Michigan-Based Training: Coaching Fundamentals for Leaders

Coaching Fundamentals for Leaders

Program Overview

This specialized leadership development program is designed to help your senior management team and new managers to learn the overlooked competency of coaching. Effective coaching by leaders and managers enables team members to master new skills, communicate more effectively, and create value for their organization. Additionally, by effectively coaching his/her team, the leader and manager frees up valuable time to focus on strategy, business development, and innovation.

Who Will Benefit 

The course is targeted to directors, managers, and supervisors. Of particular benefit:

• Directors who have excelled as independent contributors but feel the need to get out of the details and lead effectively
• Managers who have primarily focused on managing process or production
• Managers who tend to carry the load for their team
• High potential managers who have excelled as specialists

Benefits for the Leader

• Take leadership effectiveness to the next level
• Optimize strengths and natural leadership style
• Acknowledge limitations and overcome issues limiting one’s effectiveness
• Communicate more effectively
• Enjoy an improved quality of work life

Benefits for the Organization

• Enhanced organizational performance
• Retention of high-potential talent
• Improved relationships and productivity
• Development of key team members
• A path for continued growth and success

Dates: April 23, 2015 – May 28, 2015
Location: Troy, MI

For more information, please feel free to contact me at 248.971.0875 or jackie@cultivatedcoaching.com.

 

Scooch Your Butt off the Edge

Whether it’s a career change, starting a business, buying a house, moving to a new city, going back to school, or any number of life changes, you’ve had it in your mind for a while to do something BIG. You know what you want and how to get there but you haven’t made the leap. To gain in bigger and more fulfilling ways, you must risk. There is no other way around it. Recognizing that you have a tendency to shy away from risk is the first step to changing. To overcome your fear of risk, you must understand what is driving your fears and then brainstorm ways to overcome them. Make a change, try something new, keep trying, and enlist your friends and family for support along the way. Now is the time! Scooch your butt off the edge. No matter the end result, you will be all the better for it.

Don’t back out on a good hair day

We’ve all been there. Your hair grows and grows, and at some point it starts to look a little…disheveled. Flat. Ready for a refresh. But a few days pass, and you keep saying, “I really need a haircut,” letting the situation fester. Day after day, you look in the mirror and get more dismayed because you’ve been too busy to make an appointment. BUT! Appointment Day finally comes, and miraculously you wake up with awesome hair. How does that happen?! Naturally, you consider cancelling and rescheduling for a more convenient time.

But your inner voice says, “there will always be a more convenient time, a more urgent time, a more desperate time.”

Don’t let a good hair day spoil your career goals either. If there’s a conversation you’ve been needing to have or a project you need to fix, set a deadline and do it on that day, no matter what. There will always be good days and bad days, but if the underlying issue remains, it’s time to just sit in the chair and get it done.

– Janice Pollard and Jackie Trepanier

I Think a Change Will Do You Good

Did you know that many Europeans feel they work to live, and believe that Americans live to work?

We may envy European summers of endless vacation. But how much vacation time do you earn each year? And how much do you actually use?

As a leader, the more time you take to recharge, relax, and enjoy a change in scenery is as important as the time you spend on strategic planning. Just as college students do a semester abroad for a new perspective, the inspiration that comes from taking a vacation is invaluable to helping you be the best you can be.

Plan and take time away, visit new places, unplug! Just as you carve out time on your calendar to plan strategy, carve out time on a quarterly basis to take time away – and really be OFF!

Plus, wouldn’t it be romantic to come home one day and say, “Honey, I bought two tickets to Italy. Pack your bags, we leave in 30 days.” Food for thought. You can thank me later.

– Janice Pollard and Jackie Trepanier

Everyone look to your left

As leaders, we often focus downward – that is, on our leadership of those who report to us. At times, we forget to look left and right.

Ever hear the saying, “Be a little nicer, as everyone is going through SOMETHING”? Try not to overlook your leadership responsibilities among your peers. We may forget the challenges they face in favor of our own challenges. We may be less understanding, more judgmental, or not as supportive, because we believe our peers should operate at the same capacity and have the same focus as our own. Key leadership skills such as listening, communication, expectation setting, feedback, support, and understanding are just as important for the leader you work with as it is for those who report to you.

Why not reach out to a colleague and see what’s needed today?

– Janice Pollard and Jackie Trepanier

You already know you should dress for the job you want…

…but did you know you also need to be the job you want?

Many mid-level managers and even experienced leaders clock in each day, do a great job, and sit back and wait to be promoted. Someone’s bound to notice your hard work eventually, right? Hmm.

To boost your chances of getting promoted, don’t wait until you get the title. Be the role you want now. Show your boss and colleagues you’re ready for more. Demonstrate leadership among your peers. Provide mentorship to new team members. Shadow senior leaders in meetings. You’ll gain exposure to greater responsibilities and strategic or operational thinking. It will also make the transition easier once you do get promoted, as your acclimation to the increased responsibilities will be that much smoother.

Show your leadership team that you’re a promotable candidate, not because you could theoretically do more, but because you’re already doing more.

– Janice Pollard and Jackie Trepanier

Folding Laundry: Getting the Big Stuff Out of the Way

For some, laundry is one of those tedious tasks that gets put off and builds up — to the point where it’s just easier to go buy new underwear. But when you break it down, you’ll see that the heaping basket of stuff is easier to fold when you tackle the big things first.

First, do the sheets. Sheets are massive. Then towels. They’re bulky. Next, clothes. What’s left is socks and underwear, freeing you to clearly match everything up, now that the big stuff is out of your way.

The same is true with challenging situations at work. We have a tendency to let situations mount to the point that they seem unmanageable. Whether it’s a tough conversation, a meeting with a challenging team member, or a tedious project, get the huge bulky stuff out of the way so it doesn’t seem so insurmountable. Being proactive about the tough stuff will sharpen your ability to then match solutions to any situation.

– Janice Pollard and Jackie Trepanier