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…
Making time for frequent coaching conversations
Ok, so I get that we are all mega-busy. And I get that it's tough to lay all of our…
Triple the Wisdom
While you take a breather to let us all know how Two-Day went for you, here’s a guest post from…
How was Two-Day?
Do share in the comments box how your conversations went on Two-Day. How does it feel to have closed that…
Today is Two-Day: time to fill that conversation gap
So it’s time to have that conversation that you’ve been putting off. Time to hold yourself and your supervisor or…
Fill that conversation gap: Two-Day Storybird
Just one day until Two-Day (22/2/2012). In celebration, and as a reminder for you, Bob and I created this Storybird,…
Two-Day Countdown: Be More Demanding
On Monday, I wrote about how supervisors and career counsellors could encourage individuals to tell them what the supervisor/CC needed…
Trust and the conversation gap
We’ve been talking about conversation gaps, and using Two-Day (22/2/2012) to fill those conversation gaps. If you’ve missed the previous…


