Career Advancement

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Client Clara asks: I always get so nervous before my annual performance review. Coach Joel answers: Performance reviews can be daunting, but being proactive about the process will make it a motivating ritual that you look forward to. Your boss might conduct performance reviews once a year, every six months, or on a quarterly basis.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 21, 2025

Press play now and start building the trust culture that will accelerate your teams performance today! If someone presents a less-thought-out idea, leaders should respond in a way that encourages further sharing without judgment. Actions truly speak louder than words when it comes to trust culture. (03:43)

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 25, 2024

As a leader, your ability to communicate effectively directly impacts your success and your team’s performance. Learn practical strategies to present information that adds value instead of confusion. Understand how to align your communication style with your manager’s needs to avoid miscommunication and frustration.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Sara explains the importance of being both a developmental coach and providing performance coaching. You set the expectations and give performance feedback. Performance coaching is when you help someone improve in a specific area. Be fully present. How to Coach Employees to High Performance When Time is Limited.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 31, 2014

A Better Way to Address Performance Issues This model (left) goes beyond the traditional “will or skill” approach. The 9 Biggest Mistakes When Presenting to Executives A practical guide to a stronger presentation. There’s not a lot out there on this subject. An easy way to dig deeper. Fear is contagious.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 10, 2022

Client or customer presents to the team. Have another leader recognize one of your team members or team for performance related to the topic. A humorous presentation or sketch. Cross-team presentations related to the message or theme. Team members presenting to one another on key message / topic. Internal wikis.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 3, 2015

Our VP uses it often with people he doesn’t know and it ruins his presentations and upsets people.” Address Issues Directly: Never use humor to deal with behavior or performance problems. ” I thought, “I know that guy.” ” I bet you do too. Why is sarcasm so rampant in the workplace?

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International Coach Academy

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Doing mindfulness exercises (PQ reps) to be more present and calm and training the mind to focus and disregard negative self-talk. You are present, at the moment, and are mindful of what your body and emotions are telling you (which might be to slow down). Your relationships also improve as you are more present for those around you.

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Clear understanding improves performance. I had one VP who could never articulate just what he wanted in the presentations we were creating. Sure the real world is “messier,” but there’s something to be said for clearly defined expectations on both sides of the relationship equation.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Lisa Kohn of Thoughtful Leaders presents Do what Lewis Carroll did Before Breakfast to visualize a different opportunity or outcome. Martin Webster of Leadership Thoughts gives three areas you need to focus on to improve team performance. Follow Martin. But if your leadership isn’t all about you, it will live beyond you.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 16, 2015

Vision turns into secret plans for the inner circle, lawyers cautioning against transparency, building a diversity “strategy” that translates into babble and ratios, leaders turning to HR for employee engagement, and somewhere along the line, someone deciding it’s time to start “stack ranking” performance.

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Vantage Circle

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

That’s where the importance of having effective rewards for good performance comes into the picture, holding a strategic importance. Different Types of Rewards for Employee Performance To begin with, let us understand the type of rewards that are suitable for boosting employee performance. Let’s dive in!

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Let's Grow Leaders

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

an executive hears a presentation and immediately responds with questions, concerns, critiques and challenges, without a pause to consider the depth and breadth of work entailed, the long hours, and the creative thinking. How well they will perform their role. True gratitude involves a deeper pause of thanksgiving.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 14, 2023

A few tips to keep in mind (and more tips here on presenting to executives) Be transparent and authentic in your communication. Focus on presenting an accurate and honest picture of your team’s work and progress. Focus on presenting an accurate and honest picture of your team’s work and progress. And now, your turn.

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StrategyU

MARCH 20, 2025

But what separates truly high-performing consulting firms and consultants from the rest? Make it a habit to reflect on your team’s performance and identify areas for growth. #1 The project leader might role-play the client, and other team members present their findings or recommendations. Its not just following a process.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 9, 2015

I developed a values-based approach that helped my team increase performance by over 300% and was awarded at the highest level by my company. Instead, I realized I needed to find different ways to present the concepts behind “GPS Theory” in order for others to recognize its real value. Two years later, I was fired.

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Career Advancement

JANUARY 23, 2017

I even formed a company called Eloqui , with my partner, David Booth, to train and coach professionals to be effective presenters and communicators. It says your presentation is important. I’d wake up every morning agonizing over the upcoming presentation and obsess about creative ways to cancel. I needed to take my own advice.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 19, 2017

According to Susan Mazza of Random Acts of Leadership , to do lists can easily transform from a useful tool to stay focused and productive to an ever-present reminder of all that you are not getting done. We’ve been making the rounds speaking a great deal on setting clear goals and expectations and accelerating your performance.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JUNE 16, 2017

Robyn McLeod of Thoughtful Leaders Blog presents how to handle in-fighting on your team by sharing four tips that help leaders break through communication barriers and eliminate in-fighting within their teams. Wally Bock of Three Star Leadership says if you’re the boss, you have to confront team members about poor performance.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JANUARY 31, 2017

I once worked for a boss where we would have at least 27 rehearsals before any executive presentation. Are there performance/job fit issues that need to be addressed? .” You spend more time crafting the communication than having the conversation. Are there processes that need to be changed?

