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How Important Is Coaching in Professional Development?

Leading Blog

A S A LIFELONG communication skills coach, I was asked recently by one of my colleagues how important individual coaching attention is for a person to learn and grow at any stage of their career. I’ve seen many breakthrough moments when people from all walks of life set their sights on developing new thoughts, actions, and habits.

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Managerial-Leadership Development Belongs to the Manager of the Person Being Developed NOT Human Resources!

Mike Cardus

As a manager, developing staff is your job. It cannot be delegated off to Human Resources, Organization Development or someone else. Too often managers and executive teams delegate or task off any and all training and development to the Human Resources staff. You are the manager.

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Management Coaching and Development. Situation, Objectives and First Meeting Plans

Mike Cardus

I am headed to Philadelphia PA to coach five managers separately for six months, and thought that sharing the situation summary, objectives and first meeting agenda / plan would prove useful to you. Coaching and development for 5 high potential managers. Developing & Leading Quality Teams. First coaching meeting.

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Wait! Don't Fire That Person (Yet)!

Persuasive Powerhouse

August 8th, 2010 | Author: Mary Jo Asmus As an executive coach for the last eight years, I’ve had some phenomenal clients put on a short list of “leaders to discard” even though they shouldn’t have been. Although I’ve been assured that coaching is not being used as a last resort, I sometimes find out differently later.

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A Good Bye with Humanity

Persuasive Powerhouse

The whole point is to treat them as “human beings&# , not just as “human resources&#. The words we use in the workplace make it difficult to be, and treat others as, human. These include “human resources&# , “human capital&# , and “talent management&#.

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It's Not About Perfection

Persuasive Powerhouse

She was so broken; the issue became a mess, taken all the way to human resources and finally resolved without hurting anybody. Mary Jo Asmus : October 6, 2010 at 7:32 pm Hi Yathi, The reason so many of my posts are about things that apply to work as well as daily life is that leadership is about being human!

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How to Participate in Your Employee’s Coaching

Harvard Business Review

Once upon a time, executive coaching was viewed as a remedial intervention for executives and managers who needed to be “fixed” in some way. Coaching was even sometimes viewed as “outsourcing” the management of a difficult employee. But when you do so, be sure to emphasize professional development goals.