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Maximizing Impact, Minimizing Costs: A Strategic Approach to Coaching in Resource-Constrained Government Institutions

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Coaching is helpful in leadership development, improves performance, or even helps clients set and achieve goals in aspects of their lives other than just business (American Management Association, 2008). Whitmore (1992) points out that coaching helps individuals develop greater self-awareness and personal responsibility.

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The Most Effective Communication Styles In The Workplace

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You know how important good communication is and that it’s a skill we can never improve too much. But did you know that just like there are different personality types, there are also different communication styles? What’s more, do you know what your communication style is?

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Relationship

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Other people matter”, is what Christopher Peterson, one of the founders of positive psychology used to say when summarizing what positive psychology was about (Peterson, 2008). Christopher Peterson (2008). Undeniably, positive relationships, or their absence, have a profound impact on our well-being. Vol 10, No. 2, August 2012.

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Failure vs. Lesson

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He received some feedback from the interviewer on what he could work on to improve his presentation and communication skills. He received some feedback from the interviewer on what he could work on to improve his presentation and communication skills. 2008, June 16). Oprah Winfrey's 2008 Stanford Commencement Address [Video].

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The Significance of Learning Style in Coaching Effectiveness

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Knowing that effective coaches must facilitate that learning, coaches need to understand the way people learn so that sessions can be better structured in a way that resonates with those learners that are clients (Merriam, 2008). Learning is a ‘multidimensional phenomenon’ (Merriam, 2008) that takes place through different sensory pathways.

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Buy-in vs. Ownership

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Recognizing the importance of transparency and communication, I regularly shared updates about the company’s strategy, objectives, and progress. I always had this vision of a leader, I would foster a positive work environment, promoting collaboration, trust, and open communication. Google Scholar] Bakker, A., doi:10.1002/job.515.

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The SEED Growth System Coaching Model

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To reduce the potential pitfalls of premature goal setting valuing the pre-contemplation and contemplation stages of the change process” (Mukherjee 2008) 10 is woven into the sense-making phase. Envision Executives come to coaching for many reasons but ‘the bottom line is change’ (Mukherjee 2008) 10. MacIntyre, P.L.