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  Engineering Management Magazine - The IET 

  http://www2.theiet.org/oncomms/sector/management/magazine.cfm?issueID=214&articleID=FBE4B2EC-D4FC-4BB6-D2431407596C4E2F

  In a business environment where your staff want to be treated as individuals and where development needs to be personalised to the requirements of each person, ‘cascade coaching’ could be a solution. By ... Karen Frost and Simon Hollington . “We need a more coaching style of leadership.” How often have we heard this or similar statements, and yet little seems to change. And why is this? There are many possible reasons. Firstly, we believe, the pressure of hitting targets tends to encourage us to drive our teams and focus on the task. Secondly, societal perceptions of leadership still often emphasise the importance of fixing crises and encourage decisiveness and decision making, all of which suggest a ‘command and control’ style of leadership. Thirdly, coaching takes time and patience, neither of which often seem readily available. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, attempts to introduce a coaching approach tend to be half-hearted. Bold (or foolish) words perhaps, but let us explain. Co   [More...] [Less...]

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