Hello Everyone, I have a request to make of my colleagues from around the world. My book, The Coaching Solution: How to Drive Talent Development, Organizational Change, and Business Results has been nominated for the 2016 Small Business Book Award. I would greatly appreciate it if you could click this link and vote for my […]
How to Find a Coaching Program Manager By Renée Robertson Crucial to the success of your internal coaching program is a suitable leader, someone who has a strong knowledge of business and talent development and who has a solid professional reputation. Personal strengths that contributed to the success of the internal coaching programs I designed were my […]
Is Your Human Resources Organization Strategic or Transactional? By Renée Robertson Understanding your human resources organization, can also help you understand the climate and mood towards internal coaching – especially since many times they are the ones driving the programs. Please complete these questions to understand your HR organization’s strengths. How would your clients, […]
Is Your Company Ready for internal Coaching? Part 3 By Renée Robertson Once you have completed the first two assessments, its time to review your findings and think through the questions that follow below. Coaching Questions: What have you learned? What is happening in your industry? Inside your company? How engaged are your employees? What do […]
Is Your Company Ready for internal Coaching? Part 2 by Renée Robertson The second assessment, the Internal Coaching Readiness Assessment, will assist you in determining if your culture and talent management strategy is set up to incorporate an internal coaching program. Completing the assessment questions will provide insight on whether or not coaching is a […]
Is Your Company Ready for internal Coaching? Part 1 by Renée Robertson Let’s examine whether your company or organization is ready for an internal coaching program. To help you determine this, the following is an Environmental Assessment that will help you take an external look at your industry and its competitive environment, as well as […]
Is an Internal Coaching Program the Right Solution for Your Company? by Renée Robertson It took me two attempts and two years to secure the support for an internal coaching program. In hindsight, I see that I was swimming against a strong “anti-coaching” political current. My Human Resources business partner must have sensed this at […]
Where Should An Internal Coaching Program Live in a Company? by Renée Robertson Let’s explore where coaching programs can potentially reside inside an organization. This is a topic that can cause debate, as it is not always clear where an internal coaching program and its coaches should be housed. My view is this: house the program […]
The Coaching Imperative By Renée Robertson I have learned that coaching means many things to many people. I often see a certain technique in practice that is referred to as “coaching” among managers and executives, when really, all that is happening in these instances is that counseling or feedback is being supplied. For […]
Be Engaged, Be Passionate, Be Visionary by Renée Robertson Leaders come in all shapes, sizes, races and genders from all over the world. I believe that there is a leader in all of us and that it’s incumbent upon each of us to take responsibility for our […]
