I have two news items to share before jumping into the newsletter for this week: Registration is still open for my free workshop on Using a Coaching Approach to Leadership on June 25. And registration is officially now open for…

Why do you do what you do? If you’re already in a leadership position, why do you lead the way you do? If you’re not already in a leadership position, why do you want to develop your leadership skills? I…

Inclusivity and coaching is a heavy topic. On one hand, I see a lot of potential for a coaching mindset and a coaching approach to working with your team to contribute to making your workplace more inclusive. This comes to…

Time management is still at the front of my mind right now, because I’m getting ready to teach another session of Strategic Approaches to Managing Your Workload at Library Juice Academy in May and promoting my new small group coaching…

One of the concerns that I hear regularly from people who are considering adopting a coaching approach to leadership is the amount of time that it can take. When you’re being pulled in too many different directions at once, it…

As much as I advocate using a coaching approach whenever possible, it’s important to remember that it’s only one tool in your toolkit. In professional coaching, we talk about “coachability” – whether a person is ready and willing to be…

How do you coach employees in areas that are beyond your area of technical expertise? I’ve had this question come up in a couple of different contexts. It reflects some of the challenges of stepping out of your comfort zone…

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Angela Pashia The Coaching Librarian ↓ I’ve been thinking lately about when I first started on this path to becoming a coach. When I enrolled in my coach training program, I learned a lot in the classes. In theory, I…

This issue describes an idea that I’d like to get feedback on, and then responds to the question: “What do you do when you think you have given someone too much responsibility/power? Or, how do you know when the person…

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When was the last time you gave yourself time to just focus on asking questions without pressure to get to the answers? In the most recent meeting of the current cohort of Developing a Coaching Approach to Leadership, we spent…