4 Top Coaching Questions
I’ve been working with a lot of organisations recently, on helping managers coach their staff. The reason why it’s important to coach your staff is because if you are always telling them what to do, ultimately you are putting yourself at the center of their world. Through coaching your staff effectively, you are teaching […]
Dismantling Corporate Silos
One of the most common challenges that I’ve discovered through working with organisations all over world is that most have silos. What I mean by that is there is internal separation between departments and misunderstandings in their communication. The impact of silos is miscommunication, missed deadlines and misunderstanding. From working with organisations, I believe […]
How to Speak with Confidence
One of the problems with becoming a leader is that you must do activities that you weren’t necessarily trained for. What I mean by that is, most people are trained technically but not trained how to communicate effectively. Many employees stand out in the workplace because they’re great technically, then all of a sudden, […]
Intentional Intention
I’m wondering, do you set an intentional intention? I believe that overall, people’s intentions are good — whether it be to make a difference in the workplace, improve productivity, or at worst, keep themselves safe. When heading into a conversation at work I would encourage you to set an intentional intention. Most people have an unintentional intention. […]
How to Be Authentic Onstage
What people want more from you ‘on stage’ is YOU. People want authenticity. They don’t want a façade. I just had a conversation with a director who was speaking at a conference I was emceeing and he talked about how he got so nervous because he felt like he needed to get things ‘perfect.’ After a […]
Transformational vs Transactional Leadership
Your team needs you to be a transformational leader. The difference between a transformational and transactional leader is that one asks questions and the other one tells people what to do. I know that’s kind of simple but at the foundational levels, transformational leaders teach people how to think, where transactional leaders tell people what to […]
How to Reward Your Staff Without Spending a Cent
In today’s video, we’ll be talking about how you can reward your staff without spending a cent. Reward Your Staff Without Spending a Cent I want to talk about how you can show appreciation to your staff, because I don’t know about you, but if you work in the workforce, which I’m trusting you do […]
Make Your Message Relevant
The other day, I was talking with a coaching client and they mentioned they were having difficulty engaging their staff with the strategic messages of the organisation. After a short conversation, I discovered that the manager was failing to make his message relevant. Relevance is one of the key characteristics in engaging your staff and […]
How to Address an Issue without Causing Defensiveness
As a manager, it’s inevitable that you’ll need to address behavioural issues in your team. Through coaching people all around the globe, I’ve noticed that this is one of the biggest challenges and reluctancies of managers when it comes to managing their team. You know that team member who says something inappropriate in a meeting or […]
How to Get Your Team to Listen to You
Just recently, I spoke with a client who runs a team of ten people, and they said that they felt like their team wasn’t listening to their ideas. After a short conversation, I discovered it wasn’t necessarily the quality of ideas that was the problem, but it was how they were sharing their ideas. One […]