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10 Elements of a Coaching Culture and Why You Need It

Startup Professionals Musings

Every entrepreneur and business person I know wishes he had more time for coaching all the members of his team. I often hear the excuse that coaching takes more time than simply diving in and doing the job for the other person, but is that really true? Exceptional communication is a prerequisite to coaching.

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6 Mismatches In The Workplace Lead to People Burnout

Startup Professionals Musings

One of the dysfunctions I often see in my coaching and mentoring work with small businesses is team member burnout. Burnout occurs for many when your job demands are too many, the hours are too long, and the resources to handle them are too few. The stress alone from these can be debilitating.

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5 Tactics To Minimize Meeting Time And Get More Done

Startup Professionals Musings

If you are like most entrepreneurs I know, there just aren’t enough hours in a day to get all your own work done, as well as run the many one-hour meetings each team member seems to demand for decisions and mentoring. For one-on-one coaching from the startup founder, I call this approach five-minute mentoring.

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8 Sure Signs That Your Leadership Style Needs Tuning

Startup Professionals Musings

Great leaders learn to listen actively to conversations, so people don’t hold up progress just to be understood. Demand for coaching, counseling, and discipline training is high. Managers need training in coaching, counseling, and discipline because they resist or have difficulty communicating with team members.

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Entrepreneur Leadership Today Demands A Human Focus

Startup Professionals Musings

Great leaders learn to listen actively to conversations, so people don’t hold up progress just to be understood. Demand for coaching, counseling, and discipline training is high. Managers need training in coaching, counseling, and discipline because they resist or have difficulty communicating with team members.

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8 Key Human-Centered Leadership Elements In Business

Startup Professionals Musings

If you're asking someone else and wish to build that connection, be actively present during the interaction. You must give them a strong sense of self-efficacy by championing autonomy, encouraging them to think big, and coaching them on areas to improve. Really seek to understand the other person.

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7 Business Leadership Traits Persuade Customers Today

Startup Professionals Musings

Over 16 percent of workers are still actively disengaged , and half have left at least one job because they hated their boss. Their experience as executive coaches and entrepreneurs gives real credibility to their assessment of some new leadership approaches that are required in business today. Benton and Kylie Wright-Ford.

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