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    Coaching is Not an Option

    May 30, 2013 Posted by : Tim Hagen
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    Somewhere along the way coaching employees has gotten the incorrect reputation of being this cute, soft, cuddly feelings focused hoo rah rah. Believed to be nothing but a superficial moral boost with no result producing capabilities, the employee coaching concept has been brushed off by many who continue to manage (and lose) employees using more “traditional” (unsuccessful) methods. But, oh how the tables have turned. Since it is not in the nature of the coaching method to negatively harp on mistakes or wrong doings, we’ll just gloss right over the I-told-you-so bit because you don’t know what you don’t know or, in this case, you don’t know what you didn’t take the time to gain knowledge of.  

    My mother has always told me “time heals all wounds and tells all truths.” Well, nothing could be more true of the coaching method in the business world. The employee coaching concept preserved it’s presence to shoot down it’s ill-famed status and is now proven to be the most effective coaching method.

    Coaching, as a training reinforcement method, is a tool that managers and leaders must, yes must, be using. Why is coaching now a required practice?...coaching is the number one way to engage with and develop employees.

    Employees will yield a 57 % greater discretionary effort when they are engaged with their manager.

    - Leadership Council Study

    AND

    Less than 30% of employees are truly engaged but 85% of those that are say they are committed to staying at the firm.

    - Blessing & White Research

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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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