Stepping into Management was designed to allow people who are considering whether management is for them to “go behind the scenes” and find out more about what it is all about. It’s a “try before you buy” approach.
Being a manager can be hugely rewarding. If you are interested in building the confidence of people in your organisation then please get in touch. I would love to help.
In coaching I often use the orchestra metaphor to help clients take a perspective on teamwork. In any success we experience we never do it on our own. It made me also reflect on how the role of a coach and conductor have some similarities.
One of the areas that leaders coming to coaching most often want to focus on is support and strategies to help them feel less overwhelmed and better able to prioritise work that is important to them and their role.
Our families of origin play a huge part in shaping our lives, particularly at the beginning when we first learn how to belong and later take that with us out into the world.
I was working with a senior leader in an organisation who had come into an organisation as an external appointment and 10 months in, she was feeling some resistance to her authority and was having difficulty making an impact.
I have been delivering the Stepping Into Management programme at the University of Liverpool for the last 6 years. It’s one of those assignments that are incredibly fulfilling.
Last week I spent a day at Manchester Art Gallery delivering a coaching skills workshop to 11 managers from a hugely inspiring charity that works to give children and young people the best start in life. This entrepreneurial organisation had already started to embrace a coaching culture and wanted its managers to have some more tools in their coaching toolkits and as we say…
Colour can be used to describe how individuals interact and modify their behaviour when confronted by different types of people and varying situations.
There seems to be an idea in some circles that working with a coach is all about fixing problems but I am pleased to report that there is so much more to it than that!