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    The Progress Coaching Blog

    Coaching is an Investment and VERY Uplifting

    Mon,Nov 24,2014 @ 09:30 AM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

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    Trust Can Drive or Kill Coaching

    Mon,Nov 17,2014 @ 07:22 AM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

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    Why Managers' "No Time" is No excuse for Not Coaching!

    Wed,Nov 05,2014 @ 08:29 AM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

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    Coaching Inspires and Motivates Employees

    Thu,Oct 30,2014 @ 03:54 PM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    A lot of managers feel the need to motivate their employees. It’s true, it is something that managers need to do but it isn’t the manager's sole responsibility to motivate someone. Motivation comes from within. Managers can motivate through coaching. Coaching is a two-step process. The first step is getting someone to look in the mirror and want to be motivated and step two is to take the first..

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    The Art of Giving and Receiving Feedback

    Thu,Oct 23,2014 @ 03:23 PM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

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    Meet My Employee "Yeah Butt"

    Tue,Oct 21,2014 @ 07:36 AM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    Every manager at one point in their life had an employee named Yeah Butt. You know, the type of employee when receiving feedback agrees but then the next sentence starts with yeah butt. What do you do when you have an employee or even a group of employees who simply are resistant to training, coaching, or even simple feedback? In a recent study we produced a white paper with Training Magazine..

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    Why Managers' "No Time" is No Excuse for Not Coaching

    Mon,Oct 20,2014 @ 02:30 PM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    This is a really interesting topic. No time is also viewed to employees as "My manager does not care." The top performers believe this as much as struggling performers do. Second, when managers say they don't have time to coach, I typically challenge that with "You already coach your employees." They usually look surprised, but I say to them "You send a message every day that prompts them to stay..

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    Success is an Employees Responsibility

    Tue,Oct 14,2014 @ 07:18 AM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

     

    I love this! I just found this on a linkedin post ... really saids it all. So many are entitled. So many think the company should train them. So many blame others. So many blame others and share those feeling with others, thus dragging people and the culture down. Few, VERY FEW, walk into a manager's office and say "I need more, what can I do to really lift my game and become better"?

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    Connectivity in the Workplace

    Mon,Oct 13,2014 @ 05:00 PM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    It’s important for employees to feel a sense of connectivity in the workplace, whether it be to their boss, their teammates, their job or to the organization itself. What is connectivity? Connectivity is the state of being connected. What does it mean to be connected? Connected is to relate to or be in harmony with another person, one’s work, etc. Managers have the responsibility of keeping..

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    Ways to Help You Coach More Effectively

    Thu,Oct 09,2014 @ 02:55 PM | Posted by: Tim Hagen

    As I have mentioned before in previous blogs, coaching is something that should be done daily. It is easy to put coaching on the backburner because of other responsibilities. However, it is important to coach when the opportunity presents itself. This will continuously help your employees reach their full potential. Coaching shouldn’t be done only when you have time for it as it can be done in..

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