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Vantage Circle

AUGUST 23, 2024

The recognition they offer is periodic and not frequent in nature, so there is often a time gap between receiving the recognition and performing the desirable behavior. Appreciation acknowledges a person's inherent worth, not just their performance. Recognition does not have to be a significant outlay.

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International Coaching Federation

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Declining performance, such as forgetting key details or struggling to stay present. Common signs include: Feeling drained before the day even starts. Irritability or frustration over minor issues. Emotional detachment from work or clients. Physical symptoms like sleep problems or headaches.

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 10, 2023

Great leaders know that d eeper human connection fosters more engagement and better performance and that i nvesting in people boosts results and increases retention. Is there a risk involved in creating stronger human connections? L eaders accomplish more by asking powerful questions than by commanding and controlling.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 14, 2023

In this episode, Wendy Swire, author of Anytime Coaching: Unleashing Employee Performance, gives us effective and impactful coaching skills to use at any time. And the importance of checking in before you begin to ensure you are Present, Aware, and Focused (PAF). Anytime Coaching for Leaders 4:46 What is the field of Neuro Leadership?

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International Coach Academy

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

AdministrativeDelay, Red Tape, and Organizational Performance. Public Performance & Management Review, 42(3), 529–553.Retrieved But What Should We Navigate Specifically, and How Can We Find That Essential Balance? Retrieved from The Importance of Positive Relationships in the Workplace (positivepsychology.com) Kaufmann, W.,

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International Coach Academy

AUGUST 30, 2023

Anthill Power Tool Coaching Case Study: My client was very anxious about meeting her manager for their monthly performance review. The manager did not speak to her a lot in the days before the meeting and my client assumed that this silence meant that her manager was dissatisfied with her performance. She felt very anxious.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 20, 2023

These are big challenges, but they also present a leadership opportunity for leaders who can show up with transparency and vulnerability. At the same time, there’s more of a need than ever before for managers to truly connect with their people – often across geography and time zones.

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Let's Grow Leaders

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

See Also: Presenting to Executives: How to Have More Confidence Ask for What You Need. Are you ready to accelerate team performance? Our manager-led, on-demand Team Accelerator program is a perfect way to take your team’s performance to the next level. Know the story you want to share, and help your team get ready.

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Career Advancement

MARCH 6, 2017

Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.” Rewarding poor performance. Yet in the meeting where the project was presented, Ernie got the praise. Solution: Stacy decided to make sure she was the presenter on projects she had major input on.

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Career Advancement

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Mentally rehearse what you’ll say beforehand, and write notes if that helps you, to keep yourself on point as you present your ideas. Presenting your ideas eloquently , and showing how they align with the big picture, will impress the exec. If you look like you’re performing, they’ll try to figure out what’s amiss. Be natural.

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International Coach Academy

OCTOBER 19, 2022

My confidence jumped and I was performing exceptionally well for the next couple of years. I have always been a great performer at work. He also downgraded my performance rating substantially and was extremely critical of each piece of the work submitted. This was my first case of turning uncertainty into an ideal possibility.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Key Behaviors : Challenges each team member to continuously improve their skills; addresses performance issues head on; provides consistent, candid feedback. Follow Charles. Builder: To See More, Be More. Key Question: How do we IMPROVE? Thought Leaders Share: Chantal Bechervaise of Take It Personel-ly reminds us that Leadership is a skill.

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International Coach Academy

AUGUST 30, 2022

A Coaching Model By Marta Potulna, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach, AUSTRALIA. It helps to think with an infinite mindset – have a strong belief in endless possibilities present out there for you to engage with everyday life in a meaningful and enjoyable way. Transitions From Frustration vs. Flow. What does it look like?

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International Coach Academy

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

A Research Paper By Marta Potulna, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach, AUSTRALIA. The Concept of Finding Flow and Its Applications in Coaching. The concept of being in a zone and finding everyday moments of fulfillment has been a popular topic in positive psychology for years. And rightly so – we all want a life worth living.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 20, 2023

These are big challenges, but they also present a leadership opportunity for leaders who can show up with transparency and vulnerability. At the same time, there’s more of a need than ever before for managers to truly connect with their people – often across geography and time zones.

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