The Coaching School

Send us Fan Mail This episode teach is a unique concept called feedback island . It's a fundamental mistake most people make by simply providing feedback nothing more. Feedback alone can sting and if anything, be taken out of context certainly unfairly at times to the people providing the feedback; nevertheless, the key to providing feedback is to position the person receiving the feedback to...

Send us Fan Mail This is a recorded session from a LIVE LinkedIn Audio Event - it will at times be a little choppy as attendees live questions were and could not be recorded. Welcome to Coaching Conversations We have created a NEW and Innovative line of books called Workplace Coaching Books . These books use QR codes with embedded audio and video lessons speaking directly to the reader. Each book...

Send us Fan Mail Everything we do in terms of our ability to improve and receive coaching or mentoring or training starts with self-awareness. It's one's ability to truly look at themselves in the mirror and be honest with oneself. Second, everybody needs to improve self regulation their ability to not impulsively disrupt or interrupt and to truly stay in the moment and avoid imparting j...

Send us Fan Mail This episode details the two conversations every leader must have in 2023. The data out in the workplace clearly shows that the economy is going to be going through some major changes that are going to affect organizations. Companies such as Salesforce and Twitter are laying off people and the market in my estimation is going to be moving from a employee market or they have unlimi...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Coaching Conversations We have created a NEW and Innovative line of books called Workplace Coaching Books . These books use QR codes with embedded audio and video lessons speaking directly to the reader. Each book comes with assessments and journal based coaching pages where they document what they've learned and what they've applied. In addition each book comes with th...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Coaching Conversations We have created a NEW and Innovative line of books called Workplace Coaching Books . These books use QR codes with embedded audio and video lessons speaking directly to the reader. Each book comes with assessments and journal based coaching pages where they document what they've learned and what they've applied. In addition each book comes with th...

Send us Fan Mail Every organization needs a hero. Now, I'm not going to disclose the companies, but right now we're working with three different companies where each organization is lucky enough to have a hero. Now, a hero is somebody that is willing to speak up, talk to upper level management, represent the views of the people. Now, with that being said, I even cringe saying what I just...

Send us Fan Mail  Recently, I've talked to two different companies. One, a financial services firm, and another one in the manufacturing sector. Both were telling me of potential pending layoffs. Change is coming. Now I'm gonna do something that's gonna be perceived, at least initially, to be a little bit insensitive. Now, what are employees gonna do? Are employees actually gonna co...

Send us Fan Mail This podcast teaches  very concept called Leadership Hill . This concept helps leaders become self-aware and take "suggested" actions to ensure performance and happiness among their team members. This episode will reveal very simple coaching techniques that will help drive greater engagement and talent retention. If this episode intrigues you check out our Coaching Caree...

Send us Fan Mail Checkout Our 2023 Progress Coaching Summit :  https://progress-coaching-academy.thinkific.com/courses/the-2023-progress-coaching-summit and here is a pdf overview: click here Welcome to Coaching Conversations We have created a NEW and Innovative line of books called Workplace Coaching Books . These books use QR codes with embedded audio and video lessons speaking directly to the r...

Send us Fan Mail  At Progress Coaching, we do not get involved in interviewing work or interviewing skills or anything like that. The one thing I would share with all of you more than anything is that when we're hiring people, I think we have to change what we do. I think we have to really, really get people to be transparent with the themselves. I hear all too often, especially, and I'm...

Send us Fan Mail The process is flawed! We interview and people provide answers to get the job. They (the applicants) never once say " Just so you know my crappy attitude shows up at 90 days and I start undermining people. At 6 months I lose my motivation and will want more money so please get prepared. Last, do not bother me with extra work because the Quite Quitting thing sounds pretty good...

Send us Fan Mail Corporate America needs to reestablish the great employee. Corporate America to a certain extent cannot continue to appease and placate employees. Now let me explain. 41% of employees today are actually leaving due to a lack of career development. Over 80 to 85% of employees, lack self-awareness. Today's talent shortage is leading companies to create benefits and flexible wor...

Send us Fan Mail  Recently, I was collaborating with a client and the client was expressing some frustration with an employee. During our conversation he stated he was very frustrated by what the employee was doing. He began to share two or three situations where the employee was doing things incorrectly and I said at its foundation, what do you think the employee needs to improve? He immediately...

Send us Fan Mail Quiet Quitting is not a new concept. Maybe it's a different name and a different label yet, we've had quiet quitting for decades. We need to get back to the fundamentals of employment. If you are hired to do a job, you should be hired to do that job to the best of your ability. There is not a job description in the world that encourages people to not try or to gossip or...

Send us Fan Mail Coaching is as easy as A, B, C, D.  There is awareness. The power of awareness when leaders become aware of how they're perceived and they can develop awareness in others. Coaching becomes much easier.    Building coaching plans is vital. Anything requires strategy and planning and coaching   is no different  when building a coaching plan. There needs to be a variety of optio...

Send us Fan Mail I have said for almost 30 years that coaching is a two step process. First, you want people to look in the mirror. #2, you want people to take action on #1 yet very few people do number one arbitrarily on their own. That's why we need to coach our people to first establish a foundation of self-awareness which will lead to accelerated talent development. Self-awareness is diff...

Send us Fan Mail Check out our recent interview during our SMEcast episode with Mike Carroll from intelligent conversations. Mike reveals 7 strategies to how to build the ideal sales team every organization deserves. I personally know Mike and you will find this interview to be highly effective and strategic. If you are looking for an organization to help you grow your sales organization and adapt...

Send us Fan Mail  Career conversations are now a must more than any other time in our history. When we think about McKinsey's latest research showing 41% of people are actually leaving due to a lack of career development and advancement. Coaching career conversations is about coaching and developing talent for the present and future. We need to find out what people want to do, what motivates...

Send us Fan Mail  This post will also not be very popular but I'm OK with that. As an entrepreneur we embody a lot of different positions in terms of the work that we do. It is not for the faint of heart and it is certainly not meant for a certain group of people yet let me just say at times it is very very hard. I also think working in the corporate workplace and managing teams is also very...

Send us Fan Mail What I'm about to share is not going to be very popular. What I'm about to share is not going to be well received by everybody. The other day, I was talking to somebody that works at a manufacturing plant, and this person was a friend of a friend and the friend had asked me to speak to him and talk to him about his performance. I said, sure, but I said, I don't know...

Send us Fan Mail One of the most valuable things we can do as leaders is to position people within our own teams to be what I call influential or internal leaders. Now, just for our own definition, internal leaders or influential leaders are those people who don't have the title yet can help you lead the team. Now, let me give you a really fundamental example. Years ago, I was working with a...

Send us Fan Mail There are specific things people MUST do to develop and maintain trust within organizations:   Go to the source   Avoid sharing with non-sources, people who are not involved (essentially do not gossip)   Be transparent and honest   Provide factual insight versus merely sharing feeling s (emotional interpretation)  Welcome to Coaching Conversations We have created a NEW and Innovat...

Send us Fan Mail The key to feedback is to give it so someone receives it openly and professionally and puts it into strategic use. One of the best things that you can do is to ask questions after providing feedback. For the sake of this article, we'll assume the feedback is constructive in nature. And here are five questions you could ask to create greater ownership of feedback.  Welcome to...

Send us Fan Mail I went to go get some food for my wife and I at a very popular place where a lot of baseball teams go after they play. What I witnessed at the counter was a father giving his son some feedback on the game that was just played. As I sat a couple seats away, I quietly listened, not letting them know I was listening. The father began to tell his son he could not make the mistakes he...