Manager-as-coach
A round-up of articles to help managers adopt a coaching style.
Balancing act
How should we ‘manage’ internal coaches, as they juggle the demands of a day job with the challenges of a new role? Supervision may well be the only answer, say
Ask yourself impossible questions – that’s the answer
Questions are the search engine of the brain but we usually know the answers. To stimulate creative thinking, we need questions we can’t answer. That was the message
Leaders’ ethical decisions based on personality type, suggests research
The ability of leaders to exercise their ethical compass at work may be influenced by their personality, suggests a recent study by the Centre for Synchronous Leadership. Researcher
Ask no questions, hear no lies
Aboodi shabi In the second in this new series of columns to provoke your thinking about coaching practice, Aboodi Shabi examines a well-held tenet of coaching: goal setting The
In the frame
Why can’t all organisations get the best out of their coaching? A lack of well-grounded tools hasn’t helped, says Frank Bresser. In this series of articles, he shares
Viewpoint -The buck stops here
Gil Schwenk Don’t pass difficult conversations on to coaches – instead include them in a three-way dialogue. Problem solved! Too many managers in today’s organisations
A hard act to follow
A highly capable technology manager has the heads but not the hearts of his staff. He does not empathise and knows little about them. Can coaching bring some engagement to
In the pipeline
In part two of our special report into talent management, Santander’s Caroline Curtis tells Liz Hall why the commercial bank is putting coaching at its very heart Caroline
Talent show
How does a company keep its top performers? Formal development? Not according to two new employee surveys. Our 10-page special report looks at the vital role coaching and
Grow your own
How do external supervisors see the internal talent coach’s role? In part three of our report, Jennifer Liston-Smith and Emma Donaldson-Feilder explore the challenges and