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Why coaching, not gadgets, is key to getting the most out of employees

Why coaching, not gadgets, is key to getting the most out of employees | Adaptive Leadership and Cultures | Scoop.it
Research suggests that managers need to become coaches to get the best out of their employees.

Via Helen Blunden
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Good reinforcement of the role of managers in coaching their team members. Helping managers make time and space through one on ones etc. can have a massive impact on performance (engagement, productivity, alignment, focus, development). 

Helen Blunden's curator insight, December 9, 2017 3:23 PM
Research shows that coaching is more effective for performance than gadgets and hacks. Is your manager your coach?
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Simple Methods to Improve Sales Rep Performance

Simple Methods to Improve Sales Rep Performance | Adaptive Leadership and Cultures | Scoop.it
Improving sales rep performance is the primary purpose of a sales manager. Or perhaps I should say, it should be.
Yet, in some organizations, the endless meetings, CYA documentation, special
Andrew Gerkens's curator insight, October 20, 2014 11:59 PM

A great example of how line leaders and workplace learning approaches can be used to improve worker performance, in this case sales reps. My favourite quote, 'Improving sales rep performance is the primary purpose of a sales manager'

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Learning from Restaurant Tours: Coaching Paradigm

Learning from Restaurant Tours: Coaching Paradigm | Adaptive Leadership and Cultures | Scoop.it
This is the third post in a series entitled, "Learning from Restaurant Tours."Learning from Restaurant ToursAs discussed in Learning from Restaurant Tours (Parts 1 & 2), in preparation for keynote presentations on “Selecting for Fit” and “Coaching for Impact” for a restaurant operations conference, we visited local restaurants.Key InsightsBy interviewing Area Coaches, Restaurant General Managers, Shift Leaders, Trainers and Team Members we gained three key insights that can help you build your brand and develop your people.
Teams tend to reflect the resta
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So many important take aways in terms of workplace learning, the role of line leaders and implications for L&D. Learning is often perceived as separate to work and L&D often reinforces this through their behaviour, their command and control approach and the language we use. Rather than learning, we should instead talk about working - how we can help workers get better at what they do, how workers can support each other to solve problems and how they can share good practice at the speed of business.

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