I came across an interesting thought from Vince Lombardi today. He used the phrase “quiet explanation” to describe one aspect of coaching. I facilitated a workshop on mentoring the other day with a variety of ideas for giving feedback, igniting motivation and dealing with poor performance. I would have added ‘quiet explanation’ to my list [...]
I had a conversation yesterday with the chairman of a big law firm. One of his prime responsibilities is getting associates to stay long enough to become a productive, satisfied, profitable partner. If he could raise the percentage of entry level associates who stay 15 years from 5 to 10% it would be a great [...]
Are you getting the most from the people around you. I think a great opportunity we each should be looking for is the chance to harvest learning, experience and ideas from others. And importantly to come up with new solutions when challenged with tough questions. I came to this notion when I read the following [...]
More from Tony Blair’s autobiography; this is another quote about his difficult negotiations in Northern Ireland which started in 1997. “In conflict resolution, small things can be big things. This is not just about gripping, it is also about putting aside your view of what is important in favour of theirs. And not being prissy [...]
I’m reading Tony Blair’s lengthy autobiography about his time as Prime Minister of the U.K. He has a lots of good thoughts on leadership and other things. Here’s one I liked. “I have a few rules about people I work with really closely. Work comes first. No blame culture. Fun, in its proper place, is [...]
As the workplace fills up with young people who have grown up in the digital information age, we’ve been asked to help their bosses, some just a few years older, coach and manage them. The young people, commonly known as millennials or Digital Natives, have a wealth of know-how with tools that have the power [...]
Someone said to me today; “It’s not a coaching situation. What’s needed is management.” That really resonated with me. In the past I’ve written about the differences between Managing and Leading. Elsewhere I’ve written about the differences between training [filling an empty vessel], mentoring [being an evolutionary elder pointing people in the right direction] and [...]
