Coaching
John Hoover and Paul Gorrell on Connecting Coaching to the Organization
If an individual employee is improving through coaching, shouldn’t the organization see some results, too?
November 6, 2009 / Podcast # 09-45
Coaching has traditionally focused entirely on the individual…sometimes even at the expense of improving measurable business results for the company. The Coaching Connection (AMACOM) by John Hoover and Paul J. Gorrell shows managers how they can use contextual coaching to simultaneously promote both individual and organizational growth. The book helps readers align what individual contributors do best with what organizations need most, ensuring everyone involved their highest probability for success.
Josh Leibner and Gershon Mader on the Power of Strategic Commitment
Even the most well thought out initiatives will fail without true employee ownership, accountability, and engagement.
July 17, 2009 / Podcast # 09-29
Most managers and executives don’t have a clear system for ensuring the support they need from those around them. In The Power of Strategic Commitment (AMACOM), authors Josh Leibner and Gershon Mader advise on how improve strategic processes by enlisting the support of managers, employees, boards, suppliers, investors, and others. The book outlines the key factors that determine commitment, providing powerful ways to build buy-in that cost nothing.
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Now is the perfect time for business leaders, managers, and other so-called grownups to give a much needed reality check to the Generation Y employees that are on their staffs, those born between 1978 and 1990. This is the argument posed by Bruce Tulgan in his new book Not Everyone Gets A Trophy: How To Manage Generation Y.
Bruce Tulgan is internationally recognized as the leading expert on young people in the workplace, and one of the leading experts on leadership and management. Bruce is a best selling author and advisor to business leaders all over the world, and a sought after keynote speaker and management trainer.
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Sylvia Lafair on Breaking Family Patterns That Limit Success
How to dramatically improve professional relationships by taking control of the underlying behavioral patterns that undermine them.
April 24, 2009 / Podcast # 09-17
You know the type. Maybe he’s the office cut up or the woman who manages to look busy but avoids work or the guy who was the long suffering victim. There’s one in every office. Perhaps you or someone you know fits one of these profiles. These behaviors are painfully annoying and start conflict in the office.
Sylvia Lafair is author of Don’t Bring It To Work: Breaking The Family Patterns That Limit Success. Read more…
Michael Lee Stallard on How to Fire Up Your Team’s Passion, Creativity and Productivity
Want to find out how to create an environment that consistently fires up your team?
November 7, 2008 / Podcast # 08-45
Employee disengagement is a widespread malady in today’s organizations, causing the loss of billions of dollars, hours of dissatisfaction and work lives lacking true value. Scientific research has validated the powerful effect of emotional connections on human beings. When individuals feel a connection with their organization’s identity, their colleagues and their day-to-day tasks, it fires them up.
Michael Lee Stallard, president of the consulting firm E Pluribus Partners and primary author of Fired Up or Burned Out, explains the ins and outs of Connection Cultures. Read more…