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New Job, Fast Lane: How Not to Get Run Over in Your New Role

Let's Grow Leaders

Whats performative chaos? It may not be your formal mentor. As we say in our book, Powerful Phrases for Dealing with Workplace Conflict. Ask yourself: What will move the mission forward? Who benefits if I react… and who benefits if I dont? Get curious. But dont volunteer to catch every spinning plate in your new job.

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Who’s Influencing Your Leadership?

Let's Grow Leaders

In the world of music, composers and performers are influenced by each other every day. I was recently reminded of this tendency when I enjoyed a performance by pianist Richard Rubin. Maxwell’s excellent book The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth emphasizes the importance of growth. Books (Hint: Go Beyond The Business Section!).

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How to Mentor Developing Leaders

CMOE

Fortune 500 companies have mentoring programs. Fortune 250 companies have mentoring programs. Fortune 100 companies have mentoring programs. Fortune 50 companies have mentoring programs. Mentoring provides a process where a mentee can expand their skills, obtain career guidance, and prepare for advancement opportunities.

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Coach Your Team and be Even More Effective and Helpful

Let's Grow Leaders

Today on Asking for a Friend I talk with Sara Canaday about tips from her new book “Coaching Essentials for Managers.” Sara explains the importance of being both a developmental coach and providing performance coaching. You set the expectations and give performance feedback. Finish with an action plan.

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Why So Many Managers Tolerate Poor Performance (and what to do instead)

Let's Grow Leaders

Do You Tolerate Poor Performance or Let the Slackers Slide? Or you let a performance issue fester for fear of not being liked? In this article, we address the common reasons so many managers tolerate poor performance, and what to do instead. How to Be Okay When It’s Time to Fire a Poor Performer 3.

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Five Strategic Ways Leaders Provide Clarity (Mark Miller)

Let's Grow Leaders

Click on the image to purchase Mark’s book. This could be teaching, coaching, mentoring younger leaders, or even representing the organization in various settings. All high-performance organizations have staggering levels of alignment. Engagement in leadership is vital. However, as you go through your career it changes.

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Coach FEATURE: Chitra Sankaran NLP Master Practitioner, NHS General Practitioner

The Coaching Tools Company

What one book should every coach read - and why? Coaching for Performance by Sir John Whitmore. The book provides practical tips and techniques for coaches and employers to maximise the potential of the coachees and the employees. Meet Chitra QUESTION 1. I love the case studies as it makes the concepts easy to understand.