Powerful Coaching Skills for Managers
As managers and leaders, you’re asked to wear your “coach hats”to support team members’ development.
As managers and leaders, you’re asked to wear your “coach hats”to support team members’ development.
Managers are tasked with helping team members excel in their jobs. Key deliverables include: (1) hiring top performers; (2) articulating clear standards and expectations; (3) offering powerful performance feedback; (4) holding coaching conversations; and (5) dismissing nonperformers and poor fits.
You’re committed to being a great team player, an amazingly inclusive boss, or a top-notch collaborator. By nature (or training) you use inclusive language like “we” when giving directives. Sounds great, right? It might be.
For some of us, saying no is challenging. Either we don’t want to disappoint others, or we want to be helpful, useful, supportive, and so on.
I believe curiosity is THE most important competency for all employees, from frontline workers to c-suite executives. In “leadership umami,” curiosity is the magic ingredient that help you succeed in business and life.
When it comes to productive time, we’re all different. I’m up with the birds at 5:00 a.m., fully charged and ready to tackle the world.