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How to have the "ugly" performance conversation
Do you remember something called the 'Bell Curve' from your school days? When applied to work performance, it basically means that most people (68%) are in the middle and have average quality of work while 16% are high performers and naturally the other 16% are low...
Is there such a thing as a “bad question”?
In my world, YES. Within the context of being a “coach manager” (someone who not only allows others to come up with the solutions but actually facilitates others in creating the solution) you can actually do more harm than good if you ask a bad question. What’s a...
Communicate or Dictate?
When terrorist planes hit the twin towers on September 11, one man gained international attention and acclaim for his leadership. Struggling at a 36% in approval ratings for his rigid, dictatorial style of management, Rudy Giuliani was losing popularity fast prior...
Change the way you talk, change your results
My client Gerry thinks he’s unappreciated at work. The truth of the matter is that his boss just isn’t very good at communicating his praises to him. Angela is calling a divorce lawyer this week--her husband won’t talk about their problems. John and Dave work in...
A blues buster E-zine
Every newsletter I seem to read in the recent weeks is a strategy or list of to-do’s for coping during difficult economic times. Of course, I’m no dummy and I recognize why, but I decided to do a different type of list for the New Year. One that talks about...
The 5 best interview tips I’ve ever used to get a job
With so many lay offs and restructuring plans in the marketplace, you will need every tip and trick in the book to stand out amongst a sea of competitors. Here are the very best interview tips that I've found to be the most powerful when looking for that perfect...
“Max, you’ve been saying you’re quitting this job for three years now!”
Max is the kind of guy who’s capable but not driven at his job. His interests lie elsewhere and sometimes in more places than one. Max complains and thinks he needs to quit this rat race every single day of his life and yet low and behold, even through increasingly...
The Emotional Office
A fellow coach who specializes in personal coaching mentioned to me that with her clients, she can always see emotions at play but that with corporate clients, she never could. I had to disagree with her. My whole world is corporate. I work in a corporation, have...
Are you falling off the tightrope?
Work-life balance is the number two concern I run into in everyday conversations I have with managers these days (number one is conflict resolution with someone they manage). The tightrope of walking the fine balance between what needs to be done to sustain the...
The Lonely Solopreneur
Your better half doesn’t want to hear another word about the business and none of your friends really understand what you do for a living. Their advice is often well meaning but grossly misplaced and pretty much useless. There is nowhere to turn, no one to vent to....
Is Your Team Balanced?
Ying and Yang. Male and Female. Good and Bad. The whole world is made up of just the right amount of both. When that balance is lost, so are we. Some examples of balance gone awry are: Female infanticide due to China’s one child law has caused villages of single...
The Good Boss
I’m old. I may not look or feel old-but I’ve got over a decade under my belt in a board room across two continents and these eyes have seen a lot of Good and Not So Good Bosses in action. I also have clients who are Amazing Bosses. I can tell, believe me. When you...
About Chala
Chala Dincoy is a Marketing Strategist who helps B2B service providers reposition their marketing message to successfully sell to corporate clients
