Coaching, Counseling & Mentoring, 2nd Edition

INTRODUCTION

Three Ways to Develop High-Performance Employees

If Your Organization is to Sustain its competitive advantage, it needs employees who are motivated and eager to learn and adapt as their roles change along with the organization. Today’s companies need people who, at the least, meet their goals and, when given the opportunity, exceed those goals, demonstrating initiative and creativity. If you have strong people skills, you can build a high-performing team that can be relied on to make major contributions to your organization’s strategic plan.

What is your role in this? It is to have competency in three key people skills: coaching, counseling, and mentoring. Because it means better bottom-line results, organizations look for managers ...