Kim TassoTeam management issues – Managing up, boundaries and broken relationships
Posted on: February 4, 2019
At the December 2018 presentation of a delegation, coaching and team management training workshop (http://www.pmforum.co.uk/training.aspx) delegates were particularly interested in the following team management issues – managing up, boundaries and broken relationships. Managing up Managing up is “Understanding your boss’s position and requirements and making yourself known as a stellar employee by exceeding his or […]
Leadership: Emotional contagion, delegation, coaching and team meetings
Posted on: January 12, 2018
At the end of last year I ran a half day training session on management and leadership for marketing and business development professionals. Some key topics of interest were emotional contagion, delegation, coaching and team meetings: Emotional contagion Those around us are affected by our emotions. This means that if we express dismay, worry, frustration […]
Future marketing manager – Perception, Motivation and Planning (Oct 2017)
Posted on: October 20, 2017
At the recent Future Marketing Manager http://www.pmforum.co.uk/training.aspx we covered the usual wide range of topics. However, the three themes that involved the most discussion were perception, motivation and planning. Perception Perception is “the way in which something is regarded, understood, or interpreted”. There was recognition that how marketing and business development in the professions is […]
Book review – Key Coaching Models by Stephen Gibson (and other coaching books)
Posted on: August 26, 2017
I am often asked for book recommendations on my coaching and mentoring courses so I thought I’d take a look at this one on coaching models. It’s stuffed full of useful models so I’d recommend it to experienced coaching practitioners. But as coaching (and counselling) skills are important in establishing a relationship I’ve included some […]
Delegation for leaders
Posted on: August 11, 2017
Delegation is a frequent topic of conversation with my clients – Whether it’s for freeing up the time of leaders, empowering new leaders, developing teams or working more efficiently/profitably. Traditional pyramid structures in professional service firms require that a senior person builds a team of junior people in order to achieve maximum profitability. Delegation is […]