Coaching conversation on “How to navigate the complexity of managing in a hybrid environment”

In our article on how to manage in the hybrid work environment, we explored three factors that make being a manager in a hybrid environment challenging and what managers can do to better support themselves to manage better. Leoni Coetzee (Director of RainTree Business Coaching) and Kevin Britz (Leadership by Design) took the conversation further. Through a practical and exploratory coaching conversation, they unpacked 3 ways managers can lead effectively in the Hybrid Working Environment.

3 Structures that Support Managers in a Hybrid Environment

The hybrid working environment is a new way of operating and leading. A large amount of focus has been placed on building healthy hybrid working environments that support staff and empower them to be productive. The managers responsible for designing and implementing these solutions, structures and systems for staff are struggling. What is being done to assist managers?
Raintree’s latest article explains the “3 structures that Support Managers in a Hybrid Environment”

Coaching Conversation on How to Retain your Staff

In our article on how to retain your staff, we discussed the power managers have to create a working environment that supports staff to feel and experience what is needed for them to stay and be productive. Leoni Coetzee (Director of RainTree Business Coaching) and Kevin Britz (Leadership by Design) took the conversation further. Through an insightful and exploratory coaching conversation, they unpacked the 6 Human Needs (Cloe Madanes) and its role in supporting staff retention.

Retention

The world is experiencing the highest levels of staff attrition in 10 years*. As managers, the cost of losing and securing new staff goes beyond the physical financial costs. The effort and time required to find talent, train them up and get them to full speed is exhausting. All of this while the manager is normally carrying the additional workload from the previous incumbent. The question of “how do I retain my good staff?” is increasingly relevant? The saying, “staff leave managers not companies” reminds us that a significant amount of power lies with managers to retain their staff.

Coaching Conversation on Shifting from feeling Stuck and Desperate

In our article on shifting from feeling stuck and desperate, we discussed the importance of moving back to a place of deserving. Leoni Coetzee (Director of RainTree Business Coaching) and Kevin Britz (Leadership by Design) took the conversation further. Through an intense and real coaching conversation, they explore how to move from desperate to deserving. RainTree Business Coaching understands how hopeless and scary it feels to get stuck in feeling desperate. We support leaders with one-on-one coaching journeys to step back into deserving and action.

Shifting from feeling Stuck and Desperate

The incessant pressure that our clients and we have experienced over the last couple of months has pushed everyone to the limit. A common feeling is desperation. Our clients are often desperate because there isn’t an answer. They have done what needs to be done to solve a problem, but the problem persists. And what they know they need to do and is the right outcome is not being realized. We have also noticed that desperation is the most effective repellent to manifesting.
Raintree’s latest article explains “Shifting from feeling Stuck and Desperate, If desperation is a repellent, what can we do to move out of desperation?”