Coaching Effectiveness - Dr. Behar-Courtois

The One-on-One Meeting That’s Actually a Monologue in Disguise

Ask most managers if they have regular one-on-ones with their team and they’ll say yes. Absolutely. Every two weeks, without fail. Ask their team members what those meetings feel like, and you’ll hear something different. “It’s basically a status update.” “He talks […]

The Meeting After the Meeting Is Where Culture Actually Lives

You can tell a lot about an organization’s culture by what happens in the ten minutes after a leadership meeting ends. Not what was said in the room. What gets said in the hallway, in the elevator, over a quiet coffee, in […]

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When the Team Is Performing but the Leader Is the Problem

Nobody calls me when the leader is the problem. They call me when the team is underperforming, when attrition is high, when collaboration has broken down, when results are below expectation. The assumption, almost always, is that something is wrong with the […]