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The Number One Way to Help Employees Find Their Own Solutions

In my experience, one of the most common reasons managers want to adopt a coaching style of leadership is because they want to help their people find their own solutions rather than tell them what to do.  Usually they know they have a skilled team of professionals and they want to build their … [Read More...]

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HR Needs to Stop Selling

This post was originally published on the Discuss HR blog.  You can read the original post here As a profession, HR spends a fair time agonising over how to raise our profile as a strategic partner and add value to the business. The accepted wisdom is that we need to “sell the benefit” of … [Read More...]

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How to View Conflict Positively

This post was originally published in the Newsletter for CIPD Management Toolclicks.  You can read the original article here. How you as a manager view conflict will largely control your attitude and approach to dealing with it. Most people don’t like conflict.  Maybe that’s because our … [Read More...]

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How do you change an organisation? One person at a time.

As HR professionals and senior leaders, we often think on a macro scale.  We’re often trying to change or implement things at an organisation level, or we’re helping managers create change at a department level or business sector level.  And we’re often trying to do that with limited … [Read More...]

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