Author: Beth Wonson
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3 Ways to Get Started with Feedback
When a culture of feedback exists, team morale will not be shaken by feedback. In fact, individuals and the team as a whole, will expect feedback. They’ll view feedback as a tool to improve how they communicate and collaborate to make work more enjoyable, productive, innovative, and meaningful. I have 3 tools to help you…
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Sometimes The World Needs Us To Be Disruptors
Sometimes the world needs us to be disruptors. Energy patterns are created by our behaviors and reactions. Sometimes just shifting the direction of negative energy can feel like a relief! Here’s a quick story about what I mean.
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Are You Coaching Curious?
I feel like I am always using my coaching skills. I use them as a parent. I use them with my grandchildren. I use them in every client engagement. I use them while facilitating strategic conversations, teaching about feedback, and helping people frame effective one-to-one meetings. Why? Because the ability to listen deeply, to learn…
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Going Local for Deep Connection
Every once in a while do something that doesn’t quite seem like it fits with your big goals. For no other reason than to fill your heart. Sit at the staff lunch table and bask in the connection and fun of your staff. Find time in your schedule to volunteer at an event in your…
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Dealing With The Perfectionist In You
People who have what I call a perfectionist personality are people who believe so strongly that there is only one path to getting a task or job done correctly that they are hesitant to delegate or allow others to use their unique strengths and talents to handle it. As a manager or leader, an unrecognized…
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Managing Someone Who Seems “Helpless”
If a person you are managing continually shows up blaming others, shrugging their shoulders, tossing up their hands, or stating that they have no control over their lot in life, you are likely managing what I call a “Helpless Victim”. Sometimes these challenges can be totally justified. But if you recognize a pattern where it…
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A Solution for Team Conflict
Teams are so busy focusing on the work that needs to be done and how to reach their outcome, that they don’t consider that conflict is natural when people with different strengths, perspectives, experiences, and work styles come together. When there are no norms for engaging in conflict in healthy ways, it can result in…
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State of Work is Taking a Toll
The current state of what work looks like in our society was taking a toll on her mental and emotional health. She doesn’t blame the leaders of the organization, stating that they are as overwhelmed as anyone. In fact, the work pressures make it nearly impossible to identify what is at the crux of the…
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I Was Thrilled To Receive This Message
Coaching is my passion. But teaching leaders and managers to use the tools of Navigating Challenging Dialogue and the NCD Approach to Coaching really brings me so much joy! A past participant in my Coaching in the Workplace workshop emailed me to let me know how a conversation they were dreading turned out. They gave…
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Mentorship Levels-Up Skills
When you build a coaching culture where peers, leaders, and supervisors are engaged with curiosity and listen deeply to each other, they begin to find common ground and develop empathy. Cross-departmental teams who previously fought over resources or power now begin to see how they are all connected and working toward the same goals. Mentorship is…