It’s time to revitalize a time-tested leadership practice: Management by Walking Around or (MBWA). This practice, characterized by leaders literally walking around their workplace to engage with employees directly, has roots in the successful management strategies of Hewlett-Packard leaders. The leaders at HP with whom I worked, revered this practice so much that they embedded…
Our LWC Coaching model has four core skills: Listening Actively, Coaching Questions, Encouragement and Creating Ownership. Perhaps the most elusive for leaders is encouragement. Why is encouragement a core skill when leaders coach? What makes it challenging for leaders and how can they mindfully integrate it into their coaching and their leadership style? The essence…
There’s no doubt that being an effective leader entails wearing different hats and employing various strategies. Recently in one of our advanced LWC Mentor Coach Circles, a software engineer leader shared that he was struggling to distinguish between when to mentor, train, or coach. He faced rapidly changing priorities and expectations in the organization, and…