by Scott Anderson | Feb 23, 2017 | Coaching, Leadership, Uncategorized, Workplace Culture
Today is the third post in a series of four on the RGT Coaching method. If you haven’t yet, check out the introduction to RGT and last week’s post on “Roles.” It’s a cliche because it’s true: If you don’t know where...
by Scott Anderson | Feb 16, 2017 | Coaching, Leadership, Uncategorized, Workplace Culture
Last week I introduced the RGT–Roles, Goals, and Tolls–Coaching method. As promised, today we’re going to cover the Roles element. When teams learn and practice RGT, they see almost immediate results. It provides a common leadership (and...
by Scott Anderson | Feb 8, 2017 | Coaching, Leadership, Uncategorized, Workplace Culture, Workplace Issues
For the next few weeks, I’m going to write about RGT (Roles, Goals, and Tolls) coaching. This method can help you nip a lot of unnecessary management and leadership problems in the bud and even preempt a lot of problems before they can happen. It also gives...
by Scott Anderson | Jan 11, 2017 | Coaching, Leadership, Uncategorized, Workplace Culture, Workplace Issues
Writing in the Wall Street Journal back in 2008, Samuel A. Culvert called for an end to the performance review. By late 2015, HBR published “Why More and More Companies Are Ditching Performance Ratings.” Last summer I looked at some arguments against...
by Scott Anderson | Dec 14, 2016 | Coaching, Leadership, Workplace Culture, Workplace Issues
As a leader, the lion’s share of responsibility for your company’s climate and communication style rests on your shoulders. Lack of transparency has troubled many companies, but a failure to address issues in the workplace can have a debilitating effect on...
by Scott Anderson | Oct 26, 2016 | Leadership, Uncategorized, Workplace Culture
Steve Blank published a great article last week about succession planning (“Why Visionary CEOs Never Have Visionary Successors”, Harvard Business Review) that made me review my own experience in this area. Blank describes the traditional entrepreneurial succession...
