Insight On Coaching

Guests discuss whether gender-based factors affect success factors in business. What contributes to the success or failure of female executives? How are these contributing factors different than those for men in the same executive roles? Topics discussed include how successful female executives have used coaches not only to get ahead, but to remain successful, as well as a look at some female executives who have fallen from grace and what we can learn from their experiences.

Most successful managers know how to avoid the obvious ethical lapses. But sometimes small mistakes can derail the success of a department, a company and a career. Paul Wolfowitz recently lost his job as head of the World Bank over concerns about his personal relationship with a bank employee. The CFO of Wellpoint Health was recently ousted after allegations surfaced about extra marital affairs. Why do high performing, very smart people find themselves in these situations? How can executive coaching help prevent self- sabotaging behaviors?

Billions of dollars have been spent on technology in the last 20 years yet large scale IT projects continue to fail. David Taylor, author of the Naked Leader books, says it’s because there’s paralysis in most IT departments. Managers face too many choices, fear of getting it “wrong” and would rather debate, discuss and disagree than take action. With IT such an important ingredient in business success, how can coaching help break through the paralysis and unleash the potential of your people and the value they can create?

Rising health care costs are a crushing burden for American business. Now some companies are turning to workplace wellness coaching as a way to instill healthy lifestyle behaviors and in turn lower claims and costs. What exactly is health and wellness coaching and how can companies save money by spending on it?

Tune in as Tom discusses Coaching: The Missing Ingredient in Successful Performance Mgmt

Many companies still take the sink-or-swim approach to training new managers. After a day or two of HR-mandated training, you’re on your own. But today, no company can afford not to properly prepare its mid-level managers for their new roles. Professional coaching is one of the most effective tools in helping new managers make the transformation from individual contributor to management. This program discusses where and how coaching fits into management training and how it can increase the overall effectiveness of your management team.

One of the biggest challenges for any manager is to rapidly and effectively integrate new workers into the workforce. This show discusses how professional coaching can expedite the on-boarding process by helping new hires strengthen core skills and adjust to the company culture.

Coaching others starts with knowing how to coach the best out of one's self. As you rise in your career, you often need to adjust the behaviors and mental models that brought you initial success to fit your current role and business environment. Failing to embrace new thinking can limit your success – and that of your employees. In this show, guests Marshall Goldsmith, author of What Got You Here Won't Get You There:How Successful People Become Even More Successful, and Dr. Pam Brill, Linkage senior vice president of Learning Solutions, discuss the leadership techniques that can drive real behavioral change in yourself and others to achieve lasting results.

Executive success is directly related to one’s ability to build and cultivate effective relationships with superiors, peers, and subordinates. These skills become tested in times of business change or when part of a globally distributed workforce. This show discusses how professional coaching can help executives and mid-level managers improve relationship building and more effectively use relationships to achieve business and personal success.

Coaching can be critical in helping executives and managers develop the business skills and communication styles – both verbal and non-verbal – required of successful senior executives. Guests will discuss how professional coaching can be highly effective as part of an overall succession strategy with an organization and can address the very real leadership gap ahead for many companies.

Technologically savvy, eager – and almost as large as the Baby Boomer population - millenials are graduating from universities and entering the workforce in mass numbers. However, most are also unfamiliar with the requirements and expectations of corporate life. This program will discuss how professional coaching can assist these workers in their transition to the workplace and effectively harness their ambitions and skills.

How can companies harness the independence of this diverse generation to fill increasing leadership gaps within their organizations? Experts will discuss the impact of professional coaching on developing the management, planning, and business skills of these future leaders.

Generally, baby boomers are hard-working, loyal employees who are deeply connected to their career achievements. This program will discuss how professional coaching can help these employees more effectively work with younger workers with significantly different values, adapt to changing job requirements, and even transition into retirement.

On this show, Tom facilitates conversations with leaders who have successfully implemented coaching programs as part of corporate talent management strategies.

Your company has invested millions of dollars in a major enterprise application. Your technology professionals have spent months or years preparing for the launch. This program discusses how coaching can ensure a successful implementation and – yes – a positive experience for your workforce. You’ll learn how professional coaching can help management teams plan all aspects of an implementation, anticipate obstacles and remove barriers, communicate benefits of change, and stage the actual launch.