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Professional assessments can be nerve-racking for employees, regardless of their performance or position. Your coworkers will have a lot of questions about and uncertainty toward any new evaluation process, such as a newly implemented 360-degree assessment. As an HR director,… Continue Reading →
The science of training and developing a high-performing team of employees is constantly evolving. And when you do it as a consultant looking from the outside in, the process can be even more challenging. When you approach a new organization… Continue Reading →
74% of L&D professionals believe skill building is the most critical part of rebuilding for the future. There is hidden potential in every staff member, waiting to be fully developed. Training and developing existing employees is the most effective way… Continue Reading →
When you are tasked with improving the skills of employees across the company, you have to employ the most effective strategies. After all, your work has a huge bearing on employee productivity, and as such, revenue growth. It also determines… Continue Reading →
Business managers could take queues from the sporting world, (perhaps forgoing the Gatorade showers after the big meeting) but like their coaching counterparts the more successful managers realize that they’re not just managing groups of people, but rather coaching people that make up dynamic and effective teams.
The world’s best sports coaches develop each team member to reach their full potential, while simultaneously pushing the entire team to success. Likewise, good business managers realize managing or coaching ‘through their teams’ can help their own teams to be more successful.
Effective coaches observe and understand the social dynamics of their teams, as well as the individual skills & strengths of each of the team members, and then guide these strengths and social bonds to come together with shared goals and purposes. This elevates a team’s engagement & performance, as well as its company’s bottom line.