Coaching to me is the guidance process to helping your staff be successful at their jobs or in their career goals. Mentoring and helping them become stable and maintain motivation.

This was a very helpful review to remind us of the importance of concise, uncomplicated grammer and writing. We often are underthe impression that to state our point intelligently, we must bog it down with big words, additional phrases and emotion; When in fact this can be a distraction and keep persons from understanding the whole point of the sentence anyway. So while I agree with this, does this then tell our students that they should not expand their vocabulary and use it? Does the utilization of compound words always distract? Should it not be on a case by case situation dependent upon who you are writing to or speaking with?

We have this new employee who has been with us for almost three months. She is having a hard time remembering how to do things. I ask her how things are going and if she understands everything we have taught her and she says yes. The problem is, she doesn't. She is making little mistakes that are causing more work for others. If I ask her if she understands a certain thing she still says yes even if she doesn't. She is very hard to coach and not sure what else I should do.

How do you put humor in a presentation when that is not a part of your personality?

Hello, I was wondering if anyone in a higher education institution has decided to integrate pre-writing into their study guides. If so, please let me know how it went, if it went, and the mistakes. I'd like to see previous attempts and finally figure a pre-writing system that works in graduate classes. Steve

What is the best way to approach a situation where you feel that a coworker has poor writing? I read something that was sent out by someone recently that was very wordy and with multiple grammar errors. I was not asked to proof it or anything, but I know that it could have benefited from editing. How do you go about this situation without offending someone?

To me, in the process of giving back, one must be open-minded so he/she can receive the information and use it in a positive way.

To me, one of the most important factor of being an effective coach is honesty. One must give honest feedback to the person being coach so the process can be fruitfull.

What is balanced feedback and how does it apply here?

What are some good techniques in preparation for interviewing on TV?

How much of conversation is non verbal communication?

When is it best to utilize graphs in a presentation?

What is the difference between feedback versus balanced feedback?

Have you ever seen a meeting that has gotten too far off track?

What are some techniques that you use to prepare to present on with an unfamiliar subject?

Have you ever judged a person's qualities based on the way that they write?

I believe as an instructor the best thing I can do is provide feedback for my students. I do this in many ways I talk to them about study habits and if they do poorly on an assignment; I ask what they did to study and coach them on better preparation next time. I believe it is also hard to do correctly which is why I enjoyed this information, I can use it to enhance what I have already been doing. My question is does it ever get any easier to deliver feedback?

What identifiers do you look for to determine if an employee is causing division in the faculty and how do you address it?

Is giving employees too little information, too late, something I should strive to change as a manager or is this an accepted reality?

In my experience I have found that it is hard for people to hear criticism about themselves. This is why I believe that feedback is best given through a compliment sandwich. We first give information that a person would be more open to usually about their positive behaviors. Then give the bitter news of where performance can be improved, finishing it off with how this behavior will look in the future when corrected and the future benefits. Then give an appraisal of some of the positive things this person brings to the team. This is like the idea that I heard as a child in the movie Marry Poppins "a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down. In such a delightful way"