Author: Saba Imru Mathieu

  • Using coaching skills to give feedback

    Feedback is a dialogue, it requires trust and openness between the giver and the receiver of the feedback. Using coaching skills can help you give feedback in a way that is respectful, authentic and oriented towards improvement and growth.

  • Ask Rather than Tell

    Leaders who coach tend to refrain from giving quick solutions. Instead they ask open questions to enable their colleagues to come up with their own ideas.

  • How to coach your boss

    Most people who attend my workshops know that I believe coaching is not only reserved for managers who coach their direct reports. Coaching shouldn’t be a hierarchical privilege; not at all. Coaching is a communication style that everyone can adopt, it’s an attitude, it’s a way of conversing with others so that they can develop…

  • How Coaching Works

    “Meet my books” video series. Joseph O’Connor and Andrea Lages have written an excellent, in-depth introductory book on coaching that you will certainly enjoy!

  • Why improve your leadership skills? Because it’s good for you!

    Leadership conjures different images to different people. Not all of them are attractive, so not everyone wants to be associated with the notion of being a leader. It’s really not surprising, given the number of unsavoury “leaders” in the political or business spheres that we hear about on the news. Leadership implies doing good as…

  • 101 Coaching Strategies and Techniques

    “Meet my books” video series. Edited by Gladeana McMahon and Anne Archer, this excellent book presents a wide variety of coaching tools that are easy to use for any coaching professional.

  • Feedback is a dialogue, not a judgment

    As a leader, it’s not always easy to have constructive conversations with employees. In fact, some leaders dread addressing negative behaviors, or on the other hand, they are stingy about offering positive reinforcement. So, let’s see what Leaders who coach do when it comes to providing helpful feedback. Primarily, they engage with colleagues on a…

  • Confusion around the term “coach”

    We don’t all mean the same thing when say “coach”. Learn about the different meanings of the word, and why the distinction is important.

  • Coaching Mindsets: Growth, Solutions, Strengths

    Coaching is about having the right supportive mindsets, as well as displaying excellent communication and coaching skills. Adopting a positive, humane, winning, mindset will help you be a better leader coach.

  • Êtes-vous confronté à un territoire inconnu? Détendez-vous!

    Mais quelle question! Ne sommes-nous pas constamment confrontés à un territoire inconnu de nos jours? Les étudiants ne savent pas si ce qu’ils apprennent maintenant sera utile le jour où ils arriveront sur le marché à la recherche d’un emploi. Les marchés sont tellement changeants que ceux qui ont un travail se posent  parfois des…