When you’re in a leadership position, you’re in charge of helping people grow and thrive within your organisation. Leaders who have undergone and experienced great coaching are able to transfer important skills to their own teams and other individuals within their organisation by developing a coaching mindset. By coaching your team you can improve their performance, build their skills and drive engagement. Skills like communication […]
What sets a great manager apart from an average manager? In addition to their technical ability it is that they have a heightened awareness of the need to put the success of their team first. They understand that in order to achieve the best results for their company, they must facilitate the development of each employee that they lead. With this in mind, they also […]
Have you ever given feedback to an employee, only to receive a negative response? Feedback is one of the most important management tools for companies, however it can be one of the trickiest ones to get right. Feedback has the tendency to impact on people’s emotions which can mean that many managers avoid giving feedback altogether. Regardless of how difficult it can be to give […]
“Everyone needs a coach. We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve,” Bill Gates, Co-founder of Microsoft, in his 2013 TED Talk. Often when we look at highly successful people, we don’t stop to consider what might have gone on behind the scenes to help them get to where they are. Or in fact, who helped them. An athlete wouldn’t […]