In my 30 something years in Management and Leadership roles I’ve been psychologically sliced and diced so many different ways I’m not sure if I’m Arthur or Martha. There are so many options out there, especially with the explosion of the internet, and it is hard to figure what to use, where and how. [...]
Achieving productivity and financial targets are generally top priorities for business leaders. Provided service and/or product orders are being maintained at optimal levels, targets that are not being met by employees over a sustained period are likely to elicit ‘why’ questions from line managers. This article outlines likely employee responses in terms of what matters [...]
There is no fence – you just think there is. Often one of the main barriers to achieving something in our life is our own thinking. When faced with changes or transitions we often remain fixed in our views and thoughts with regards to what is possible. We see some of our clients creating obstacles [...]
There was a time when I knew every single person that I was connected to on LinkedIn personally. I still know about 80% or more. As an experienced coach and the daughter of a master networker, I fully understand and actively promote the importance of connecting and networking. I was raised on the concept and [...]
Really? Well, maybe. The relationship between an employee and his or her employer has a lot of similarities to a romantic relationship. It starts with a spark of interest, there’s a period of courtship and, if all goes well, years of mutually beneficial partnership. Of course it can all go wrong and end in [...]
Whilst we do a lot of coaching for development at CLT, we also strongly recommend establishing a mentoring program within your business. There are some major differences between mentoring and coaching, and these differences make the combination a very powerful development tool. At CLT we focus on coaching programs that are: Targeted toward results and [...]
Several years ago, I was chatting to Barry, my coach and mentor. At the time, I was particularly aggrieved at the behaviours of one of my peers. I complained that this person’s actions were clearly of malicious intent, and intended to position me in a negative light. It seemed so clear to me at the [...]
Our coaching spans all levels of organisations and I was working with a ‘Middle Manager’ the other day and the question came up, what is middle management – what is the role? It’s an interesting question, having worked with many organisations I see this layer of people between the workforce and senior management. In the [...]
Have you been offered a promotion? Is it taking you out of your technical area into leadership management? ......not so fast..... Have you actually considered what this means and looks like? You have fantastic technical skills, you’re the number one worker in your team or group and you’ve been offered the role of supervisor, team [...]
Career Life Transitions sat down with one of their senior coachee's to explore the reasons why and how they chose a coach, for their personal and professional development. We interviewed Glen, a state manager for a national financial institution. Glen describes in 1 word what he was looking for in a coach.....'clarity'.... Q1. What [...]
Dr Susan Roberts says: