Coach On Your Shoulder

Part 2 of our conversation with Tammy Gocial of GoLEAD! Tammy is a seasoned leader in higher education and now is an executive coach, helping administrative leaders create strong cultures and build an environment for student success.

Tammy Gocial is an organizational psychologist and has worked in higher education for over 35 years. Now an executive coach, Tammy is now coaching the teachers and administrators that are educating the next generation of leaders. It's a new and exciting practice in the world of colleges and universities.

Natalie Houser of A Shawl Away is a counsellor and therapist who has moved to the world of coaching. Is it really that big a leap? As Natalie says, we aren't going to do therapy in a coaching session, but sometimes coaching can be therapeutic.

Natalie Houser is a Certified Counsellor who has moved to the world of Executive Coaching. We often find that there is overlap between these worlds and in this discussion with Natalie we see how there is indeed similarity in the experience coaches and counsellors provide.

Your manager tells you at your review that the company wants to hire a coach to work with you. Are they getting ready to fire you? Is there something wrong? Companies hire coaches to help them develop their Highest Potential employees - having a voice outside the company can bring a fresh view and take you to a new level at work. But being prepared is essential to success as these engagement can be short. This episode gives you tips about how to prepare and how to maximize the benefit of having a coach.,

Coaching works for teams and well as the individuals on a team. With a solid, repeatable approach, a coach can help project teams and work groups achieve better communication and higher performance - faster. We speak with Helen Rol of Connectedness Coaching about how she works with teams and helps them succeed.

Projects are the lifeblood of business. And business relies on teams to work on a high level to complete their projects. So why don't more Project Teams get professional coaching? In the first of three conversations with Helen Rol we discuss the benefits and process of coaching a team to deliver projects on time, on budget, and with a stronger organizational capability at the end.

In this third part of a conversation with Emily Doyle of the Surefire Way, we discuss the importance of honesty in the workplace. Brief, clear and honest feedback is a hallmark of the best leaders - and it's an honesty that doesn't have to be painful if you create an environment of trust and respect.

I am so busy! I have so much coming up! These phrases have inadvertently become the mantra of everyday work and life. Today we talk with Emily Doyle of The Surefire Way (https://www.surefireway.org) about the importance of some simple, but essential traits in leadership: being present, and being curious.

As a leader how do you handle feedback? Do you hear it and assume that you can interpret what it means? Most of the time, leaders get that part wrong, and would benefit from a thorough review to find out what they are really doing - and how that impacts their team. This is the first of three conversations with Emily Doyle, a career HR leader who brings a CHRO sensibility to her work with small and mid-sized companies.