How to Spot Managers that Need Coaching

Managers that Need coaching. We’ve compiled a list of ten early warning signs of  managers that need coaching.  Not doing anything has a huge cost for the organization and the productivity of the unit.  Consider an executive coach to help turn around a problem manager. Coaching costs are often a fraction of termination and replacement. Provides No Recognition Effective leaders know that people need recognition.  Never giving compliments shows a lack of concern for others or just total unawareness. Non-Verbal Cues Lack of eye contact, lack of...

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Coaching Return on Investment

The International Coach Federation recently had an ad with an amazing statistic.  86% of Companies made back at least their investment in coaching! Of the 86%, twenty-eight percent (28%) saw an ROI of 10-49 times the investment.  And nineteen (19%) percent saw an ROI 5o times their investment.  So almost half of the survey participants saw a significant return on investment.  Not sure where you can get that kind of return in today’s market.  This data came from the 2009 IFC Global Coaching Client...

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Do you need Emotional Intelligence?

Emotional Intelligence author, Daniel Goleman wrote the book on Emotional Intelligence.   A psychologist who for many years reported on the brain and behavioral sciences for The New York Times, Dr. Goleman previously was a visiting faculty member at Harvard. He recently published a nice list that will help you to determine if you need EI coaching, training, or an assessment. Here are some questions that will help you reflect on your own mix of strengths and limits in EI. This is not a “test” of EI, but a “taste” to get you...

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Win a Free Social Style Assessment & Coaching

What is your Style – Driver, Analytical, Expressive, or Amiable Let’s face it, 75% of the world is different from you! Everyone has their behavioral preferences. Learn about your Style and get a detailed report that will explain your Social Style. Sign up below to win a free online Social Styles Assessment and complimentary executive coaching session.  We will draw one winner each month. Sign up for our newsletter. Get free videos, reports and information to help you learn about executive coaching.  ...

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Social Styles Coaching Program

Learn Social Styles faster and easier.   Social Styles Coaching Program teaches you Social Styles more effectively than on-your-own or in a seminar.  This Social Styles program an online coaching and development program that is coupled with an executive coach for a four week experience.  This is a unique way to learn something new, but to also and opportunity to work with an executive coach.  The price is comparable if not cheaper than attending a seminar. You go through an online Social Styles...

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Hard to Get There Alone

It is often lonely at the top. Top level executives in any organization experience a certain level of isolation – often correlated to the size of the organization and their level on the organizational chart. Most executives don’t have anyone to talk to about their strengths and weaknesses.  Unfortunately, these executives don’t realize how they are viewed by their peers, manager or subordinates. Nor is it likely that they get the truth about their performance especially from their subordinates. It’s interesting that CEOs as a...

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