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How to Have a Great One-on-One with Your Staff
I have had several people ask me recently, “How do I have a successful one-on-one conversation/meeting with my staff members?” I am a strong believer in having regular one-on-one (or “1 on 1”) conversations with your staff members. The annual review or quarterly...
Letting Go of Stress
Stress is the number one challenge in the workplace and it is continuing into 2023. We as leaders have to find some ways for ourselves and our staff members to Let Go of Stress! Here are some interesting 2023 statistics from Zippia, along with their related research...
Wise and Compassionate Crucial Conversations
I woke up this morning thinking about a leadership book I recently read, Compassionate Leadership, by Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter. I highly recommend this book! So many of us have challenges dealing with conflict/confrontation and having crucial...
Coaching vs Check-In Meetings
If you are leading and managing people, Coaching and Check-in meetings are a must, and there is a difference between the two conversations. To help clarify their use, let’s define and differentiate the two. A Coaching Conversation: What is Coaching? First, a...
6 Habits of Extraordinary Coaches
Becoming an extraordinary coach is such a blessing. Coaches create the opportunity to develop ourselves and others at the same time! Coaching is a helping relationship in which the coach and client become partners in assisting the client to reach their personal...
How Accountability and Resilience are Connected
I recently had a conversation with a client which generated a leadership AHA! about how accountability and resilience are connected. In this situation, a millennial was involved. He had been working for a year with this organization, and his manager had...
Mastering Difficult Conversations
One of the things I hear quite often from Leaders and Managers at all levels: “I have to have a Crucial Conversation with someone, and I don’t know how…” This is understandable. Crucial conversations can be difficult. But they are key to helping...
Reasons People Don’t Take Action & How to Get them Moving
With the start of 2017, many of us think about the goals we want to accomplish this year and beyond. If we manage or lead others, we are also helping others set and reach their goals. As a coach, I am often asked/told, “How do I get ‘Name’ to take action?”...
Catch Coaching Opportunities
To effect true transformational change, heart-led leaders draw on the qualities of humility, vulnerability, transparency, empathy and love. Tommy Spaulding Coaching is a key skill for successful leaders. Coaching is a fantastic way to continuously develop your...
Acting It Out Instead of Talking It Out
Crucial conversations in the workplace are critical to success and a healthy culture. When truths need to be shared but they are not, negative energy builds and we start talking about others instead of to the personwhere the...
The Season of Gratitude
As our Thanksgiving holiday here in the US is around the corner (November 27th) and our Canadian friends have already celebrated their Thanksgiving (October 13th), I am reminded to think about Being Grateful. We are all so busy with this wonderful adventure...