International Coaching Federation

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Throughout my career working with various managers, one crucial insight has consistently emerged: The success of coaching programs relies on the involvement and commitment of senior management. Many organizations have a long-standing culture of instructing employees rather than engaging in a collaborative dialogue to explore solutions.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 30, 2024

This article unpacks how to manage confidential information with integrity and professionalism. You appreciated this articles actionable tips to stay calm, build trust, and refocus on solutions. Key takeaway: Trust is built not only by what you share but by what you safeguard.

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Vantage Circle

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Dive into the blog below to learn about the importance of employee engagement, along with strategies and solutions for fostering retail employee engagement. When discussing employee engagement solutions, recognition programs should make it to the priority list. Here are some of the critical solutions they offer.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

” Solution: Make change manageable. ” Solution: Listen. ” Solution: Follow your own standards. “My manager says I need to be more strategic. ” Solution: Be sure your feedback is specific and actionable. ” Solution: We all have to implement policies we may not agree with.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

For Managers: Powerful Phrases for Supporting Your Overwhelmed or Overloaded Team First, if you’re a manager, here are a few frequently uttered unhelpful phrases. Those phrases don’t empower people or lead to productive solutions. Sometimes, high-performing employees need their manager to tell them when to stop working. “Oh,

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International Coach Academy

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Work-Life Balance: well-being, time management, burnout, and stress, pressure. Emotional Intelligence: understanding and managing own emotions, conflict resolution, more organic interpersonal relationships. It encourages deep exploration and results in specific, actionable solutions and measurable goals. Set time framework.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 17, 2021

My phone buzzed with a text message from Amena, a junior manager. Because many managers lack the courage or know-how to give meaningful feedback and help their people grow, they default to useless negative feedback that isn’t just a waste of time—it’s painful and destructive. Many managers err on one side or the other.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 8, 2024

The World Workplace Conflict and Collaboration results citing continued overwhelm, economic instability, lower levels of motivation, and poor management are symptoms of this upheaval. ” “I care about (you, this team, this project), and I’m confident we can find a solution we can all work with.” This G.O.A.T.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Today’s examples of workplace conflict can best be described as a complex cocktail of challenges: tired workers in an uncertain economy; a pandemic hangover of isolation and anxiety; rapid social and technological change; and exhausted managers doing the best they can– many of whom lack the training and resources to navigate this well.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 26, 2024

My manager says I need to be more strategic. If your performance coaching is not yielding results, get curious and involve them in finding solutions. Be curious, and invite them to come up with solutions. Then move the conversation to commitment by scheduling time to talk about how their solution is working.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

If you can position what you do as a solution to their biggest stressors, youll go from nice-to-have to critical asset. See Also: The Manager Squeeze: How the New Workplace is Testing Team Leaders Step 2: Help Them See Your Genius (Without a Neon Sign) Your work is valuable. The key is aligning your work with their worries.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MAY 31, 2021

It’s the three managers who came before you who abused their trust, told them they weren’t hired to think, stole their idea, and then took credit for it. To address this, start with the problem, not the solution. When you start with the solution, you deprive your team of the understanding and connection that drove you to action.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 15, 2022

Share your solution to fix the situation). “What I think you might do next is contact your manager (so they’re not blindsided). Managing Up: Keep Your Boss Informed About a Struggling Team Member. Managing Up With Grace: How to Give Your Boss Better Feedback. ” R- Response. Have a plan. Related Articles.

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International Coach Academy

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Work-Life Balance: well-being, time management, burnout, and stress, pressure. Emotional Intelligence: understanding and managing own emotions, conflict resolution, more organic interpersonal relationships. It encourages deep exploration and results in specific, actionable solutions and measurable goals. Set time framework.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 10, 2025

As a leader, youre not just responsible for managing tasksyoure guiding people through uncertainty. Be the Leader Youd Want Your Boss to Be If youre struggling with poor upper management, a disengaged board, or political decisions that have nothing to do with your actual work, dont let that define your leadership. And so do you.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 11, 2024

Use these communication techniques to keep even the most difficult stakeholders on your side Stakeholder management is an art most of us learn the hard way. If you’ve been involved in stakeholder management for more than a minute, you’ve probably met a few of these well-meaning, challenging stakeholders. Sound familiar?

