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Coaching: 1 to 1 – Leadership and Motivation

September 9, 2011

I worked with an experienced NHS Nurse today discussing leadership and motivation skills.

We covered:

LEADERSHIP

¨ Defining ‘Management’ and ‘Leadership’

¨ Behavioural Traits of Leaders and Managers

¨ Why We Need Managers and Leaders

¨ Major Influences on our Management and Leadership Style

¨ A Short History of Measuring Management Style

¨ Measuring your Style as a Leader

¨ The Benefits of your Individual Style(s)

¨ The ‘Dark Side’ of your Style(s)

MOTIVATION

¨ What Motivates You?

¨ Three Effective Models for Motivation

¨ Recent Research into Management and Staff’s perception of Motivation

¨ Motivation Audit

¨ Motivation Tips

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Coaching: 1 to 1 – Leadership and Motivation

August 16, 2011

I’m preparing materials today for a forthcoming 1-to-1 session covering leadership and motivation with an experienced NHS Nurse

LEADERSHIP

¨ Defining ‘Management’ and ‘Leadership’

¨ Behavioural Traits of Leaders and Managers

¨ Why We Need Managers and Leaders

¨ Major Influences on our Management and Leadership Style

¨ A Short History of Measuring Management Style

¨ Measuring your Style as a Leader

¨ The Benefits of your Individual Style(s)

¨ The ‘Dark Side’ of your Style(s)

MOTIVATION

¨ What Motivates You?

¨ Three Effective Models for Motivation

¨ Recent Research into Management and Staff’s perception of Motivation

¨ Motivation Audit

¨ Motivation Tips

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Coaching: 1-to1. Communication

July 19, 2011

I spent most of the day working with an experienced member of staff who has been identified as having potential for promotion into management. We covered the communication ‘spectrum’ including:

What is Communication?
The Difference between ‘communication and’ ‘effective communication’
The Process of Effective Communication
Communication Methods (Pros and Cons)
Measuring Personal Communication Style
Identifying Actions for Better Personal Communication

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Workshop: Assessment and Coaching Skills

February 2, 2011

Target audience: Those responsible for formally assessing and coaching staff and/or colleagues at work.

Audience size: 4

Duration: One-and-a-half days

Client: Automotive

Location: Daventry, Northamptonshire, England

The Workshop includes practical hands-on experience with the client’s on-line assessment process. This is complemented by a discussion based workshop covering the essential knowledge, skills and behaviours of the successful coach. The final session includes the construction of a personal action-plan.

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Live Observations

October 28, 2010

We’ve just completed a series of sessions observing experienced product managers from the road construction industry deliver training sessions to their customers.

The purpose of our sessions was to observe their delivery style as Trainers and offer them 1-to-1 feedback on their technique.

Duration: Two days

Client: Road Construction

Location: Eskilstuna, Sweden

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One-to-One Coaching: Getting the Most from your Day

August 23, 2010

We continued our series of personal one-to-one coaching sessions today with an experienced manager. The topic covered was ‘Getting the most from your day’ and focused on:

Assessing personal key result areas
Analysis of their week-long detailed ‘activity log’
Reviewing two popular ‘prioritising models’

The session concluded with a personal action plan.

Target audience: Experienced Customer Service Manager

Audience size: 1

Duration: 2/3rds of a day

Client: Automotive

Location: Canterbury

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Business Writing Skills

July 28, 2010

Today, I coached a senior manager form the welfare-to-work sector in business writing skills. The session ran from 9am until 4pm and covered the following:

- The Essentials of a Well-Written Document
- Report Structures
- Preparation Strategies
- Measuring a Document for Readability
- Essential Grammatical ‘Rules’
- Punctuation Refresher
- Tips for Improving Spelling

The day culminated in a personal action-plan including a follow-up session to review a live business report.