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Are you still flexible enough to be coached?

Berkonomics

A recent example: The advent of ChatGBT and other artificial intelligent applications took us by surprise but changed the rules for many managers and workers in numerous fields. Coaches have seen your movie before. The post Are you still flexible enough to be coached? Don’t be one of those. Be flexible and be coachable.

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5 Ways To Kickstart Your Business Coaching Reputation

Startup Professionals Musings

Image via Pixabay I’ve always been a bit confused about the difference in a business context between a coach and a mentor. According to many pundits , a mentor shows you the right way based on experience, while a coach brings out the best in you, then let’s you find your own way. Build your team first with only these people.

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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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8 Coaching Myths To Avoid In Building Your Team

Startup Professionals Musings

In reality, business success and satisfaction is about doing the right things at the right time, which requires leadership and coaching. But coaching doesn’t always work the way you expect. Trevor is a veteran coach who has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs, organizations, and business families across the country.

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10 Examples of Companies With Fantastic Cultures

Tech Coast Venture Network

For example, Adobe doesn’t use ratings to establish employee capabilities, feeling that that inhibits creativity and harms how teams work. Managers take on the role of a coach, more than anything, letting employees set goals and determine how they should be assessed. Even the best examples of culture on this list have detractors.

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10 Examples of Companies With Fantastic Cultures

Tech Coast Venture Network

For example, Adobe doesn’t use ratings to establish employee capabilities, feeling that that inhibits creativity and harms how teams work. Managers take on the role of a coach, more than anything, letting employees set goals and determine how they should be assessed. Even the best examples of culture on this list have detractors.

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Nothing good happens after midnight!

Berkonomics

Take deadlines for example. Good managers are good students – easily coached by those on their boards or advisors who have been through eh rough times in their business lives. And heck, soon I found myself the father of a teen-age female driver, and truly understood my Dad’s admonition. Think of our midnights: time and money.

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