News stories from The Performance Solution in 2009

Soft skills for hard benefits

The Performance Solution | 07 Dec 2009

The annual International Coaching Federation (ICF) conference is taking place this month in Orlando. We've been counting down the days and Sally Vanson is now there soaking up both sunshine and worldwide coaching news for us.

Retaining Your Talent

The Performance Solution | 10 Nov 2009

Hanging onto the best and getting the best out of them. The recession, or credit-crunch, (those two vastly over-used words) has thrown companies into turmoil for 2 big reasons. 1. How do you keep your best staff motivated when there is so much insecurity in jobs?
2. As the recession lifts, and more jobs become available, how do you retain your talent?

Need to Enhance Peoples Performance?

The Performance Solution | 15 Sep 2009

'Finally assessments that provide RESULTS for behavioural change' Dr. Marshall Goldsmith. 'The versatility of Extended DISC lends itself in inclusion in several of our Leaddership Development Programmes' Ashley Miles, Director, Worldwide Learning & Development, Pfizer Inc. 'There are many good assessment tools on the market for use in coaching and leadership development - Extended DISC is just more effective' Jerold Tucker, Principal, The Global Coaching Network Inc.

Can you be Master of all you Survey?

The Performance Solution | 11 Mar 2009

With at least 600,000 jobs forecast to be lost in 2009 there is intense pressure on organisations to drive up productivity and performance. For most organisations improving the individual and team performance of people is the clearest way to drive up the productivity and performance of the organisation.

iWAM Can You?

The Performance Solution | 16 Feb 2009

I have just completed the two day training course for iWAM, and survived! In fact, I found it completely fascinating and fully intend to complete the accreditation process and to use it in real life. iWAM stands for internet Work, Attitude and Motivation questionnaire. In simple terms iWAM is the most up to date psychometric testing currently on the market. The reports are applicable to recruitment and coaching, and can be used with individuals, pairs, teams and for organisations.

Obesity Coaching for Children

The Performance Solution | 11 Jan 2009

The Performance Solution supports health and fitness with programme to positively coach obese children.

Understanding how people process information enables individual motivation and improves recruitment and retention issues

The Performance Solution | 11 Jan 2009

Understanding how people filter for information and where they place their interest and energy can assist line managers in motivating them by using matching language. This then builds rapport, helps people feel comfortable and accepted at work and motivates higher performance. In these challenging times we need our employees to give the best customer service possible and they can only do this if it comes from within.