Tales from the battlefield – Managing Time
Today's guest post comes from Glory Enyinnaya, who is based in Lagos. ‘’ One always has time enough, if one…
Raising your auditory game
I had a flash of enlightenment last week, in conversation with another coach. (As a side note, that just shows…
The Progress Principle
I recently read a new book, called the Progress Principle, by Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer. They have done years of research…
What’s the buzz? What’s intriguing your peers?
As I was looking through the statistics for the blog this week, a few of the posts stood out as your…
The Bootstrapper’s Guide to Employee Engagement
Today I'm going to point you to a brilliantly written, and very useful article for supervisors about how to engage your…
What writing 350+ blog posts has taught me
I’ve been writing my internal blog for just over 5 years. Last week, I reached the 350 mark. And I’ve learnt a…
What should we be talking about?
Today's post is from Jane Sandwith, 3d Coaching: Like us, the people we work with are human beings who respond…
Planning Ahead
Today's guest post comes from Jane Sandwith of 3dCoaching. Jane says: "Sometimes coachees start with a huge and complex issue, sometimes with…
Letter to new managers
I got this idea from a couple of books I read this year - Execution by Larry Bossidy and Ram…
Get Out of Your Head
Today's guest post comes from Patrick Ryan. He says: Get out of your head; Get the emotions out of your…
Why didn’t they do anything?
This guest post comes from Jane Sandwidth of 3D Coaching. Jane writes: At the end of a management development programme I…
Coaching an individual to become a team player
Slightly different nuance here – Monday was about team coaching; today is about coaching individuals to become better team players.…
Coaching a Team
We have a guest post today from Berit Ohn, Master Certified Coach. You asked for information about coaching a team, so…
Coaching a peer
Now, let's move on to talk about how to coach a peer, which one of you requested in the survey…
How to gracefully accept feedback, even when it’s perceived as negative
Today's post is from Berit Ohn, Master Certified Coach. Berit writes: The situation The other day when I was coaching…
Handling senior management “interference”
One of you asked how to deal with senior management interference when you are trying to develop your team. I…
