On today's episode, I talk about how McDonald's taught me about effective coaching.  I share a concrete definition for coaching, I talk about the differences between coaching, training, managing, and leading, then I discuss why all managers need to be good coaches and finally, I provide a couple actionable tips for how to know when to actually put on the coaching hat. Also mentioned in this episode: <ul> <li>The "What If" Project (<a href= "http://yourbestmanager.com/whatif">YourBestManager.com/WhatIf</a>)</li> <li>The "Different" Leadership Development Program (<a href= "http://yourbestmanager.com/today">YourBestManager.com/Today</a>)</li> </ul> Show Notes: <a href= "http://yourbestmanager.com/85">YourBestManager.com/85</a>

086 - You Can't Avoid The Career Conversation Forever, with Jenny Blake (Author of PIVOT)

Hi, my name is Jamie Newman. I made a career out of helping companies hire people. Then, after 8 years, I decided to walk away from my corporate job to do something a little different. Instead of helping companies hire people, now I help managers lead people.

Of course, as you well know, leadership is more than just making great hiring decisions… so I knew I’d need some help.

That’s where this podcast comes in.

On the Your Best Manager podcast, I get to interview and learn from some of the top minds in leadership and people development (Marshall Goldsmith, Lolly Daskal, and Barry Posner to name a few).

And that’s not all! You see, the best part of all this is that you get to learn with me!