Persuasive Powerhouse
AUGUST 31, 2010
So with that out of the way, I am pleased to tell you that The 8 Essential Skills for Supervisors and Managers is a book that belongs in the hands of all leaders – whether they have direct reports or not. What are the 8 skills? Who are the audiences that will most benefit from The 8 Essential Skills? and skill 8 was born.
N2Growth Blog
AUGUST 9, 2010
Even the most savvy CEO may have blind spots in his or her skill sets, core competencies, or voids in the org chart which can also cause blind spots. I could go with this line of thinking, but I’ll assume that the point has been sufficiently made.
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Persuasive Powerhouse
JUNE 15, 2010
I teach coaching skills to groups of managers regularly; every individual executive client I have gets taught coaching skills in some way or another; and of course, I practice coaching myself (I call it “practice” on purpose). Let’s call using coaching skills “short term pain for long term gain”.
N2Growth Blog
JUNE 14, 2010
One of the challenges with disruption is the 'cultural' balancing act required to attend to a core competency (primary revenue driver) while simultaneously recognizing that disruption must occur at the borders. Then, we have the challenge to make our changes less threatening, so productive communication skills are a must.
Persuasive Powerhouse
AUGUST 22, 2010
So it is with coaching; your personal and professional foundations – your ways of “being” must be sound in order to hold up the skill sets of coaching and to coach with integrity. I will almost always suggest, when asked, that training in the skills of coaching are a good thing. Don’t get me wrong.
Persuasive Powerhouse
DECEMBER 28, 2010
Learning new things makes people feel vulnerable until they master the new skill. In internally competitive organizations with people competing for scarce positions of autonomy, this doesn’t play well. I think the problem you are raising also speaks of the internally competitive business mindset. All Rights Reserved.
Persuasive Powerhouse
JULY 5, 2010
Inquiry (or more appropriately, asking questions to coach others to come up with their own solutions) is a central skill set for helping others to develop. These are the people who’ve had many years of experience managing others, which makes it even more puzzling that the skill of inquiry hasn’t been accepted and valued.
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