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International Coach Academy

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Maximizing Impact, Minimizing Costs: A Strategic Approach to Coaching in Resource-Constrained Government Institutions Government institutions serve as the backbone of a nation, charged with upholding public trust, managing essential services, and advancing societal welfare (Sedgwick, 2016).

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 26, 2023

Or as one manager told me when she is perceived as negative, “It’s not that I’m negative, it’s just that I care so F-ing much!” If you’re perceived as negative, try this… David Dye offers up some solutions in his article How to be Less Negative and Still be Yourself.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 27, 2019

To build better ideas, point people toward solutions. You can’t possibly come up with the solution to every problem. You know you need your team’s input. And even when you’ve got a good idea, it can improve. Your team can help you […].

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Perhaps your manager can’t or won’t address it right now. As the conversation proceeds, you can suggest a solution. In these situations, it’s appropriate to invite them to talk together with your manager. You have different views of what your manager expects and need to resolve that difference. Escalate When Necessary.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 25, 2022

While the initial cost is lower, managing the contractor and bringing them up to speed will cost more time and money, plus any extension of the contract would cost more money than the current situation. The team needs you to help think through ideas and ensure the solutions you implement together are as sound as they can be.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 1, 2024

How to help your team challenge assumptions for better creativity and problem-solving In our Courageous Cultures research, 67% said their manager operates around the notion of “this is the way we’ve always done it.” This question encourages your team to think lean and imagine scrappy, cost-effective solutions.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Later, talking with Declan’s manager, she was grateful for Declan’s work, but also confused. Declan was frustrated—and so was his manager. He expected that by fulfilling those parameters, he’d done good work and that his manager would acknowledge that work. But what’s happening with Declan’s manager?

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

a middle manager, frustrated in his current role, overlooks his long career of exciting challenges and developmental experiences. Gratitude is missing when…. the team leader acknowledges the team’s steady progress, but fails to understand the deep personal sacrifices of her team.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 21, 2020

Your team may have vital information, solutions, or ideas that would make a tremendous difference – if you only knew what they were thinking. Your team may have vital information, solutions, or ideas that would make a tremendous difference – if you only knew what they were thinking.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Entrepreneurship is a chance to trade a solution to someone who has a problem that needs solving. Tell me about a time that you strongly disagreed with your manager. When a manager is struggling to think like an entrepreneur, it’s often that they don’t have access to the information they need to be resourceful.

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Let's Grow Leaders

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Work Harders Ill Just Work More People You believe the solution to too much work is more work. ” Taking Back Your Workday Distractions arent going away anytime soon, but you can get better at managing them. Sleep is optional. Lunch is for the weak. You make up for workplace distractions on your own time.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 28, 2022

Have you heard this from your managers (or said it yourself)? In today’s episode, you get seven reasons people ignore your feedback (and solutions to match). 14:06 – Send in your leadership or management question. “My people aren’t coachable. They’re defensive, it’s like they have a wall up.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 5, 2021

Recently we’ve had several clients ask us to help their managers get better at delegation. Clarity about how and when to innovate and creatively solve problems leads to more focus on established processes and more innovative solutions where they are most needed. Heck, some are not even up to you. RELATIONSHIPS.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 18, 2024

This episode offers a practical solution to help you ensure your messages are clear, reduce frustration, and boost your team’s performance. 15:23] Managing Negative Emotions in Communication Dealing with negative emotions is tough, but avoiding them makes communication worse.

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She Owns Success

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

However, selecting the right solution can be overwhelming. Some tools offer managed services that require minimal setup, while others provide open-source flexibility for businesses needing more control. What is an Authentication Solution? It offers a managed service, making setup easier.

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International Coach Academy

AUGUST 15, 2022

A 5E Millennial/ Gen Z Managers Guide. More than 6 in 10 millennials say they moved into management because it was the only way to advance their career and earn more money. Millennial/ Gen Z managers are known as “always-on” and that could be easily burning them out. And they were struggling with delegating.

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She Owns Success

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

As a professional or business owner, finding the right online solutions can mean the difference between a smooth workflow and endless frustration. From organizing tasks to streamlining communication, many of these online solutions now integrate advanced features like automation, AI-driven insights, and real-time data tracking.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

If any of these issues sound familiar, you can readily overcome them with a few straightforward solutions. For many leaders, emotional splash comes from their intensity and drive-useful attributes, but ones that need to be managed. The staff in front cringed (along with all the customers) as their manager berated an employee.

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