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3 Situations When Managers Should Not Coach

LSA Global

Sometimes Managers Should Not Coach. Sometimes managers should not coach. Are you a manager who struggles to add coaching to your long list of responsibilities? Many Managers Struggle with Coaching. Many Managers Struggle with Coaching. Three Situations When Managers Should Not Coach. Takes Too Much Time.

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Managers Think They’re Good at Coaching. They’re Not.

Harvard Business

In our years studying and working with companies on this topic, we’ve observed that when many executives say “yes,” they’re incorrectly answering the question. This research project is still in progress, but we wanted to offer a glimpse into our methodology and initial findings. pbombaert/Getty Images.

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Automotive Industry 2022: Overcoming Project Challenges

Epicflow

The trends shaping the automotive industry in 2022 will certainly have an impact on its companies’ projects. What issues will they bring to automotive project management, and what are the ways to address them? Now, let’s see how these challenges will be reflected in the automotive companies’ projects. . Dealing with uncertainty.

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Until You Have Productivity Skills, Productivity Tools Are Useless

Harvard Business

But the truth is, it wasn’t the tools alone, it was also the workflow management process —or methodology—I applied to the tools. A workflow management process keeps the focus on the big picture while offering a structure in which to organize and manage the details. ” “Club lessons?

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Most Managers Don’t Know How to Coach People. But They Can Learn.

Harvard Business

In our years studying and working with companies on this topic, we’ve observed that when many executives say “yes,” they’re ill-equipped to answer the question. For one thing, managers tend to think they’re coaching when they’re actually just telling their employees what to do. .” questioning.

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Your Sales Training Is Probably Lackluster. Here’s How to Fix It

Harvard Business

companies spend over $70 billion annually on training, and an average of $1,459 per salesperson — almost 20 percent more than they spend on workers in all other functions. Salespeople must learn about strategy and sales tasks at your firm, not only a generic sales methodology. They don’t need to know how to do those jobs.

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A Refresher on A/B Testing

Harvard Business

Lots of managers run sequential tests — e.g., testing size first (large versus small), then testing color (blue versus red), then testing typeface (Times versus Arial) — because they believe they shouldn’t vary two or more factors at the same time. How Do Companies Use A/B Testing?

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