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10 Conversations Managers Should Have with Their Employees

10 Conversations Managers Should Have with Their Employees

Total video time: 45m
Award-winning instructor: Halelly Azulay
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What you’ll learn

Discuss strengths and performance
Identify goals and track progress
Deliver positive and developmental feedback
Conduct training and development evaluations
Build rapport with your employees
Conduct stay interviews

Skills you’ll gain

Leadership Coaching Goal setting Active listening

As a leader, conversations are a powerful tool you can use to connect with your employees and ensure they feel set up for success, but it can feel tricky to ensure you've covered the bases, talked about all the right things, and haven't left anything unsaid. In this course, leadership development expert and talent consultant Halelly Azulay shares the ten most important conversations a leader should be having with each of their employees. With each conversation type, Halelly will cover why it's important, how to effectively structure the conversation, and provide tips to keep the conversation flowing and on track. She'll provide best practices and give actionable pointers to help you begin integrating these conversations into your routines and meetings with employees. After watching this course, you'll be able to confidently support your team members using these conversation types.

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    Regular employee conversations matter When you engage in a variety of conversations with your employees, you contribute to their current and future levels of performance as well as their engagement at work. 2m
  • 1
    Discussing career aspirations Do you know each of your employee's career aspirations and plans? 3m
  • 2
    Setting and reaching goals Every employee should have key performance and development goals for both the long-term and the short-term. 4m
  • 3
    Identifying and leveraging strengths When you work from your strengths, you contribute your full potential and are at your most satisfied and engaged. 2m
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    Connecting to impact When employees know how their daily work impacts the mission of the organization, they perform better. 4m
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    Supporting day-to-day performance Managing your people involves talking to them every day, especially about how well they're doing. 4m
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    Building rapport through weekly check-ins Weekly one-on-one conversations can provide an opportunity to discuss goals, performance, feedback, and career or simply be about continuing to build trust. 2m
  • 7
    Sharing positive feedback Be a leader who infuses your workplace interactions with sincere and positive messages. 5m
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    Delivering developmental feedback Leaders must provide employees with timely, specific insights on what they can improve and why. 4m
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    Continuing to develop and train Today’s workforce wants to grow and develop more than they want money. 4m
  • 10
    Utilizing “stay interviews” When you have a clear idea of what will keep an employee engaged and happy in their role, you can avoid the chances of them leaving. 3m
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    Talking to your employees Thanks for watching this course! 2m

Certificate

Certificate of Completion

Awarded upon successful completion of the course.

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Instructor

Halelly Azulay

Halelly Azulay is a Leadership Development Strategist, CEO of TalentGrow, host of The TalentGrow Show podcast, and author of Employee Development on a Shoestring and Strength to Strength. She is a consultant, facilitator, leadership development strategist, and speaker at international conferences and corporate meetings. In 2006, Halelly founded TalentGrow LLC, a consulting company focused on developing leaders and teams, particularly for enterprises experiencing rapid growth or expansion that seek a more proactive, strategic approach to leadership development. With over 20 years of experience in leadership, communication skills, emotional intelligence, and authentic networking, Halelly develops leaders that people want to follow. She shares actionable leadership insights on her blog and podcast, The TalentGrow Show.

President and Founder of TalentGrow LLC Halelly Azulay

Halelly Azulay

President and Founder of TalentGrow LLC

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