Too many initiatives in parallel, unrealistic production targets, and milestones. Daily status updates, tracking, rushing, hurry….why does it take so long? What have you been doing? While waiting why not starting with this other task?
coaching
I recently facilitated a session for my team at our quarterly team gathering to introspect about who they are as a team and how they are working together. We’ve done this session during a transition phase where one team member was about to leave while a new team member just joined the team. Both were present in the room.
I’m a Manager since 2011 and I always thought I am quite a good listener, that was until I attended the Co-Active Coaching training where I got introduced to the different levels of listening and had the chance to extensively practice it.
The following beautiful little story got introduced to me during one of the many lovely evenings with my partner, where we sit in our lounge, read books and have discussions about life, over a glass of wine and a bowl of salt & vinegar crisps. The story is from a career coaching book. I post it here mainly to have it handy if I need it in my coaching conversations. And it’s worth sharing nonetheless. Enjoy!
“Moving Motivators” is a Management 3.0 exercise to reflect on your intrinsic motivation, to find out what makes you or your team members and colleagues tick and how these motivators could be affected by an upcoming change.
Impact feedback was first introduced to me during the Agile Facilitator Workshop with Lyssa Adkins. It’s a beautiful way to give (and receive) feedback.