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Insight On Coaching

Summary: live, internet radio show on professional, executive and management coaching

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  • Artist: Tom Floyd
  • Copyright: copyright 2009 Insight Educational Consulting

Podcasts:

 Coaching Across the Playing Field | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 59:00:00

What lessons and best practices can be taken from sports coaching and applied to coaching business professionals? Guests include executive and professional coaches, sports coaches, and professionals who have been coached by both.

 Coaching for Hispanic/Latino Teams and Audiences | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 59:00:00

American workplaces are increasingly diverse in race, culture and religion. Most companies understand the laws against discrimination and work diligently to obey them. But putting together dynamic workplace teams across cultures can sometimes lead to conflict. Different languages, religious practices, communication and work styles can sabotage even the most talented professionals. In this program we’ll explore how coaching can help managers recognize potential conflicts and put together teams that work. We’ll also look at how teams and individuals can be coached to reach their goals and minimize differences.

 Internal Coaching | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 59:00:00

In the workplace, managers who truly have effective coaching skills produce significantly better results. Companies that have brought in a coaching culture report significantly reduced staff turnover, increased productivity, more harmonious work environment and satisfaction at work. What is an internal coaching program, and how is it developed? What are the pros/cons and issues related to internal coaching, and how is its effectiveness measured? This show will touch on several subjects related to internal coaching, including how to set up and maintain a program, and discuss the growth of this field.

 Crisis Coaching | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 59:00:00

Disasters like 9/11, Hurricane Katrina and the Minneapolis bridge collapse in August, force first responders, investigators, law enforcement, community and corporate leaders to work together in ways they never would day-to-day. Effective leadership is the hallmark of a successful response to a crisis. But it also requires exceptional levels of organization, communication, cooperation and commitment by everyone involved. How can coaching help companies, community groups and public agencies ensure that their people will be ready to take action when the worst happens?

 GLBT Professionals in the Workplace | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 59:00:00

In 31 states, you can be fired for being gay. In the states where you cannot be fired for being gay, those states came up with new legislation making it illegal to fire someone for being gay. How are coaches working with LGBT professionals to navigate workplace and career issues?

 Coaching Your Salesforce Toward Multi-Cultural Selling | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 59:00:00

Your company has a multicultural marketing strategy, but how knowledgeable – and adaptive – is your sales team to the needs of your target customer groups? In this program, we hear from coaches who are experts in multicultural marketing and how they help organizations build winning multi-cultural sales strategies, and how they help sales teams to develop winning strategies with diverse cultural groups.

 Coaching Non-Profit and Charity Leaders | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 59:00:00

Non-profit and charity leaders often are hailed for the altruistic deeds and missions of their organizations, most of which are largely central to the health and well-being of society. However, with a continual reliance on fundraising, volunteers or public policy, non-profit leaders face a unique kind of pressure and stress, one where the line between personal and professional lives can more easily get blurred, often leading to burnout and high turnover. How can coaching help non-profit/charity leaders succeed both professionally and personally? What are the differences and similarities to coaching a non-profit leader versus a CEO, and what lessons can be learned from the private and public sectors?

 Coaching Armed Forces Members and Their Teams | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 59:00:00

How can coaching keep teams strong during the absence of an armed forces member in wartime? When the serviceman or woman returns from overseas deployment, how can coaching help the individual and the organization adapt to the changes and remain successful? How are the armed forces using coaching? Do they use it for generals and other military leaders? How is this different than business coaching? What lessons can the business world take from this?

 Coaching the Information Technology and Service Sales Force | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 59:00:00

Almost anyone can sell a product; in fact, if you’ve got a product to sell, you very likely don’t need a salesperson to sell it. But how do you sell an intangible? What are the best methods and measures of success? In this show, we speak to experts and coaches who can help your sales team position and sell intangibles and services.

 Coaching As An Incentive | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 59:00:00

Your company has decided to institute an incentive reward program, but wants to ensure a healthy mix of incentives that foster the behavioral change and motivation that will lead the organization to success. What are today’s corporations using to reward employees within their organizations? And how can coaching be used as an incentive? In this show, our guests discuss the in’s and out’s of incentive programs, as well as what you can do to add coaching to the list.

 Building Cohesive Teams Across Oceans | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 59:00:00

Outsourcing parts of your business can be a strong business strategy. But your customers – internal and external – need to have a consistent experience whether they are dealing with employees who are stateside or offshore. Guests on this program discuss how coaching can help companies build cohesive teams in disparate locations in the U.S. and abroad.

 What Does it Take to Stay at the Top? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 59:00:00

The challenges of maintaining a leadership position can be more challenging than earning the position in the first place. More and more, CEOs and other high-level executives are turning to executive coaches to keep their decision-making and leadership skills sharp and enable them to be successful in their roles as leaders. This program discusses some great successes and some public failures and what role coaching can play at both ends of the spectrum.

 Why Style Matters in Business and Politics | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 59:00:00

The Presidential election is a year away, and the field is crowded with candidates. With a 24 hour news cycle and cameras watching their every move, presentation can often be as important as policy for politicians looking to win at the polls. It’s well known that voters respond to charisma, But are charismatic people necessarily good leaders? Can leadership qualities be overlooked because of a lack of charisma? Is the style necessary to be a successful politician the same as that required of a successful CEO? This program explores leadership styles and how coaching can impact success at the ballot box and in business.

 Coaching Successes in Corporate America: Part 3 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 59:00:00

On this show, Tom facilitates conversations with leaders who have successfully implemented coaching programs as part of corporate talent management strategies.

 Coaching for Entrepreneurs | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 59:00:00

A new study sponsored by The Entrepreneur’s Source finds 5 universal reasons why businesses fail no matter what their size. They are: Poor financial management Mismanagement of human capital Pursuit of projects that are incompatible with resources and capabilities Underperforming sales people Lack of communications leadership. On this show Tom interviews guests who have successfully guided entrepreneurs in the past, focusing on how coaches can help entrepreneurs overcome their blind spots, see the big picture and improve their overall performance.

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