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Executive Coaching Tip #3 Lesson for Leaders
September 20, 2010 by The Coach· Leave a Comment
New leaders often make the mistake of spending all of their time learning the processes of their new company, and get buried in the details of the nuts and bolts, processes and systems. If you want to really succeed and make an impact in a new leadership role, seek to understand the people and learn how to communicate with them and help them succeed. New leaders at Southwest Airlines are told, “Don’t... [Read more ...]
The ten most frequently mentioned issues that employees say companies do poorly
September 10, 2010 by Gary Birshtein· Leave a Comment
The 10 mentioned issues are: 1. Poor management—uncaring and unprofessional managers; overworking staff; no respect, not listening, putting people in wrong jobs; speed over quality; poor manager selection processes. 2. Lack of career growth and advancement opportunities: no perceivable career paths; not posting job openings or filling from within; favoritism or unfair promotions. 3. Poor communication:... [Read more ...]
Executive Coaching Tip #2
September 10, 2010 by The Coach· Leave a Comment
Don’t Seek to Find the Right Answer, Seek to Find the Right Question. One of the biggest challenges facing executives and managers in business today is having the time to do all of the tasks that they face. If you are that executive, like many of our clients, you probably find that you not only have a full workload, but a series of new tasks, and projects come in on a weekly if not daily... [Read more ...]
Executive Coaching Tip #1
September 8, 2010 by The Coach· Leave a Comment
When developing an effective 360 strategy, don’t forget to consider how the survey is positioned in the company. As we have seen many times in different organizations, the perception of the 360 system by employees is almost as important as the the survey itself. Make sure your leadership group understands and believes that the 360 feedback is for the purpose of learning and development of... [Read more ...]
Risk and Research Factor (RnR Factor): When Hiring New Employees, Your Amount of Risk Depends on The Amount of Research
August 1, 2010 by Gary Birshtein· Leave a Comment
Hello Colleagues, Since this blog is my way to communicating my thoughts to the audience of business associates, friends, clients and website visitors I always like to start with a greeting knowing that there is a real people reading this. So hello again. Most of you who have met me, spoke with me (or may be heard about me) know that I choose the hard (and may be uncomfortable) truth that generates... [Read more ...]
The Moccaccino Challenge
July 28, 2010 by Gary Birshtein· Leave a Comment
Hello everyone, I’d like to share episode from my personal experience. Since I am always analyzing everything that is happening around me especially people behavior at their workplace I can fill this blog with numerous entries but I want to share this particular one that happened just few days ago. I took my wife for an evening walk. On the way we dropped in to the local Second Cup and I ordered... [Read more ...]
The Top Eight Ways to Fail When Deploying a New Engagement Program
July 27, 2010 by The Coach· Leave a Comment
As I work with companies to engage their employees, I am constantly amazed how much implementation matters when it comes to putting in a new engagement program. Take a close look at this list to see what you might be doing wrong. If you see something that describes your process, it’s time to change! 1. Decide not to do an assessment, build a plan, set goals, or establish benchmarks. ... [Read more ...]