At IECL we teach people to become executive coaches. Over the last few years we"ve taken to calling it organisational coaching to avoid the "but I"m not an executive, can you still coach me?" question. Organisational (a.k.a. executive) coaching means that the organisation...
The Harvard Business Review recently reported that only 3% of those surveyed were happy with their current Performance Management. Deloitte found that more than half of the Executives they surveyed believed that current Performance Management approaches didn't drive engagement, and didn't lead to higher performance....
Sky News Business interview with Chip McFarlane, IECL Master Coach and Director Addressing Employee (Under)performance " Chip McFarlane on Sky News Business discussing how to address employee underperformance in an effective manner....
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....
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....
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....
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...
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 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...
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....
