Management Development News
September 2009.

Why Aren’t Managers More
Coach-like?

Considering all of the advantages of being more coach-like—self-reliance, enjoying your job more, and better performance—you would think that managers would be more open to using coaching skills with their direct reports. But the reality is that many managers globally and in Ireland do not coach their employees at the levels they could. There are three reasons according to Linda Miller, Global Liaison for Coaching at The Ken Blanchard Companies.

  • They have competing priorities and don’t feel that they have the time to coach.
  • They believe they are already acting in a coach-like manner.
  • They aren’t sure that coaching their employees is necessarily in their best interest.

READ THE FULL ARTICLE

Take Control Of Your Customer Service.

Building a Customer Service - Oriented Business From the Inside Out
By Ken Blanchard. October 2009. To view the full article 
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Performance Management Coaching 

 

UPCOMING INFORMATION EVENTS - Dublin.

Next Breakfast Leadership Event.

Dublin Executive Breakfast Briefing, Tuesday November 24th, 2009. 

"Leading at a Higher Level Event"
Venue: Burlington Hotel, Leeson St, Dublin 4.
For: Corporate Executives & Senior HR People.
Time: 8.15 a.m. - 10.15 a.m.
Admission: No charge - includes breakfast & networking.

Exec Breakfast in Cork this Autumn too, more later !


We invite corporate leaders and colleagues to join our team for two hours as we host a breakfast reflecting on the latest Leadership topics.

Co-Facilitated, Morgan Pierse, MD, Blanchard International Ireland with Amanda Cahir-O'Donnell, Blanchard Associate Consulting Partner and other Blanchard Ireland colleagues -share practical learning insights for leaders, HR & Learning executives and managers.

Contact Peter O'Connor 01 -523 7514 / info@blanchardinternational.ie

Pre-Registration For Event Here - Details Coming Soon


Be A Changed Leader.

Morgan Pierse, Blanchard Ireland helps you understand the pitfalls involved in change and how to avoid becoming a change failure statistic.

See these insightful articles on leading change.
 
You can also access at this link, other change resources to support your thinking as you approach continuous change, including the Blanchard 'White Paper' that helps you understand the leadership strategies for making change efforts stick in your organisation
. Also at the link is ASTD article on "Controlling The Perils Of Change". 
READ THE FULL ARTICLE at our 'Change' Area.


 

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