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Archive for March, 2010
Once in a Lifetime
Friday, March 19th, 2010A Simple Process for Coaching Your Team
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
If you are in a leadership or management role of any kind, it’s likely that you’ve been entrusted with the responsibility of bringing out the best in your people. If you are truly passionate about helping them to develop their talents and achieve success, you have probably found that an annual performance review just doesn’t cut it.
This is where coaching can truly make a difference.
But how do you get started? What does coaching look like? Here are a few steps you can implement if you’d like to begin a coaching relationship with your team:
I Have No Plan for My Life
Friday, March 12th, 2010Most people invest a great deal of time into planning their careers, their finances, and their vacations. But how many people can say they have a plan for their life?
One of the greatest gifts I’ve ever received was given to me about two decades ago by a friend named Todd Duncan. Todd introduced me to the concept of Life Planning. A few years later, I founded Building Champions, an executive and leadership coaching company. I took what I had learned from Todd and others, and created the Building Champions version of life planning.
Life planning is much more than goal setting. It requires you to dive deeper.
Reboundability
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
I had the opportunity to work with one of our favorite clients last week in Denver. Our team organized and led a two day experience for their top performing managers and sales force. It was a wonderful time.
Wonderful, that is, once I arrived.
I will spare you the brunt of my travel woes, but my day involved cancelled planes, standby, and an arrival just 3 hours after the event started. Slightly stressed (or just a bit more than slightly), I made it to the site with just 15 minutes to spare before I was to speak on Coaching Leadership.
It was at this event that I learned about the term “reboundability”. After my presentation, I was talking to a few of our clients and I shared about my day’s mishaps. This is when our friend and client Melanie Nygren shared this idea of reboundabilty.
Do You Have the Conviction of Excellence?
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
I’ve noticed that the word “excellence” is surfacing more often in the guiding principles or convictions of companies.
A few years ago, I started working with the leadership of a UK based petroleum additives firm. One of their primary initiatives is “organizational excellence.” Last week, I spent time with the leadership of a huge restaurant chain whose first principle of success is “operational excellence.”
Tomorrow I will be with a mortgage banking firm, and “manufacturing quality” is one of their guiding principles. Now, “manufacturing quality” does not have the word excellence in it, but as I read what it means to them the word excellence jumped right out.
As leaders, we must closely examine this trend.
