Managing Across Generations
I recently had the pleasure of speaking at the HR Magazine conference in HK on Managing Diversity. My particular topic was Dinosaurs to Digital - HR strategies for managing across 5 generations....
What are the benefits of coaching? (Hint: it’s probably not what you think)
Many people these days have a coach, but why? What benefit do they gain from being coached? IECL has carried out a longitudinal survey of our coaching clients over 10 years (2005 - 2015) and the results are in....
Building high performance teams: a formula for organisational success
The quality of a team's performance is one of the best predictors of organisational success. Businesses that understand this and commit to building high performance teams are those most likely to thrive in challenging times....
Coaching vs Mentoring
The talent retention journey: coaching vs mentoring HR Magazine, April 2016 "For organizations in countries with a deficit in current leader quality, negative consequences await them as they struggle to succeed in the face of business demands with leaders who lack practiced and polished leadership skills." DDI...
Mindfulness and Me
I have just finished an 8 week course called mindfulness based stress reduction or MBSR as it is known. The impacts of this experience have been both profound and subtle. As mindfulness seems to be a bit of a hot topic I thought I would...
John Raymond on Organisational Coaching, Part I
John Raymond is IECL's Head of Coaching, and a Principal Coach and Facilitator. He will be facilitating a session on the Future of Coaching at ICF Advance: Forward in Portland, Oregon this October. Here John shares insights about the field of Organisational Coaching which...
Mentoring: Rules of Engagement
Whether you are in a structured mentoring program, or the relationship evolved naturally, there are a number of guidelines which should be followed in order for both the mentor and mentee to garner as much from the relationship as possible....
A Guideline for Organisational Coaching in Australia
In 2008, 20 key industry stakeholders from relevant Australian organisations completed a questionnaire to assist Standards Australia to make a decision regarding the net benefit of producing a handbook on organisational coaching. This group went on to form a working committee with the aim of...
360 feedback " like it or loathe it?
Recently I performed an online search of "360Ëš feedback", with 298 million results. Many of these results described the process of 360Ëš feedback, and many presented a balanced view of the strengths and weaknesses of 360Ëšs. What surprised me was the volume of those going...
Give and Take; are you a giver, a taker or a matcher?
A senior executive recently commented to me that their most highly motivated moments at work are when they"re contributing to the growth of others: "but this is a bit fluffy isn't it?" Not so. This executive is motivated by what Adam Grant, refers to...