Archive for 'Coaching'
Not everyone wants to learn, you know…
Posted on15. May, 2012 by susan.
Have you ever tried training someone and felt like you were getting nowhere? This was one of my early HR lessons: We can’t assume everyone wants to learn and develop their skills. In some workplaces and some roles, you will find people who just want to get on with the job they were employed to [...]
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Why are you wasting time?
Posted on10. Apr, 2012 by susan.
We all know ‘time is money’ yet we are sometimes willing to throw away time to an extent most of us would never consider throwing away money! Did you know, that if you spend just half an hour each day dealing with junk email, interruptions and other time-wasting activities, you are essentially throwing away over [...]
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Finding tomorrow’s leaders
Posted on07. Feb, 2012 by susan.
You are probably confident you know a leader when you see one. But how do you identify leadership potential? Anyone with leadership potential is probably already a leader in many ways… Do they: Willingly help others without patronising them? Speak up in meetings, offering original ideas? Dare to challenge the status quo? Express their ideas [...]
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A lesson in valuing your intuition
Posted on10. Jan, 2012 by susan.
When you have a decision to make, do you put more emphasis on analysis or intuition? If you believe decisions must be based on logic, it could be time to listen to your heart a little more often. That niggling doubt could be a sign you need to pay more attention to your intuition. Initially [...]
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Giving feedback? Remember the other F-words
Posted on20. Oct, 2011 by susan.
Feedback is one area some people struggle with when managing staff. Remembering some other f-words could make it easier! Here are some quick tips to giving feedback that will be well received and acted upon: 1. Always give feedback face-to-face. 2. Giving feedback on a frequent basis makes it normal and expected. 3. Be fair [...]
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Three situations when coaching is a waste of time
Posted on29. Sep, 2011 by susan.
Have you ever looked at someone you’re coaching – either a team member or a client – and felt you just weren’t getting anywhere? What is it that gives us that uncomfortable feeling? Looking back over my experiences, there seem to be three main factors at play when coaching just isn’t going to work: 1. [...]
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The 2 main reasons you don’t delegate
Posted on29. Sep, 2011 by susan.
In my years of coaching and observing managers, one of the main obstacles I see the majority of them face is delegation of their work. If I was to nominate one characteristic that would make the biggest difference to their chances of success (or stress) it would be the degree to which they are able [...]
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Are you ‘success-oriented’?
Posted on12. Aug, 2011 by susan.
What does it take to be successful in business? Research published by The Guardian Life Small Business Research Institute surveyed the attitudes of 1100 small business owners (2-99 employs) in the US in May 2009. What they found, according to the Institute’s director, Mark D. Wolf, was that “Success-oriented small business owners are a special [...]
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Online coaching now available for small business owners
Posted on11. Aug, 2011 by susan.
Have you noticed what I’ve noticed about small business owners? In coaching small business owners since 2003, two things stand out for me… 1) The most challenging issue they face is balancing their work with the other things they want to do in their lives and 2) They nearly all recognise the benefits of having [...]
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How’s your balance?
Posted on18. Jul, 2011 by susan.
A recent conversation with Thea Foster of Added Value Corporation prompted this article. Thanks for the inspiration, Thea! We all know that to run a successful business, department or team requires consistent achievement across several disciplines. Typically we need to perform well across finance, marketing, sales, service delivery, planning, technology and people. And it’s quite [...]
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