The Blunder Years, Episode 57: The Etsy of career coaching
At a time when mentorship and traditional management both seem to be in decline, what can we do about career arcs? Continue Reading
Coaching
The silence of execs in this moment is, well, deafening
Executives tend to focus on brand and compliance, and leadership coaches don’t want to alienate clients. But both need to speak up more now. Continue Reading
Managers think they’re “coaching” when they’re actually micro-managing
ROFL, but perfectly logical. Continue Reading
Why process, while good, can frequently destroy teams
Process isn’t a bad thing by any means. In fact, most business experts would tell you it’s a main way you scale. You need to do things in a repeatable, predictable way to get to a place where enough peeps… Continue Reading
Don’t lip service coaching and mentoring
“That’s a HR thing, right? I’m out here slaying targets! No time to worry about these rank-and-file peons!” Continue Reading
68 percent of managers AREN’T engaged in their employees’ career development. WTF?
Right Management — a subdivision of Manpower Group — did a survey about career development and managers’ roles within it. Here are the results. Here’s probably the section you should pop a couple of Ambien before you read: According to the… Continue Reading
49ers head coach Jim Tomsula once lived out of his car
If you’re a football fan, think about Urban Meyer for a second. In January of 2000, he was the WR coach at Notre Dame. 15 years later, he has three national championships as a head coach. 15 years is a lot… Continue Reading
Jim Harbaugh vs. Urban Meyer isn’t another 10 Year War, sadly
Jim Harbaugh and the 49ers parted ways last night, as expected; interestingly, he won exactly 49 games as their coach, including one NFC Championship. He’s now purportedly headed to Michigan, according to literally every report under the sun. He was… Continue Reading