This is a guest post from Dora Wang of TINYpulse. The majority of remote workers, unsurprisingly, do not receive their feedback in person. Instead, they receive it from communication technologies ranging from texting to Skype.   The vast majority of respondents—92%—are happy with the way their supervisor gives them feedback on their performance.What these responses

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Some organizations are eliminating their performance management processes, some are revamping them with new tools and approaches, and some are maintaining the status quo. Regardless of your organizational approach to performance management, the need and desire for coaching has never been greater. Here are two examples: If your organization is reinforcing performance management, coaching is

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Some have one, some want one, some think they should have one. Some that do have one aren’t getting the value they could, and some don’t have one because they don’t know how to get that value. I’ve been coaching for many years; I’ve seen the mistakes clients make, the misconceptions they have, and how

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A coaching conversation starts with you and your intention. How will you try to be helpful in your interactions with others so they walk away feeling inspired or leaning a new perspective? Gregg Thompson, author of The Master Coach, and President of Bluepoint Leadership, joins Kevin to discuss coaching as a discipline and the impact

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It’s Friday, and you may be starting to wrap up your week and may even be planning to make it a long weekend heading into the 4th of July. Whether you make it back into the office on Monday or Wednesday or some day thereafter, vow to spend less time on email. You already know

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If your organization’s performance management processes are working great, you can save some time and skip this post. But if you are like most organizations, leaders, and individuals you have at least some pain or frustration with this process (and maybe a whole lot, you are still reading.) Good – stay with me. There are

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Coaching is one of your most important roles. When you do it well, it can also be one of the most gratifying parts of being a leader. While I have long shared insights and helped others learn to be better coaches, I wanted to see if I could summarize the essence of coaching success into

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If you’re a leader, best-selling author Jon Gordon wants you to take this message to heart: Spreading negative energy solves nothing. In fact, it causes people to shut down. Morale suffers, employees disengage, productivity takes a hit, and profits fall. “It’s easy to get upset and derailed by anger when things go wrong, but then

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Tomorrow is my mother’s birthday. I won’t tell you which one it is, but like all the rest of them, it is worth celebrating. As I’ve been thinking about Mom’s upcoming birthday, I’ve been reflecting on what she’s taught me – it’s a long list. To celebrate her birthday, I’ve identified some of the most

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