Posts by Vicky Dearing, MCC, M. Ed.
Five Ways For Principals to Keep More Irreplaceable Teachers
Here are five tips from The New Teacher Project on ways for principals to keep more irreplaceable teachers. It’s all about sitting with teachers and having clear and authentic coaching conversations and providing reflective feedback to them. How do these tips match your current practices and what new ideas are coming to mind as you…
Read MoreThe Importance of “Who” in Coaching
“To finish the moment, to find the journey’s end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom.” Ralph Waldo Emerson Thank you, Ralph Waldo Emerson, for reminding us that wisdom comes in the moments, the steps, and the hours! Maybe this is why coaching has become the…
Read MoreWant to Increase Your Self-Awareness? Ask for Feedback.
In our earlier articles this month, the focus has been on ways to increase self-awareness through considering how your ways of thinking and responding to situations aligns with the big picture of who you are at your best, as defined by your identified values and principles and who you are in the activities of each…
Read MoreThree Critical Points About Successful Conversations
Leaders have an enormous responsibility to convene and conduct conversations where people involved feel free to speak openly without reprimand. Earlier this month we offered three important points to consider when having conversations. They were to 1) Listen fully. 2) Respond by offering genuine and authentic paraphrases. 3) Maintain a mindset of respect and presume positive intent on…
Read MoreTake Three For Successful Conversations
“I need to have a conversation with someone, but for some reason I’m holding off, or I’m not sure of the best approach to take.” That is a statement that we at RCG hear over and over again, even from highly successful leaders. What is it that causes people, including high-flying leaders, to hesitate before…
Read MoreOrganizational Culture – A Living Definition of a Shared Reality and Overall Success
When you look out across the dynamics of your workplace culture, what do you see? And, as you describe what you see, how clear is your view? How does it compare with those who live and work within the same culture? Where, if anyplace, might there be obstructions in your view – obstructions that are unintentional…
Read MoreFive Ways to Reduce Blind Spots
We talked earlier this month about possible blind spots in our current view of reality related to our workplace culture. Here are a few thoughts on ways to reduce blind spots. These ideas are embedded in our soon to be released Results Coaching Next Steps: Leading for Growth and Change. Listen to understand from the other…
Read MoreWhy Coaches and Coach Leaders Rely on Positive Psychology
Let’s face it – negative feelings are a reality and are based on the brain’s attempt to protect us as well as some habitual patterns of behavior that do not necessarily give us the results that we want. In fact, negative feelings tend to drain us of energy and block our creative and problem-solving behaviors. We…
Read MoreFive Must Have Skills for Today’s Leaders
“Yesterday I was clever and wanted to save the world. Today I am wise and I am changing myself.” ~ Rumi The quote above introduces the first chapter of our upcoming book, Results Coaching Next Steps: Leading for Growth and Change. We purposefully chose this quote because the message speaks volumes for today’s leaders. Real change…
Read MoreCome – A Poem About Results
Come – Let’s go to a place of extraordinary results. A place where every person feels a deep sense of purpose and moral responsibility to engage, invest and achieve at high levels, individually and as teams. Come – Let’s go to where trust triumphs over distrust. Where vulnerability, honesty, loyalty, respect, joy and a sense…
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