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Influencing others - Pull versus Push Coaching

January 3, 2010 by Lisa Haneberg
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I was talking with the very smart Jeffrey Ford (co-author of The Four Conversations with his wife Laurie) on the phone last week and he offered this simple and elegant thought about coaching. "There is no coaching without a request." Hmmm. Yes, this is true. Let's break it down a bit. I often get requests to help train managers to... [read more]

The 10/10 Technique

September 30, 2009 by Dan McCarthy
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A colleague of mine loves to teach managers a simple, yet effective way of gathering feedback and ideas for improvement. It’s so simple it only takes about two minutes to explain it to someone. Yet it’s so effective, it’s led to dramatic improvements in leadership capability. Really, I have the testimonials to prove it. Once someone... [read more]

How to Coax Feedback out of a Reluctant Manager

August 17, 2009 by Dan McCarthy
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A question from a reader:"I want to know where I stand with my manager and what I need to do to grow in a company very different from the one I was laid off from three years ago. He's a very savvy manager - I really admire him - but feedback just isn't his thing. For the last two years, when it's come to evaluation time, he's said "... [read more]

#13: Here's a thought...

June 14, 2009 by BrianRoger
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An occasional series in which a review of recent posts on MyVenturePad reveals the following nuggets:Aha!The big aha of the social web is the democratization of content, both creating and sharing it. The consumers to whom we want to sell have become producers, or so the liturgy goes, who insist on participating in our businesses.... [read more]

Direct and useful project feedback

June 11, 2009 by Seth Godin
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I'm not talking about annual reviews (which are stupid). I'm talking about how you work as a client for a project that needs to make something.It might be an internal team developing a website or it might be an outside designer working on a logo. Regardless of the team's make up, as their client, you walk a fine line. On one hand, you... [read more]

Everybody Knows About Your Weaknesses – Do You?

June 10, 2009 by Dan McCarthy
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One of the most effective ways to develop as a leader, or to develop other leaders, is giving and receiving feedback.Why? Because when it comes to assessing our own abilities, we tend to be pretty accurate when it comes to assessing our technical or functional skills. However, when it comes to assessing the impact our behaviors have on... [read more]

Get some smart people to challenge you!

April 15, 2009 by Wayne Wilson
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Business owner/CEOs can get so wrapped up in our own plans and worldviews that we miss our full potential -- or worse, we can be heading for a ditch without realizing it! Physicists call it a closed feedback loop. In lay terms, if we only talk to ourselves, we will only hear our own voices. One of the essential roles of a board of... [read more]

Trust

February 23, 2009 by Holly Green
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What creates it & how do you maintain it today?Trust is the state of readiness for unguarded interaction with someone or something. Trust is built and maintained by many small actions over time. Trust is telling the truth, even when it is difficult, and being honest, authentic, and reliable in your dealings with customers and... [read more]

Part Deux "How'm I Doin'?": More Feedback, Relationships, and Success

July 7, 2008 by Steve Roesler
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Feedback on Feedback Let's get something out in the open: I don't like the word feedback. It's a buzzword. Once a word falls into that category it loses its power and effectiveness. It becomes a cliche. Like buzzword. I've got some suggestions today for finding out how you are doing with people in relation to your mutual goals. The... [read more]

What It Takes. . .

April 28, 2008 by Steve Roesler
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We say we want a mentor, a coach, a trusted advisor. We want to grow and become more effective. We ask for help. For "feedback." This is what you need to make it a success: The patience to listen, the humility to hear, and the courage to act.Do you have all three? Link to original post [read more]

Feedback drives performance

February 4, 2008 by Wayne Wilson
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Owner/CEOs, themselves frequently entrepreneurs, sometimes struggle to provide key employees with timely, meaningful performance feedback. And yet, performance feedback is critical to sustaining and improving performance. A structured performance appraisal program can provide significant business benefits by: Providing constant... [read more]

Read This - Good Management Stuff

November 21, 2007 by Lisa Haneberg
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If you have a treehugger on your holiday gift giviing list, Hip and Zen Pen offers these ideas. I love this post from the Slacker Manager called There is No Such Thing and Positive or Negative Feedback. Here is a snippet: Our motives in giving feedback may be more important than the actual things we say. If we desire to help the other... [read more]

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