Coaching is about driving performance and demanding better performance but if we invest time (consciously) in the good things people WILL produce greater effort which leads to better performance. If we only focus on what people do wrong or not as well as we require this begs the question "will the employee continue to pursue better performance if that's all they hear from their manager"?
Coaching Attitudes Is Fun
Bad Attitudes can hinder a business but with coaching they can be solved. Bad attitudes can tear co-workers apart, can decrease productivity through out the office, and make co-workers unwilling to work together.Managers reluctant to coach this bad apple back to a productive member of a company, can cause this problem to grow at an insurmountable rate. This makes everyone of those problems..
So What Happens After the Workshop? ( Part 2)
Not all employees learn the same, and group sessions may intimidate some. So, managers need to be prepared with other methods that will encourage workers to put their best foot forward. There are two types of coaching that encourage training reinforcement and continuous learning without using an employee’s peers.
So What Happens After the Workshop? (Part 1)
Workshops and seminars are a great way to instigate new techniques or to train employees about a product. They provide helpful tools and tips to improve sales, and they give representatives real world applications that are geared towards the bottom-line. After most workshops, employees return to the office re-focused and ready to make an impact; however, a couple months down the road those tips..
Recent Research Shows Us Why We Need to Coach Our Employees
I recently read a great piece by Maritz Reserach and it blew me away. We really need to coach our employees for a variety of reasons and this research really tells us why.
Employee Attitudes Can Affect Customer Reviews
Experiences. They are what drive customers to continue using a company’s products and services, and they shape our consumer’s thoughts and beliefs about a company as a whole. These days, people are using the World Wide Web to voice their opinions, and they are being heard:
Selling and Acting: Aren't They The Same Thing?
What makes a good movie? Certainly it’s the plot and the production, but the actors play a vital role in drawing the audience in and making them believe in the events that are flashing across the screen. However, actors do not just read over the script once and then give an Oscar worthy performance. It takes skill and practice, lots of practice, to make sure each scene is perfect. Actors take..
A Powerful Attitude Can Accelerate Sales Success!
Sales people MUST possess an upbeat and powerful attitude all the time. But, managers must also have the ability to focus, coach, and develop each rep's attitude as an element of their job! Why, because so often our attitudes affect the way we learn, how we are perceived, and ultimately how we approach our job day to day!