tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40562174027030411642011-07-29T10:01:48.219+08:00This blog intends to serve everyone who is interested in executive coaching, learning to coach or just likes to get some views on leadership and management and what coaching could do to support her/him or an organization in getting results. Comments are more than welcome! Shared experiences, differing views and outright disagreement will help us all to learn and refine.Klaus Nienhaushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07814240890856662279noreply@blogger.comBlogger111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4056217402703041164.post-30292132967514778472010-02-01T17:06:00.003+08:002010-02-01T17:14:12.448+08:00

A Fitness TestIsabelle, (not her real name, my client)in her mid thirties, seems to have everything one needs to be a superb performer: she is very intelligent, analytically far ahead of her colleagues, brings a lot of working experience into her job, has been trained and educated in good universities and has obviously the right talent for her job. If something new needs to be set up, a project

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The saying goes like this: people are joining companies but are resigning because of their managers. Practical experience shows that there is a lot of truth to it.In the many workshops I have been quoting this there were a number of participants who didn’t like this insight and in order to lessen the felt burden I frequently heard managers and HR people saying: people need to learn how to deal

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The rule looks like this: treat everyone in the same way You would like to be treated. It seems to be ethical and morally good. The big religions have it in their teachings, many cultures endorse it and you can add the maxim: treat everyone in the same way. That’s fair, isn’t it?Make it your Iron Rule not to follow The Golden Rule!Why is that so? Listen to this case:Cindy, the boss of 4 managers

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If you want to make sure that you have a bad start in your new job or next career step, stay away from clarifying expectations – this is true for bosses and subordinates alike and no matter on which level -.I vary the prominent Gallup’s 1st and important question about employee engagement:“ Do I know what is expected of me at work” for bosses:“ Does my employee know what I expect from him at

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Possibly a judgmental mindset!Tom (not his real name) came to me for coaching because he couldn’t cope any longer with the aggressive reactions of his team and colleagues (that was his story, of course) and he was just promoted to the Managing Director of his company.Serene (not her real name) asked me for some coaching sessions on her lack of self confidence because she thought she could not

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As outlined stress has a lot to do with our perception of what stresses us. And it is especially our perception of our ability to cope with the circumstances we are facing. This leads directly to our inner belief system: do we believe we can cope or we cannot cope. You will feel a lot less stressed – if any - when you know (= believe) you can cope.Who created our belief system? Certainly we were

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Do have managers not already enough stress to manage their people, bosses, stakeholders and time? Now some gurus tell managers they should also manage their stress in addition to it? Time management, relaxation exercises, communication instruments, work life balance and so on and so on. Does it help? Usually not much, because the workload does not really get less. Quite to the contrary, the speed

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This is a question coming up many times in coaching sessions and during many workshops regarding coaching, leadership skills or performance management. It seems that many managers do not have the guts or tools to talk to people about under-performance. But there is more to this issue than guts or communication skills because managers could start by thinking about the various factors that can come

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The issue at hand is one which I have come across since I have started coaching. As a European, (German) coaching in Singapore and other Asian countries often leads to cross cultural issues. I have asked myself that question several times: is the obvious western method of coaching adequate for an Asian setting and mindset?First, the western thinking and mindset is distinct from an Asian one (

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Have you lately seen this fantastic good old fellow ghost couple, with Angst holding the hands of his wife Panic tightly and spreading around the world? Everyone is feeding them and they are growing rapidly into a self fulfilling prophecy at its best.Individuals, organizations, companies, media, academia, governments, they all drive and are driven by these fellows.The imagined colorful scenarios

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Coaching is simple but it is hard to learn. There is a perception in many people, that coaching is something to treat people nicely, speak warmly with them and move them carefully to do better at whatsoever there might be. This is regarded by many, especially managers, as time consuming and not really dealing with the problems, just postponing them.Coaching is about facilitating people to think

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