What’s The Matter With What Really Matters!

Too often an organization’s financial bottom line becomes the only metric that matters, and there is no recognition of people as its true assets. I’ve recently heard from more than one colleague about work situations where talented people are undervalued, unacknowledged, even verbally abused by a senior manager. Apparently, this kind of negative behavior goes […]

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Managing Time Is The Great Bugaboo

When asked what is the one thing they most want to impact in their work life, most managers mention time. The mantra is always that there aren’t enough hours in the day. A wealth of systems, tools, and trainings have sprung up in response to the monster that time management has become: work/life balance, delegation, […]

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Managing Workplace Stress

Gina Abudi’s bulleted advice for managing stress maps to many of the focus areas coaches help clients work through. Managers who use a coaching orientation in the way they listen and question their people can help individuals identify the sources of their stress and find proactive steps similar to those outlined here to alleviate work-life […]

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Sustaining the Change

The only way to learn to ride a two-wheeler is to ride. Training wheels and instruction tips are helpful, but practice, practice, practice is key to success. Businesses invest considerable amounts in training programs, either importing experts or sending people off to outside seminars to develop management skills. Unfortunately, the research shows that they don’t […]

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Six Hats for All the Thinking Angles

This guest post is by Jane Perdue, founder of Braithwaite Innovation Group and a leadership and women’s issues consultant. Jane is @thehrgoddess on Twitter and can also be found doing elearning at Get Your BIG On. Managers and executive coaches can benefit from the six hat thinking model in formulating questions around a coaching challenge. […]

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