101 Tips Template 7

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Subject: Coaching-101 Tips E-Mail Game. Round 2

WOW! Participants sent us 66 valuable tips for effective coaching. Here are three of them:

PYGAMLION REVISITED. Communicate high expectations for your coachees and faith in their abilities to perform highly. Something that I've picked up on from sports coaches of mine was that they held higher expectations for me than I had for myself. Most importantly, they showed faith in my ability to rise above my perception of myself. (Kurt Squire)

POSITIVE IDEAS TRUMP NEGATIVE FEEDBACK. Instead of telling a salesperson that they shouldn't have asked so many manipulative questions on that sales call (Negative Feedback), it is more useful to suggest that they ask more open-ended, double-clicking questions such as, "Tell me more?", "Can you get more specific?", or "What are some of your most critical objectives" (Positive Ideas). (Andy Kimball)

INDIRECT FEEDBACK. Instead of singling out one individual in a group who needs improvement, find another person in the group that individual works well with, and enlist the aid of the other person to deliver the comments or encouragement needed. Many people find criticism easier to take if it's not from the manager. (Kaye Vivian)

MORE TIPS. Please check our website page www.thiagi.com/email-coach101-tips.html for a total of 76 more coaching tips.

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