Managing a team has changed over the years, and coaching is an increasingly important skillset to have as a leader. This article talks at length about the importance and impact of coaching your reports.
Tag: New Managers
Running a meeting, giving feedback, creating a positive team culture, recruiting, and managing your own time are all key skills any manager needs. This article breaks down the fundamentals any new manager needs to know.
Decision making is hard. When you’re a leader, people often look to you to make decisions. For some leaders, it’s all they do, or the most important part of what they do. For individual decision makers, there’s great advice available. But when you’re part of a team, knowing whose decision it is to make, and ensuring that it’s made at the right time (and well) can be the factor that creates a positive cultural dynamic
So, you’ve decided to get some help. You have a problem, an opportunity, or a new challenge that you don’t feel you can tackle alone. Maybe you don’t have a specific outcome in mind, but want help overcoming self-doubt, or figuring out what your next step should be. You’re clear that you don’t need a therapist, but now the question is: what’s the difference between a coach and a mentor, and which do you need?
So you’ve decided you want a coach. Maybe you’re looking for a life coach, or a leadership coach. Maybe you’re looking for a specialized coach, like a career coach or health coach or a relationship coach or a sales coach or a new manager coach. So many choices! Where do you start? In this post, I’ll try to address the most common questions faced when looking for a coach: What do you need? Where do
Anyone who has worked with me knows that I love to use an analogy. Or a metaphor. Similes make me smile. I sometimes mix them up, which causes my writer/editor friends to cringe, but I think just adds to my charm. But you won’t be surprised to hear that it’s all for a purpose. Analogies can be incredibly useful tools when trying to communicate ideas to others – especially when you’re discussing topics of personal
Being a leader involves changing your mind. A lot. New data comes in. Business conditions change. Unexpected events occur. Trends pop up, and forecasts get beat or missed. Like a sailor, you are constantly moving, tacking with the wind. Teams, however value consistency. Ask anyone and they’ll tell you, one of the qualities they value in a manager or leader is predictability. There’s immense pressure to always be right. To make the right call, to
Being a boss is hard, if you let it be. It’s also easy, if you let it be. Autonomy makes the difference. As a manager of managers, you have a choice: take on the responsibilities of your team, increasing your own workload; or trust them to do their work, even delegating some of your own. For me, the choice is always clear. As a leader, I hire and train my team to be highly autonomous
When you become a new manager, and first begin leading a team, it’s important to start with clear expectations. For me, setting expectations one of the first things I do when I begin working with a new team or a new individual. Your expectations are unique. So is how you chose to be a manager. They’re as much about you and your management style as they are about your work and corporate culture. However, there