Information Systems Leadership Team
1.
Core messages I hear loud and clear from this session are:
Listen.
Don’t provide solutions.
Everything begins with The
Conversation. Make sure they happen.
Useful in helping someone cope or get through
a tough period.
Real life situations vary from person to
person. “One size fits one.” Realize that each situation should be handled
differently.
Life is not fair. Coaching can help deal with the situations,
and help turn it around.
Listen and don’t judge. Don’t look for the solution but work at
helping and finding coaching opportunities.
Start the conversation. It’s never to little/too short. Share the responsibility. Need to shift the culture. Listen, Listen.
We are in transition. Others are experiencing similar difficulties.
The importance to really hear what the
employee is saying. The employee has
ownership in the process.
Have conversations. Authentic, real, regular chats. One size fits one. No right and wrong, not black and white; need
to have more dialogue. Embrace change.
Coaching need not be a tedious pre-scheduled
task. The best coaching is done via
informal chats.
Employee ownership. Needs to plan his career, satisfaction’s with
coaching from employer, third parties.
The employees should be allowed to share the
ownership of issues that affect them and listening as well as being honest are
key to management success.
Employee ownership. Coach as a facilitator, not a problem solver.
2.
Something I will definitely do as a result of this session is:
Use the tools with people. Seek out coaching from others.
Work with my team and utilize the tools to
better understand the issues.
Re-read the book. Consider “What motivates you” when meeting
with employees.
Use the tools when dealing with
situations. The tools should be
effective in situations requiring attention.
Spend more time coaching my staff. Seek more coaching.
Continue with my management and coaching
strategies. I have and now will more probably look for coaching moments. Walk the talk a lot more.
Use tools.
LISTEN, LISTEN. Don’t jump to
conclusions.
Review my own contribution as well as
theirs, and select tools to be used with situations with other staff.
Use tools to open discussion with the employees
under my report.
I am looking forward to using the tools, and
would like to circulate the Beyond Survivor handbook to my
staff. Initiate more chats.
Encourage my managers to apply what they’ve
learned today and coach their staff more than what they’ve been doing.
Find a mentor. Use different types of coaching.
On a more frequent basis, ask employees how
things are going, effectively offering opportunities to coach.
Bump up frequency of coaching conversations
(the informal variety). Address a coaching
challenge I have differently.
3. In my part of the organization, this program
would be (circle one): USEFUL / NOT USEFUL because:
USEFUL - It provides tools and techniques
that are able to be used easily and quickly.
USEFUL – My team is typically entry level
staff who could really benefit
USEFUL – I manage a large work group.
USEFUL – Great information for open and
honest communication.
USEFUL – This will provide a common base to
discuss issues from – and bridge some of the conflicts between technical and
business.
USEFUL – I have at least one employee that
I’m not sure how they see their values as being met. They keep to themselves.
USEFUL – Deal with staff with talent
retention issues constantly. Have a
variety of staff at different ages and career points which different tools
would fit.
USEFUL – Feedback from our staff is that we
are not good coaches and this is something the staff is looking for and needs.
USEFUL – IS group needs to move further
towards the New Employer/Employee Relationship.
USEFUL – Coaching/mentoring are key to our
ongoing success and the development or restoration of TRUST.
USEFUL – There is a powerful message here
for the employees. The main problem as I
see it is to convey the message to them clearly – by preference. I would have them all attend a version of
this session.
4. My
comments on the session overall:
Practical and useful.
Good.
Interesting. Fun.
Overall this is a great course.
Very good I learned a lot about my
colleagues in a friendly and comfortable environment.
Thanks.
Good stuff – in some cases, review for
me. But it puts it together in a neat
package.
Very good.
Excellent, original tools.
Feel very comfortable contacting the
facilitator if need guidance or coaching!!
I particularly like the numerous activities
which help the learning process. Plus
being able to go outside. Overall, it
was a very productive session, not just the education part, but also the
“bonding” part that just happened as a consequence.