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Essential Coaching Skills for Managers #5: 7 Core Coaching Questions (2)

It’s all about the questions In Essential Coaching Skills for Managers #3, I shared the first of seven core coaching questions that should be in every manager’s back pocket: What’s the real challenge here for you? Here’s the second of … Continue reading

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Essential Coaching Skills for Managers #4: Real active listening

The Essential Coaching Skills series is first posted on the excellent Make Work Meaningful blog. The Essential Coaching Skills series continues here every Wednesday. Hear that? As managers, we’ve all been taught the importance of active listening. I don’t mean … Continue reading

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Essential Coaching Skills for Managers #3: 7 Core Coaching Questions (1)

The Essential Coaching Skills series is first posted on the excellent Make Work Meaningful blog. The Essential Coaching Skills series continues here every Wednesday. The seven questions that count In this Essential Coaching Skills tip, we are going to look … Continue reading

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9 Quotes That Make The Difference

I’ve been collecting quotes for, oh I don’t know, forever. I guess I’m inclined to the aphorism. Give me Emily Dickinson over Tennyson, give me a haiku over an epic. One of my first entrepreneurial ideas – this would be … Continue reading

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Essential Coaching Skills for Managers #2: Advice is overrated

The Essential Coaching Skills series is first posted on the excellent Make Work Meaningful blog. The Essential Coaching Skills series continues here every Wednesday. Turn off your finely-tuned advice-giving machine Here’s the deal. As a manager wanting to do more … Continue reading

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Essential Coaching Skills for Managers #1: Getting Started

The Essential Coaching Skills series is first posted on the excellent Make Work Meaningful blog. The Essential Coaching Skills series continues here every Wednesday. Got coaching? As a manager and a leader you might be feeling just a little daunted … Continue reading

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