The purpose of coaching is progress. We coach to help employees progress toward their goals and eventually achieve them. Coaching is the means to a successful end. Progress can be seen in many aspects of an employee and their work. Motivation, attitude, engagement, effort, relationships, etc. all show how an employee is progressing, and each of those aspects is developed by coaching. Progress..

Coaching an employee requires the coach and coachee to have a good relationship. Developing a relationship with an employee is an extensive process, but without it, the employee, the company, and the coach can all suffer. In order to coach your employee you need to know your employee. Coaching is all about helping your employee to realize what they could improve upon or fix, and then directing..

The phrase "Communication is key" can be applied to almost any situation. Communication is how tasks get done efficiently and correctly. Giving feedback is one of the most important types of communication, without feedback, people wouldn't know if what they are doing is correct or if they could improve. As a coach, giving your employees feedback is one of the most important things you can do to..

Having a good attitude can lead to higher motivation and higher productivity, and, as you can guess, a bad attitude can lead to lower motivation and lower productivity. A good attitude in the work place is crucial, without it, not only does the employee suffer but the company as well. 

My employee refuses training and coaching! What should a manager do? One of the most common things that we go through in the training and coaching industry is our attempt to build the development and capacity of each employee. Each employee on the other hand has the responsibility of receiving that instruction. This is a major challenge. For example, training and coaching a sales person who feels..

Experience-based coaching is when a coach or leader facilitates an experience and applies sound coaching principles to the functional change being desired for example you could have a team of people complete an obstacle course together and then ask them to identify who the best teammates and most helpful during the course? Experiences are very powerful as it's often been said they shape us but..

One of the toughest things that we go through is our ability to recruit employees. The toughest thing we need to consider is that the world is shrinking and it is very easy for candidates to find out what our organizations are like as well as specific managers and their leadership styles. A brief example might be a candidate going to work for a company and not knowing much about the company. What..

One of the most common mistakes is we coach to areas where the employee and manager have different interpretations of what something may mean. or the employee has created their own version of what it takes to do something. This short presentation will hopefully help and please let us know your feedback:

One of the toughest things that we go through is our ability to recruit employees. The toughest thing we need to consider is that the world is shrinking and it is very easy for candidates to find out what our organizations are like as well as specific managers and their leadership styles. A brief example might be a candidate going to work for a company and not knowing much about the company. What..