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Trina Roach - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
Trina Roach is an international coach, trainer & HR development consultant who supports the professional growth of ad execs and small agency/business owners on both sides of the pond.
Since leaving the active advertising arena, she has moved from the faster pace of downtown Dusseldorf, Germany to live in a picturesque village near the Dutch border, where she divides her time between her immediate family (including a 25 year old daughter, a 23 year old ... [More]
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- Help is Not a Four-Letter Word Part 3 - "I Am the Only One Who Can Do it Right!"
[Self-Improvement:Empowerment] After our children came, and then turned 2 years old and 4 years old respectively, I began working full-time. At the same time, my husband and I decided that he would become their primary caregiver instead of having to entrust them full-time outside care.
- Why (Some) Managers Do Not Coach Or Give Feedback
[Business:Management] Giving regular, direct feedback and making time for one-on-one coaching are two of the most important functions a manager has vis-a-vis his team. By giving their individual work meaning within the framework of the team's goals - and, therefore, within the organizational context - as well as defining common objectives, and providing guidelines for achieving them, managers empower the individuals in their team to develop and contribute according to their full potential.
- Remembering SARA During Your Next Employee Evaluation
[Business:Management] Although employee evaluations are essential for individual and organizational performance, one aspect of the process still receives much too little attention: the reaction of the person being evaluated. But how do you say something unpopular without igniting resistance and ultimately foster employee disengagement?
- Help is Not a Four-Letter Word Part 2 - "It Will Make Me Look Incompetent!"
[Self-Improvement:Empowerment] "...In the workplace we were so afraid of being thought incapable that some of us went as far as to become a caricature of the alpha-males who symbolized all that was negative in the paradigm we were struggling to shift..."
- Help is Not a Four-Letter Word Part 4 - "It Will Make Me Look Weak!"
[Self-Improvement:Coaching] Within an organization more in-tune with leadership development, the necessary checks and balances to alleviate this situation would have been in place. On the other hand, by simply asking for support, my colleague was able to improve the atmosphere within her team - both for her junior staff and herself.
- Help is Not a Four-Letter Word - "I Don't Want to Impose!"
[Self-Improvement:Empowerment] In order for women to achieve and retain some of the victories the past decades have brought us, I believe we have to cast aside uselessly inflexible ideologies and 'traditional' bad habits, and steer ourselves towards pragmatic, amalgamated solutions that combine the best of the old with the brightest of the new. I graduated high school in 1974 and, therefore, grew up in the age of feminism.
- Maintaining Yesterday Vs Creating Tomorrow
[Business:Change-Management] Frustration and resignation are two things you need to avoid when you are in the throes of a change process. But it's often not the change strategy that's the problem. The problem most often lies in a lack of courage to actually implement the strategy once it's been decided! What resources must YOU activate to take theory to practice, to go from planning to action, and to carry your concept to implementation?
- What Have You Done For Them Lately? Showing Employees Appreciation and Rewarding Good Performance
[Business:Management] Because this year won't be like many others, companies can afford even less to lose their star players - the employees companies depend on to successfully master the external pressure bearing down on their organization and keep them afloat in their respective markets. However, how do you keep star employees loyal and engaged at a time when an increase in salary might not be feasible in the foreseeable future?
- What Good Are Exit Interviews?
[Business:Management] During a particularly passionate brainstorming session in my last open workshop - "Some Quit and Leave...Others Quit and Stay" - our topic of discussion was the reason employees change jobs and what individual managers can do about it. The group quickly agreed that the most important reasons people leave fall into two main categories:
- How Can You Succeed If You Don't Make Mistakes
[Business:Management] If you're like I used to be, you look at people and organizations you consider role models and see (mostly) their successes. Then you look at your own career or business and wonder what you're doing wrong. Read how taking risks and learning wisely from the inevitable mistakes can make a difference in your career or organization.
- Storytelling As A Key Leadership Tool
[Business:Management] Enveloping important business lessons within the framework of a story helps effective leaders do more than just pass on knowledge and know-how. Storytelling transfers theoretical knowledge into a practical context, the story itself focuses and individualizes the information, and the entire experience strengthens and inspires the team.
- Taking Yourself From Resolutions To Results In 2008
[Self-Improvement:Coaching] Now that the year is coming to a close, it's time to look back at the objectives we set for ourselves in 2007. To be more successful in achieving our goals, we have to look critically at where we succeeded, as well as where we may have fallen short - and why.
- Discovering Your Authentic Presentation Personality!
[Business:Presentation] When writing my first presentation on presentation skills I very quickly discovered three essential facts: 1. You can get a lot of great theoretical information on presenting from any decent book on the subject (or - in the meantime - online) 2. Most people have no idea how they look when they present 3. Most people - even in the communications industry! - receive little or no direct feedback on their personal presentation performances.
- Sea Change or Career Change - Stepping off the Hamster Wheel
[Business:Careers-Employment] It was great while it lasted (most of the time, anyway), but now the spark is gone. You know it's time for YOU to finally hop off the hamster wheel and start something new!
- Is There Life After This Job? Or: How Your Termination Policy Can Improve The Image Of Your Company
[Business:Change-Management] As unusual as it sounds, a responsible terminated policy can not only positively influence a company's external imagine, but strengthen the internal reputation as well.
- Can this German Business Weekly Lie-Executive Coaching as a Corporate and Career Tool
[Self-Improvement:Coaching] Under the headline "The New Generation of Helpers" author Sebastian Matthes briefly outlines the growing roll and increasing importance of executive coaching in Germany.
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