One reason people need coaching and mentoring is that they are constantly being buffeted by unexpected and unplanned events, interruptions and new desires. Most executives can control themselves, their actions and their agendas but it needs a lot of ruthlessness, impulse control and interpersonal skill to do it well. A mentor can provide energy to [...]
Your future will be very complicated. Lots of people, technology and constant change. If you have a mentor use them to help develop a good looking scenario for yourself. When we have the right images in our minds we’ve gotten to first base. Only then can we continue around the bases to develop the know [...]
I’ve recently been researching how to be a good mentor. Mentoring is different than coaching and training. Coaching is about polishing skills people already have. Training is about helping people learn how to do new things. Mentoring is about helping others navigate the organizational culture, effectively handling the ‘slides, snakes and ladders’. Tip number 1 [...]
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 [...]
A conversation with a client led us to remember how important focus is. The client was reporting on their progress. Her key task for the previous two weeks was to have more one-on-one time with each of the people on her team. She reported that it was a success. When we asked her what the [...]
