The Art of Living Foundation USA. Listening Skills - Coaching and Mentoring. You may think that it's incredibly obvious to suggest that you be a good listener to successfully coach people.
But good listening, as it were, is often taken for granted. Coaching and mentoring skills are built upon a foundation of dialogue between coaches and employees and mentors and mentees. Unfortunately, there are some souls that consider a dialogue anything that permits another person to utter a word or two edgewise. That is, 98 percent of the conversation comes out of their mouths versus 2 percent everybody else's. That's not a dialogue! Keeping the People You Really Need in the Outsourced Economy - Employees As Assets. The outsourced economy is here to stay.
As a leader, you may not relish the idea of outsourcing. However, the reality is that you may soon need to consider outsourcing. When that happens, you will want a workforce that is nimble, adaptable, and prepared to participate in your organization at a new level of competitiveness.