The power of hope in helping people achieve their goals is remarkable. Research shows that more than half the variance in performance by female athletes is attributable to the quality of hope they exhibit 1. People who have strong reserves of hope tend to be more proactive about their health and are more resilient in (more…)
Use this simple diagnostic tool to assess how much fun you have at work. Tick all those that apply with a Yes. Scoring: For very tick or Yes, count them up: 14 and above: Your work environment plays to your energies and interests, gives you the support you need and generally feels like a great (more…)
This simple reflective guide and tool can be used by teams to reflect on the seven types of trust required in teams. Usually this exercise takes 60 minutes to complete. Purpose: To think about how they will build high quality of trust in the mentoring relationship Process: Introduce the exercise by explaining that one of (more…)
When someone appears not to want to learn, it may be for one of several reasons: Lack of confidence People can lack confidence for a whole variety of reasons. They may have had a long break due to illness, taking a period of maternity leave, experienced redundancy, had a sabbatical, career break or had a...
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The mentoring conversation provides a safe space to experiment with learning behaviours. As such, it’s to be expected that occasionally, within the context of a challenging learning conversation, either mentor or mentee says something, which causes a negative reaction in the other person. Part of the contracting process at the beginning of the relationship should...
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If we really attend to what someone else is saying, it’s not that difficult to pick up significant words or phrases. There are four main clues here: If it’s significant, it carries a particular, often emotion-laden meaning for them. Make a mental note (or jot down the word or phrase) and wait for a pause...
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Being noticed in a positive way is a vital part of career progress. There are five main ways in which mentors can help mentees do this: Track record comes only partly from doing your primary job well. Being noticed is much more closely related to the activities you undertake over and above this. Mentors can...
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Authenticity is one of those irritatingly vague qualities expected of modern leaders – generally seen as desirable but difficult to define or demonstrate. Worse, because it is supposed to be a natural quality, the idea of developing authenticity seems artificial and manipulative. Dictionary definitions tend to describe authenticity as the quality or condition of being...
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Of all the conflict situations between managers and their direct reports, the controlling boss is arguably the most common and one of the most difficult to deal with. People, who are creative and independent, are often either crushed by their boss or quit. This is also one of the most common situations that people bring...
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Values elicitation triangle This technique helps people work pout their core values. It comes from Julie Hay, an expert in both mentoring and transactional analysis. The instructions are: 1. Choose three key values and place one at each side of a triangle. 2. What is the connecting value between each of these? 3. What is...
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