A short episode about a short word. This one word can be mostly stricken from your vocabulary if you are planning to coach. Questions? Comments? Ideas for future episodes? Email Mike and Mark. Listen here … subscribe on Spotify, Amazon or Apple … or watch below. #coaching #managers #leadershipdevelopment
Price is right: Price’s Law will tell you where to spend your time
It’s the closest our podcast will ever get to math. There is a simple equation that you have seen play out again and again in teams. It closely mirrors research from the Gallup organization–and it tells you exactly what percentage of time you should be spending with each of your employees. Questions? Comments? Ideas for future episodes? Email …
Decorative ninjas and the ability to pause
I came into the kitchen to this. My eldest had an idea to give her siblings (and herself) personalized ninja decorations. (Ninjas are a big deal around here. My generation had Storm Shadow and the other G.I. Joe ninjas. Her generation has Lego’s Ninjago. At least ninjas are still popular.) She wanted to represent each sibling’s hair style and to …
The two questions that help you work with ANYBODY
“I can’t work with this person!” Have you ever found yourself saying this? What if there were two questions you could ask that would allow you to work with literally anybody? The basics In previous posts about the DISC model of behavior styles, I promised that there were two questions that can help you interact and work with others. A …
Leeches, Shakespeare and your personality
Have you ever left an encounter with a customer (or coworker, or family member) really different from you and felt completely drained? Perhaps they seemed really boring. Or too animated. You might have found their amount of details exhausting. Or their lack of them annoying. Maybe it felt like there was a wall between the two of you. Or that …
Coaching feedback tips for kids and adults
Coaching is as simple as providing a child with feedback on his or her drawing. This simple metaphor can help you change your coaching habits–and take some pressure off. You can listen to an episode sharing insights from “Coaching Amplified” here. Questions? Comments? Ideas for future episodes? Email Mike and Mark. Listen here … subscribe on Spotify, Amazon or Apple … …
Coaching employees: Is telling off the table?
It’s a question we are often asked: “I’m trying to coach my employees, but sometimes I need to tell instead of coach. When is that OK?” There is a simple answer, and it involves this chart we have made available for download. It also involves Charles Bronson and Jason Statham, for some reason. … Questions? Comments? Ideas for future episodes? …
Common fallacies: Seeing through what’s not true (part 4–Assumptions)
Some informative new episodes related to our series on “Crucial Conversations:” This latest series focuses on “common fallacies,” arguments we make that, if you stop to think about them, just can’t be true. Identifying and naming these statements can keep you from losing focus on what truly matters. We encourage our listeners (both of you) to use these fallacies to evaluate …
Common fallacies: Seeing through what’s not true (part 3–”Statistical” errors)
Some informative new episodes related to our series on “Crucial Conversations:” This latest series focuses on “common fallacies,” arguments we make that, if you stop to think about them, just can’t be true. Identifying and naming these statements can keep you from losing focus on what truly matters. We encourage our listeners (both of you) to use these fallacies to evaluate …
Do you manage with power or with love?
There is a way of looking at the world that can severely hamper your ability to successfully navigate work life, let alone life. Its opposite can unlock new levels of not only success but fulfillment. Let me illustrate with a couple of word pictures, one true, one fairy. “What do you mean you can’t sleep?” Last spring, my eldest got …