Posts Tagged 'leadership training'

Learn how to introduce (or reintroduce) coaching to your team that creates buy in and a safe environment for you and your employees. As a manager, you may believe in the importance of coaching. And in my line of work, I know lots of managers who see the value in coaching their direct reports. However, …

Read the third and final installment of the three part series to learn when to give your clients the answer they are looking for and when to coach rather than train them. Situation: Bob, a successful, established and well seasoned insurance salesperson had been a long time top producer for his company. Since the company …

Here’s the second installment of the three part saga of deciding whether to coach your clients or to train them. Learn when to coach your people and when to provide sales training. These three blogs detail how you can handle some common training and coaching scenarios that many managers find themselves in and the most …

When coaching someone, The Gap is the space that exists between where the client is today and where they want or need to be. The question is, what exactly do you use to fill in this gap? Part of the reason why identifying the gap is such a critical starting point in coaching is this; …

The most common question I hear from managers just starting to shift from manager to coach is, “How do I recognize where it is they need and could benefit from the coaching most?” Actually, covering the specifics of what you can coach someone on, from a tactical perspective is actually the easy part. It’s uncovering …

Yes, you can want too much for your salespeople. More in fact than they may even want themselves. Jake learned this lesson quickly as a new coach. To this day, Jake’s unwavering commitment to every one of the salespeople on his team is to help them make the long-term changes they want and need in …

Great leaders possess an ability to connect with each person they manage and it all starts with how they communicate. Master the new language of leadership. Leadership is, in fact a language. It is a dialogue and a way of relating to people that makes the difference between a mediocre leader and a powerful one. …

Do your people want to be managed by you? It’s all about connection. The culture created within a company leads back to the efforts, actions and behavior of one person—the manager. I was sitting in a hotel restaurant having breakfast and preparing myself for a day of back to back meetings. While I was working …