Best Management Training Programs for Growing Companies
About the Author Gene Hammett is an executive coach and the host of the Growth Think Tank podcast, where he has interviewed more than 1,200 leaders of fast-growth companies since 2014. He is the co-founder of Core Elevation and the co-author of How to Have Tough Conversations. The best management training programs engage managers in more than one way: training they can do on their own time, facilitator-led small-group sessions with peers, and one-on-one coaching. Gene Hammett, founder of Core Elevation, says video courses, books, and one-day workshops alone rarely
The ROI of Leadership Development Shows Up in Four Places
About the Author Gene Hammett is an executive coach and the host of the Growth Think Tank podcast, where he has interviewed more than 1,200 leaders of fast-growth companies since 2014. He is the co-founder of Core Elevation and the co-author of How to Have Tough Conversations. The ROI of leadership development shows up in four places: retention, founder time, growth capacity, and company value. The biggest return comes when the founder stops being the bottleneck. I learned that one the hard way, because in my first company my leadership
Executive Coaching Goals That Start With What You Want
About the Author Gene Hammett is an executive coach and the host of the Growth Think Tank podcast, where he has interviewed more than 1,200 leaders of fast-growth companies since 2014. He is the co-founder of Core Elevation and the co-author of How to Have Tough Conversations. The goals of executive coaching should start with what the leader wants, made specific enough to know when it’s done. Gene Hammett, founder of Core Elevation, turns vague goals like “be a better leader” or “work less” into concrete ones, such as taking
Manager Effectiveness: How to Tell If a Manager Is Effective
About the Author Gene Hammett is an executive coach and the host of the Growth Think Tank podcast, where he has interviewed more than 1,200 leaders of fast-growth companies since 2014. He is the co-founder of Core Elevation and the co-author of How to Have Tough Conversations. Manager effectiveness is how well a manager builds a team that performs and takes ownership without the manager doing the work. As Gene Hammett, co-founder of Core Elevation, I look at whether the team owns its problems, whether team leads are stepping up,
Leadership Development Plan: Build One for Your Next Leader
About the Author Gene Hammett is an executive coach and the host of the Growth Think Tank podcast, where he has interviewed more than 1,200 leaders of fast-growth companies since 2014. He is the co-founder of Core Elevation and the co-author of How to Have Tough Conversations. A leadership development plan is a written plan for growing one person’s leadership skills. The plan starts with an honest assessment of how they empower people, hold them accountable, coach, handle tough conversations, and use their time as a leader. The plan works
Is Executive Coaching Worth It? A Founder’s Honest Answer
About the Author Gene Hammett is an executive coach and the host of the Growth Think Tank podcast, where he has interviewed more than 1,200 leaders of fast-growth companies since 2014. He is the co-founder of Core Elevation and the co-author of How to Have Tough Conversations. Executive coaching is worth it when the founder is committed to their own transformation. Gene Hammett, founder of Core Elevation, says founders who do the work don’t slide back into old habits of control, reactiveness, or avoiding tough conversations. Executive coaching isn’t worth