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Coaching and Mentoring – The Need For Accountability

CoachStation

Whether it is developing yourself or your team, coaching and mentoring can be a powerful tool to enable change and growth, both personally and professionally. Training in itself is one source of development, however this learning must be supported and reinforced in practice based on individual situations, needs, understanding and capability.

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Yes, But How? (A Leaders Made Here Post)

Lead Change Blog

Shortly after Ken Blanchard and I published The Secret , I began to receive calls to speak. Formal training – A simple scope and sequence can be created to ensure EVERY leader in your organization speaks the same leadership language. Mentoring – This is a cornerstone for many organizations. But that’s not all.

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Old Habits Die Hard

Lead Change Blog

Ken Blanchard and his team have long taught on the dynamics of change. I asked myself if I had been consistent with my leadership and training—or did I see some improvement and decide to ease off? The best gifts mentors and leaders can give to others are both encouragement and accountability. What on earth was going on with him?

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Give Your Employees a Knife

Lead Change Blog

As Ken Blanchard is fond of saying, it takes catching employees doing things right. Training your employees, not once but constantly, provides more than competence, it helps ensure service wisdom. Whether a thirty-second suggestion or a thirty-minute lesson, great mentoring is done with humility, curiosity and patience.

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Delegating Work and Tasks = Effective Leadership

CoachStation

I have noticed in recent years when coaching and mentoring that there is a relatively consistent behavioural trend in those who delegate least often. 7: You claim you don’t have time to delegate or train someone. (4). Resources: (1) 7 Tips for Letting Go as a Manager: Blanchard LeaderChat. (2) Reg flag No. Red flag No.

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February 2017 Leadership Development Carnival

Lead Change Blog

Randy shares new research from The Ken Blanchard Companies that points to the strategy any leader can use to develop high-performing employees.” Thom Pirone of Stronghold Training shared Thoughts on the Death of a Leader. Willy Steiner of Executive Coaching Concepts provided 8 “Whats” to Engage and Mentor.

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How Doctors Can Be Better Mentors

Harvard Business Review

Being a good doctor is a lot like being a good mentor. Just as clinicians have an ethical duty to act in the best interest of their patients, mentors have a similar duty towards their mentees. Consider, first, how similar doctoring and mentoring can be. People in healthcare — and especially good mentors — are busy.

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