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Essential skills today’s leaders need to navigate ambiguity and activate talent

CLO Magazine

Choices aren’t clear-cut and the future is unpredictable, thus leaders and employees need more than directives, targets and traditional performance reviews. Leaders who effectively implement a coaching approach are able to save time because they can offer their support and keep their finger on the pulse without becoming the situation “expert.”

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Coaching as a learning reinforcement method

CLO Magazine

Ho Law, a founding member and former chair of the BPS special group in coaching psychology, defines reflection as, “a cognitive process that involves both thinking and feeling about an experience (past or present): From this thinking and feeling, a new consciousness emerges with a new appreciation, understanding and insight about that experience.”.

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Personalized Learning at Scale? Enter the Virtual Coach

Docebo

This was an overly formalized process in which impact didn’t matter as long as the activity was completed. That approach won’t work nowadays because of the growing emphasis on experience and the many ways on-the-job, in-the-flow-of-work learning experiences influence knowledge retention, professional development, and performance.

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Manager, mentor or coach? Help! We need some distinctions!

CLO Magazine

What is the difference between a leader, a manager, a coach and a mentor? Worse, the words leader , manager , coach and mentor are often used interchangeably. More organizations are asking their managers to coach their people. Coaching is often used to describe what others might think of as basic performance management.

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Developing a Results Driven Curriculum

A well-designed learning curriculum develops and nurtures skills needed to achieve organizational and business goals with the most effective and engaging set of experiences. This ebook outlines 5 critical steps to develop learning solutions that will help you achieve the most ambitious objectives.

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Using the power of peer coaching to enhance leadership and organizational empathy

CLO Magazine

There are multiple global events impacting the workforce’s intellectual and emotional ability to perform successfully. In addition, employees are craving employer-supported mental health and lifestyle balance. Trauma, isolation, mental health and disengagement create a need for empathetic support.

Coaching 101
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Coaching Employees to Improve Performance

Unboxed

It’s common to find great coaches on the playing field – but what about in the workplace? Coaching employees to improve performance starts with effective leadership. Good managers are skilled in coaching employees. Employees respond best to motivation, positivity, and support – not micromanagement or intimidation.