In Short Coaching is the process of asking questions that help people discover the answers that are right for them. It’s a style of management primarily characterized by asking people questions to help them fulfill their immediate responsibilities more effectively and advance their development as professionals over time. Stop teaching, start coaching Teaching serves to…
Managing Conflicts
In short Conflicts are inevitable consequences of human interactions. It is the result of someone’s goals and priorities being at odds with someone else’s. In the corporate world few conflicts arise because people have different goals though, instead they’re the product of people having different ideas on how to achieve common goals. Managing a conflict…
Diversity In The Workplace
In short Increasing the social diversity of your teams isn’t just a way to score points with your PR department. Research shows socially diverse groups are more innovative than homogeneous groups. It isn’t controversial to say that a group of individuals with different areas of expertise would be better at solving complex problems than a…
What to do with money
A few young people asked for financial advice recently so I thought it would be a good idea to write about it, in the spirit of not repeating myself. I remember asking people about money when I was their age and getting all kinds of advice, mostly bad. Even the good advice (in hindsight) was…
One on Ones
In short One on ones are scheduled blocks of time designed to work on your employees’ career and give them the opportunity to discuss important things to them. It can be used to talk about big topics like career options or smaller ones like side projects. In short, the purpose one on ones is to…