At RainTree, we pride ourselves on having a powerful and skilled team of coaches. Recently, Lerato co-coached a Leadership for Results Group Coaching Journey for the Board of Healthcare Providers of Southern Africa (BHF). She shared the following feedback with us:
I remember the struggles with millennials and am now living through the challenge of understanding and accommodating Gen Zs in the workplace. Both generations challenge the current status quo. Both generations force the re-evaluation of what we know and expect. Both generations have come closer and closer to knowing who they are and what they want and having the courage to demand it. So, how does this affect business as most of our junior managers developing to be middle managers are Gen Z. RainTree’s latest article talks about “Bridging the Generational Gap: How Gen Z is Redefining Business Leadership”
The difference between leadership and management has become a more and more prominent topic in recent years. Leadership seems to be elevated while management is presented as the “poor second cousin” in business practice. Should middle managers be leading or is their job exclusively management? RainTree’s latest article talks about Leadership vs. Management: The RainTree Case for Empowering Middle Managers to Lead.
“What RainTree Business Coaching achieved in an awe-inspiring manner was the awakening of my team’s authentic inner leaders, based on the unique sum of who they are as individuals.
Middle Management are key influencers. They affect their staff’s employee engagement and productivity, and they impact their Executive’s capacity. How can Middle Management be empowered so they can deliver and give the Executives back their time?. RainTree’s latest article talks about “How Executives Can Empower Middle Management and Get Their Time Back”
“Since participating in the Raintree Leadership for Results coaching program, our team of specialists and middle managers have soared to new heights.”
At RainTree we continually support our clients to strengthen their middle management teams because, When Middle Management Works, Business Works. RainTree’s latest article talks about “The Three Capitals of Leadership: Why Middle Managers Need More Than Just Skills and Connections”
“What RainTree Business Coaching achieved in an awe-inspiring manner was the awakening of my team’s authentic inner leaders, based on the unique sum of who they are as individuals.
Training is the traditional development method used for middle managers. So, before we explore the answers to these questions, it is important to unpack what we believe the difference is between training and coaching. They are often terms that are used interchangeably and are often confused in the actual facilitation. RainTree’s latest article talks about ” “Why Coaching is the answer to levelling up our Middle Managers leadership”.
In our article on Social Intelligence, we discussed the power social intelligence has to support leaders to master leadership. Angela Heeley (Director of RainTree Business Coaching) and Kevin Britz (Leadership by Design) took the conversation further. Through a personal conversation on Social Intelligence, they explored how it was learnt and how it has impacted their businesses and those of their clients.