People with mentors perform better!

I advise my clients to find a mentor. Now I read in HBR that research shows that people with mentors perform better, advance in their careers faster, and even experience more work-life satisfaction. And.. the mentors benefit too.
After all, “to teach is to learn twice.” Despite all these benefits, and even though 76% of working professionals believe that a mentor is important to growth, more than 54% do not have such a relationship.
The problem is often that people don’t know how to find a mentor or establish a relationship. The following steps can help.

Enhancing Team Performance Through Executive Coaching

ASK for what you need, don’t assume rejection!

  Are you procrastinating in planning a meeting because you are afraid others will put your request off? For any relationship to thrive, both parties have to take responsibility for clearly communicating their needs. Do not assume that others can read your mind. Collaboration is about aligning expectations on mutual needs. Also yours!

Delegating does not work for me! Why?

 Still, many managers I coach find themselves frustrated that delegating through, handing over a task or assignment, doesn’t work. They discover the work isn’t done right or on time — or worse, they end up spending even more time fixing the problems than if they’d done it all themselves. So.. they rather do it themselves. Result: overachieving, working too operationally, and no time to analyze and personally grow strategically.  There are four common reasons why most of us think why delegation fails. My direct reports have a:

Gedrag dat ons energie geeft versus gedrag dat ons energie kost.

Welk gedrag geeft je energie en welk gedrag gedrag kost je energie? Zoek je Energie vreters en

Leadership isn’t about your job title. You don't need to be the boss to be a leader.

My client says that she is impatient and compelling and does not realize her goals with her team. You don’t need to be the boss to be a leader says this article and I agree.
Here are three actions you can take to hone your leadership skills right now and become a highly respected and influential team member.

6 Reasons to embrace procrastination

Here are six reasons why you shouldn’t worry about putting off to tomorrow what you could do today:

"Ik ben een pleaser en begrijp niet dat ik mensen irriteer."

Met dit plaatje heb ik mijn client laten zien dat het een vicieuze cirkel is waar zij als pleaser inzit en dat de teleurstelling in de ander op deze manier ontstaat.

Regelmatig moe? Analyseer je gedachten cirkel!

 MOE, zonder fysieke oorzaken, ontstaat vaak niet omdat we te veel GEDAAN hebben. We hebben vaak te veel GEDACHT, GETOBT. Analyses van deze gedachtes helpen ons om de oorzaak te ontdekken. En de realiteit er van te beoordelen.

F/M; It makes a difference who conducts the interview.

This article was sent to me and I like to share it because I recognize that we tend to project and ask questions according to our own preferences.