wrecking havoc on employee retention rates.
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It is 13 days into the new year and I’m wondering how many of the millions of people who made New Year’s resolutions have already abandoned them. According to www.USA.gov, the most popular New Year’s resolutions are to: Lose weight Pay off debt Save money Get a better job Get fit Eat right Get a [...]
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Is your To Do List getting longer by the day? Are you so overcommitted that you don’t feel like you’ll ever get time for yourself? Whether you realize it or not, every time you say “yes” to something, you are saying “no” to something else. If you say “yes” to working late, you could be [...]
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Are you putting off something that you feel you should do? Have you ever said something like “I should exercise more, “I should start looking for a new job” or “I should clean out the closet?” Perhaps the reason you haven’t actually done these things is because of the word SHOULD. When you use the [...]
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The vast majority of people begin a new job filled with enthusiasm, excited anticipation, and a strong desire to do a good job and ‘go the extra mile.’ Before too long, many of those same people will lose their enthusiasm when confronted time and again with reality. They become disillusioned and decide to quit in [...]
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A couple of the publications that I read ran articles this month about a recent survey conducted by the consulting firm BlessingWhite. About 700 mid-level employees were asked to evaluate the effect of the coaching they received from their manager on their performance and overall job satisfaction. Fewer than a quarter of the employees surveyed [...]
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