97. Here are some challenging questions from some listeners. Hear our recommendations of how you can deal with some of the challenges you face on a daily basis. Please feel free to send us some challenging questions, you can send them to [email protected]. And enjoy this episode. 

96. We are excited to offer you an interview with author Dr. Keith Webb of "The Coach Model." Learn how to listen even when you don't want to listen. (I suffer from that from time to time.) Learn how to build rapport, how to raise awareness with your team member. Improve your active listening techniques with his simple focus approach. 

Here is a great summary of his book in PDF format. Enjoy. https://farran.abwe.org/uploads/9/7/1/2/97128822/the_coach_model_summary.pdf

95: The Manager's Challenge. You have been given a strict directive from the leadership in your organization. Your team doesn't like it, you don't like it. To make matters worse you and your team don't think it will work. But you have to do it, you have to implement it? How do you keep your self-respect, your team's respect, and your leadership's respect when you give your leadership team feedback on how you and your team doubt this approach will work?

If you liked this episode you may consider listening to -

83. Do You Appreciate Your Employees? Does Your Boss Appreciate You?

72. Great Leaders Ask Great Questions with Bob Tiede

79. How to Lead with Questions with author- Michael J. Marquardt

How to manage your boss may be just as important as managing your team. Here are over 10 ways to manage your boss, and how to reset you mindset so you can manage your boss. If you don't manage your relationship with your boss, who will?

How to Tell an Employee They Didn’t Get a Promotion. Yet, you want them to still stay with you both physically and psychologically. Discover how to deliver bad news from one of my coaching success stories. A client went through this challenge recently and learn how they delivered the bad news and got a good result. The non-promoted employee stayed and is more focused than ever to be ready for the next promotion. A happy ending is a great coaching moment.  

92: Reach clarity faster by asking better questions. And learn 5 mistakes coaches make by asking bad questions. Avoid the mistakes so you can be a great coach. 

You have had success coaching, now you can go to the next level. 

Here are 10 questions you can ask to help your team member get to the next level.

 Improve your coaching with 10 questions to help you improve your teams performance.  

1. Since you’ve started your Supervisor role; what are the things you feel you’ve learned or improved on?

90: The Gift of Challenge - What does a world class archer with no arms and an NBA Champion have in common? They both were given the gift of challenge. Matt Stutzman's adopted parents and Coach K from Duke gave  the gift of challenge, and it propelled both of our podcast subjects on a journey to their highest achievements.  What questions can you ask to challenge your team members to their highest level of performance? Do you have what it takes to give the gift of challenge? In this podcast learn about Matt Stutzman who is a world class archer and Shane Battier a NCAA National Champion and an NBA World Champion and how they were challenged to their greatest achievements by 2 simple questions.  Those 2 questions, changed their lives. 

This is a reload of Episode 19 about being non-judgmental in coaching. Being non-judgmental is one of the foundations of a great coach. We have to hold judgement so the team member can see the events from their perspective and get clarity. Clarity is the key to success for your team member. Listening in a non-judgmental way is a great gift to your team members.  

Have you ever bought a fake ticket at a major sporting event?  And what can it teach us about coaching?  2 important lessons can be learned by being taken by a ticket scalper.  And how that lesson can make you a better coach!