According to a latest poll by the CIPD, lack of trust was voted as the biggest barrier to effective leadership with 45% of the votes. Other votes went to lack of on-the-job training (22%), lack of succession planning (19%) and organisational structure (14%). The importance of TRUST is even more vital when a leader needs to coach his people in order to move forward.
How do you measure the Return on Investment of your Management and Leadership Development programs? In the HR Professional Magazine, Atom Wave presents a client case study on Solution Focused Coaching where significant ROI in sales and productivity were measured.
Is coaching a report similar to coaching a co-worker who has another boss? What are the prerequisites for this type of coaching to work? The Solution Focused coaching approach has been supporting organizations worldwide equip their managers with a set of easy to use coaching tools but primarily with a changed mindset which enables managers to focus more on their people's resources.
The teacher of our 8 year old son called me in the other day in order to inform me that our child was not very “productive” in class, that he is not contributing in group work and does whatever he wants in class. Troubled as to how to constructively handle the issue with our son, I decided to make an “experiment” and try some of the coaching and feedback techniques I use when I work with adults...
Together with Natasha Spirou, HR Director of Fourlis Holdings SA (IKEA, INTERSPORT, FOURLIS TRADE), Olympia Mitsopoulou presented a case study of how they designed a Solution Focused Coachng Train the Trainer, how it successfully rolled out to 300 managers and how they measured its effectiveness.
“True developmental experience ...with measurable results and positive effect on work ethic. Solution focus works!”
Golfo AGAPITOU - Head of People Development, Eurobank
“Exceptional development program ...contributes to increased business results in sales, improved team collaboration, trust building, more effective delegation, and better time management.”NIKI KANELLOPOULOUTraining and Development Deputy Director ALPHA BANK
Olympia had a way of approaching each and every one of us, bridging our differences and make us feel like a team without limits!
Stella VOLAKI - Consumer Products Division - L'Oréal
“Highly interactive program, delivered with structure and impact. Equips with solid techniques/ skills that immediately applicable to personal and organisational effectiveness.”
Natasha SPIROU, Group HR Director - Fourlis Holdings SA
