Category: Leader coach
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Infographic on leadership behaviour
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Many people ask me why I call our training program Leader Coach while other coaching schools refer to Manager Coach instead. I think the choice of the term depends on what your view of leadership is. The first reason that I prefer the term “leader coach” rather than “manager coach” is that management is associated with…
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I hate organizing my team’s meetings! You would be surprised how many team leaders and managers really dislike meetings. This is one of the most frequent challenges that my leadership coaching clients face. Some people have an aversion towards many aspects of the group gathering experience and it can become excruciatingly uncomfortable if they have…
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Many people ask me for tips on what to read to learn more about coaching and leadership. So, I’ve decided to make a series of short videos, so you can meet the books on my bookshelf, and maybe get inspired too read them too! Here’s the first video of “Meet my Books”, introducing Sir John…
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Photo Credit R. Baldwin Here’s a segment from my TEDx Lausanne Talk on 7 May 2018: When someone comes to you with an idea of something they want to do, but they’re still wondering about it, instead of jumping in to give them all sorts of advice, try asking these 4 questions! What do…
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Photo © Yann Forget / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA-3.0 Article by Veronica Riemer, World Health Organization, WHO Published in the March 2018 edition of the UN Special Extracts: “Often when we think of a coach, what comes to mind is an athletics, tennis, basketball or football coach developing young athletes to perform to their full potential in winning teams.…
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Increasing the availability of coaching inside companies Coaching used to be largely reserved for executives and senior managers for whom an external professional coach would be hired to help them advance in various aspects of their leadership function. Coaching is an exclusive, highly customized learning and development experience, driven by the client’s goals, which explains why companies…
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Many people use the verb “coaching” to indicate a form of teaching, training or advising. In general they refer to giving information or instructions on how to do something, rather than transmitting theoretical knowledge. It appears that in this usage, “coaching” is intended to mean a dynamic, informal, practical sort of teaching. There are strong, valid historical…
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A lot is said about the required competences for a coaching manager or leader. But what about at a deeper level? What are the aptitudes or mindsets needed to be an effective leader coach? The first aptitude of a Leader Coach is having less need for control. While the word “coaching” is sometimes still used to mean…
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