As in our previous article ‘If your sales team can’t develop, how can your business grow?’ – the most effective way of ensuring your business succeeds is to have a motivated staff. If your sales team is not motivated and empowered to produce results, then it’s simple, they won’t. But finding a method to develop […]
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At some point in their career, chances are a teacher will undergo a program of mentoring. This may arise during their time as a PGCE student, as a newly qualified teacher (NQT) or after a promotion within the education system. However, not many working within the education field can say they have been “coached” and […]
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When we talk about business coaching, it’s important to remember that the knowledge and skills gained is not only for internal benefit, but also external; enabling you to build positive working relationships with your key stakeholders. Stakeholders can also benefit from introducing a coaching culture into a business. A key stakeholder is generally considered to […]
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If you want your business to prosper one of the most important things you can do is make sure your staff have the chance to grow their own skills. The most powerful tool you have at your disposal isn’t the software you might use to sell things or even the software you’re selling – but […]
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A school in Iowa in the USA is showing how coaching for teachers can be a valued and integral part of daily activity within the education environment. Tucked away in an office off the main hallway in Cardinal High School in Ottumwa, three women are changing methods of teaching within the school district. Sheila Fetter, Jenny […]
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It’s sometimes difficult for SMEs to recruit and retain staff when they have to compete with larger organisations who are able to offer higher wages and more incentives. Traditionally these larger firms have been able to take the pick of the university graduates with competitive salaries and exciting benefits to woo the best talent no […]
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In an interesting article for the Huffington Post psychologist and leadership coach Beth Weinstock talks about the pressures which come with promotion for those working within higher education. As Weinstock says, any shift in role involves more than just adding additional tasks to the normal daily routine. It also involves the newly promoted person having […]
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When it comes to personal improvement the education field is one where standards and criteria are constantly changing, so it can make it difficult to track success outside the traditional field of exam results. Coaching for education gained particular attention in the UK with the publication of ‘Student Achievement through Staff Development’ by Bruce R. Joyce […]
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It may not be the first port of call to consider a culture of coaching within an education environment, but it is a logical one. It’s the responsibility of schools to make sure students receive the best possible education to meet their needs and prepare them for life in the workforce after graduation. But, as […]
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