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    Tim Hagen

    Tim Hagen

    Tim Hagen founded Progress Coaching, a Training Reinforcement Partner Company, in 1997. His entrepreneurial career began in college leading to positions in sales, sales management, and sales training for small and large corporations, and eventually ownership of several training companies. Tim is often a keynote speaker at companies teaching the value of coaching and conversations in the workplace. He possesses a unique combination of hands-on experience, academics, and innovative insight to solve the industry’s most common challenges specific to workplace performance. Tim holds a bachelor’s degree in Adult Education and Training from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
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    Coaching Confidence

    Tue,Mar 23,2021 @ 08:06 AM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    Confidence is a very brittle element. Confidence comes from two primary sources, practice & positive reinforcement. Constructive feedback rarely instills confidence.

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    Coaching Virtually: Part One

    Tue,Mar 09,2021 @ 10:15 AM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    This video provides a strategic set of methods you can use to drive your virtual coaching. If intrigued schedule a chat with us to find out about all our new coaching services and products

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    The Most Politically Incorrect Podcast Episode About Leadership

    Wed,Jan 27,2021 @ 04:39 PM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    This episode is not about political views rather using politics as a frame of reference to understand the merits of leadership in the ability to converse with other people.If intrigued ask us about your Why Leadership Conversations Matter Training Seriestim@progresscoachingleader.com

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    Attention Leaders! Help Your Employees Claim Their FAME

    Tue,Jan 19,2021 @ 03:38 PM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    I recently heard in a group discussion that people must communicate with one another and employees must share upward to their direct leaders their feelings and frustrations. Somebody made the comment it's all about culture and I actually somewhat disagree with that. Conversations create cultures and we have to fuel employees minds positively as well as position leaders to learn how to coach and..

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    Ben White Interview: Hiring & Recruiting Strategies for Talent Development in 2021

    Tue,Jan 19,2021 @ 03:36 PM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

     This podcast episode is an interview with Ben White one of the leaders atTitus Talent Strategies. Ben and I discuss the latest trends in talent development and recruiting from both the hiring and candidate perspectives. He shares very interesting strategies that both the organization and job seekers can utilize during these very awkward times.Reach Out To Ben With Questions or Help You May Need:

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    Workplace Cultures Require Proactive "Positive" Coaching

    Mon,Jan 11,2021 @ 03:32 PM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    Often, organizations drive improvement in their workplace cultures reactively. Organizations will create programs or initiatives that react to marketplace conditions such as industries that are in decline or maybe even in reaction to a pandemic crisis. At the core of every organization should be leaders across the board proactively providing positivity to each and every one of their team members...

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    Attention Employees: CLAIM your FAME

    Mon,Jan 11,2021 @ 03:21 PM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    This episode takes a very unique look at the talent development field. The objective of this podcast is to provide insight as to what organizations can do to develop communities of people that are accepting of feedback and coaching. Organizations spend millions of dollars in leadership training; whereas, the missing piece might be training and coaching employees from a foundational perspective...

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    Why Leadership Conversations Matter

    Sat,Jan 02,2021 @ 07:40 AM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    Leaders must possess the ability to navigate conversations now more than ever. We need people to perform yet at the same time we need people to know we care and that we truly are invested in their well-being. This is easier said than done. Organizations and leaders need to invest in their conversational skill development. Think about an employee who is not performing well and maybe eight other..

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    2021 Year of Conversational Excellence

    Sun,Dec 27,2020 @ 01:06 PM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    As we enter 2021 we need our employees to come through for us and now more than ever. With that being said we have to be sensitive and empathetic while driving continuous change that will be thrust upon organizations. This requires conversational excellence and it is incumbent upon leaders to drive change positively while maintaining empathy and sensitivity.

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    Subcultures Drive Workplace Cultures

    Sun,Dec 27,2020 @ 01:05 PM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    Every organization has subcultures. Subcultures either promote or undermine what leaders want in terms of their desired workplace cultures. Guaranteed, every organization will have groups that are negative and are opinionated as well as those who positively want to influence and everything in between. There are some simple rules in this 22 minute podcast master lesson of how to create a positive..

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