coaching

Managing top performers [1]

Wed, 2007-05-02 14:44 — Barry Rosen

To retain top performers and maximize their value to the organization, managers must tap the creativity, energy and hopes of their people. Discovering your employees' needs and engaging in a conversation about how those needs will be met is a powerful way to turn the manager-employee relationship into a high-performance engine.

How do you ensure your top performers stay motivated?

Human beings are born with the ability to develop their emotional intelligence. But many of us weren’t taught how to express our feelings effectively, how to be explicit about our needs, or to ask for help in meeting our needs.

Coaching: How leaders unleash talent [7]

Sun, 2007-03-18 13:48 — Demetra Anagnos...

Do you remember a leader who made a difference in your life? Chances are, he or she was a great coach, too. Demetra Anagnostopoulos examines the differences between coaching people and managing them.

Being a leader is a complex job. One of the subtleties that takes time to master is knowing when to manage someone to ensure they produce an immediate result, and when to coach someone to help them solve a problem on their own. The reality is that you as a leader live in a world with less and less discretionary time, and where you can't afford to let talent and potential go untapped. Coaching is therefore, a unique type of working relationship that can have significant impact on developing the independent problem-solving capabilities of your direct reports and peers.

Five steps to giving feedback [13]

Wed, 2007-03-07 18:07 — Michael Papanek

Many managers avoid giving feedback because they aren't sure how to give it, and they fear a bad reaction. But without feedback, individuals and teams don't get the information they need to improve their performance. Michael Papanek gives a five-step model for giving feedback that works.

Feedback is the oil in the engine of teamwork: keep it flowing and the engine can operate at a high level with no damage, let it dry up and your engine could seize up or fail completely, potentially beyond repair.

First, ask: cross-cultural thinking in coaching [17]

Wed, 2007-03-07 17:50 — Michael Ansa

When cultures collide in a business context, asking the right questions makes all the difference. Michael Ansa explores the power of "inquiry."

The 30-something white female US manager and the 50-something Indian male worker she is coaching (or vice versa) have much to learn — not simply about each others' worlds, but about the way each makes meaning. Consider this scenario, and what it says about coaching in a cross-cultural situation:

How to change a mind: yours and others' [22]

Sun, 2007-01-07 18:09 — Jay Gordon Cone

Jay Gordon Cone looks at how minds can get changed, and how influencing often has more impact than convincing.

Why is it so hard to change people's minds? There are countless books and seminars that attempt to explain why — and then tell us how to be convincing, or how to mount an effective argument. But arguing is often not the best way to change minds, no matter what the technique.

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[1] http://www.interactionassociates.com/ideas/managing-top-performers
[2] http://www.interactionassociates.com/category/tags/coaching
[3] http://www.interactionassociates.com/category/tags/conversations
[4] http://www.interactionassociates.com/taxonomy/term/2
[5] http://www.interactionassociates.com/blog/22
[6] http://www.interactionassociates.com/ideas/managing-top-performers#comments
[7] http://www.interactionassociates.com/ideas/coaching-how-leaders-unleash-talent
[8] http://www.interactionassociates.com/category/tags/employee-engagement
[9] http://www.interactionassociates.com/taxonomy/term/3
[10] http://www.interactionassociates.com/category/wordpress-category/non-feature
[11] http://www.interactionassociates.com/ideas/author/Demetra%20Anagnostopoulos
[12] http://www.interactionassociates.com/comment/reply/241#comment-form
[13] http://www.interactionassociates.com/ideas/five-steps-giving-feedback
[14] http://www.interactionassociates.com/category/tags/communication
[15] http://www.interactionassociates.com/blog/20
[16] http://www.interactionassociates.com/ideas/five-steps-giving-feedback#comments
[17] http://www.interactionassociates.com/ideas/first-ask-cross-cultural-thinking-coaching
[18] http://www.interactionassociates.com/taxonomy/term/6
[19] http://www.interactionassociates.com/category/tags/globalization
[20] http://www.interactionassociates.com/blog/9
[21] http://www.interactionassociates.com/comment/reply/234#comment-form
[22] http://www.interactionassociates.com/ideas/how-change-mind-yours-and-others
[23] http://www.interactionassociates.com/category/tags/change-management
[24] http://www.interactionassociates.com/ideas/author/Jay%20Gordon%20Cone
[25] http://www.interactionassociates.com/ideas/how-change-mind-yours-and-others#comments