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The Portable
Executive: High-End Career
Management shows
executives how take control and
self-manage their careers in a
Post-Millennium Workplace where
portability has replaced job
security as a career-driver. Readers will learn how to assess and achieve goals, three ways to be portable whether you stay with one organization or want to move on, and creative steps to keep teams engaged and committed during change.
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Quick Coaching Keeps Your Team on Course |
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Organizations that I personally support |
In prizefights the trainers rush to their
boxers’ corners after each round. Besides words
of encouragement and a refreshing drink they’re
giving some just-in-time coaching and useful
guidance. The trainer’s job in those one-minute
rest periods is to prime his boxer to keep
moving and stay focused while avoiding jabs and
direct hits. That’s what you want to do for your
team members.
Translate those sixty-second intervals into “coaching-in-action” minutes. These are brief coaching sessions with team members when they’re in the midst of what they do at work. What great timing to give them the shorthand sound bites they need to keep moving and stay out of harm’s way. You can energize them with your confidence and conviction just when they need it. This is not only the time for quick kudos to buck people up. You can also provide constructive course corrections. Anything with a long-term trajectory needs guidance and feedback to stay on course and avoid obstacles, whether it’s a guided missile or a strategy. Before major presentations about long-term projects the leader of one organization used to say, “This presentation could make or break your career. Don’t screw it up.” That was not very helpful since his team members would freeze up with fear. So he changed his coaching to give his team pointers like “This executive really cares about cost projections. Make sure to go through that part of your presentation carefully.” Or “Focus on the people resources.” Or “Stay away from Project X in your presentation; it’s a hot button.” What the executive learned was: a) Give team members rehearsal time with you before presentations to give them some quick coaching. b) Don’t correct unless it’s vital for your team member’s success. c) Focus on the one or two things that will make a difference immediately. d) Stay positive as you focus your team member on moving forward successfully. It only takes a minute to rev up someone with a coaching moment. Just a few seconds of your time will help them stay in shape for what they need to do. As their coach you need to do just that to develop winning players. (back to top)
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