As I coach managers and leaders from different industries and geographies there is a common question emerging: ‘how can I keep hold of my early career team members?’ Over the Covid-era, with some positions furloughed, with employees asking themselves ‘is this what I want from my life and career going forward?’ and with the risk… Read more »
If you are a manager/leader in an organisation you may well have reflected already on your approach to both management and leadership over the period of the pandemic so far. If you haven’t, it may be a good time to do so. Over 18 months into the Covid era and customers and clients of organisations,… Read more »
Image by Hatice EROL from Pixabay As we approach the end of the year, I find myself reflecting on the year that was and starting to consider what opportunities 2022 may bring. I recently reflected on my coaching practice over the last year as I put together my application for Senior Coaching Practitioner with the… Read more »
I’ve recently reflected myself on the question that’s the title of this blog. I’ve been dealing with some difficult news, and, as a coach, I want to create a good coaching space for my clients which is focused on them; I needed to know that I could handle my own emotions and create a professional… Read more »
Image by mohamed Hassan from Pixabay Whether you are a few weeks in to a new role or contemplating a move in the coming weeks, it will be important for you to be proactive in ensuring you set yourself up for success. During Covid, managers that I’ve trained to ensure they build cohesive, high performing… Read more »
Image by Concord90 from Pixabay If you read my January blog you’ll know that I’ve identified 6 areas where leaders and managers are finding challenges as they adjust to managing their teams virtually. Last month I shared some tips to help you know when to have virtual meetings. This month I’m sharing some more tips… Read more »
If you read my January blog you’ll know that I’ve identified 6 areas where leaders and managers are finding challenges as they adjust to managing their teams virtually. These are in the areas of managing and measuring work, team cohesiveness and a sense of belonging, connection, relationships and communication, engagement, motivation and wellbeing, meeting effectiveness… Read more »
If you read my January blog you’ll know that I’ve identified 6 areas where leaders and managers are finding challenges as they adjust to managing their teams virtually. These are in the areas of managing and measuring work, team cohesiveness and a sense of belonging, connection, relationships and communication, engagement, motivation and wellbeing, meeting effectiveness… Read more »
It’s that time of year when annual performance reviews tend to happen. As a manager, this can be a cause of anxiety when our thinking drags up concerns about how your team member might be viewing their performance compared to how you see it. We can have the same types of worries through the year… Read more »
If you’re managing a team with team members that have had to get used to home or remote working in the last few months you may have found a need to manage differently. As I’ve designed a virtual team management programme for an organisation in recent weeks, I’ve been looking into some of the context… Read more »
