Articles & Interviews
John B. Lazar has written and contributed to a number of published articles, a few which are referenced below.
You can also read interviews with John and hear his thoughts on building a successful business.
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Alignment Coaching
A Broader Perspective on Business Coaching
We propose three forms of coaching that can be of great value to many managers of performance improvement undertakings: performance coaching, executive coaching, and alignment coaching. Given that the first two forms of coaching have been described in many other publications (see for example, Goldsmith, 2000; Hersey & Chevalier, 2000; Goss, 1996; Johnson, 2000; O’Neill, 2000), we will attend in particular to the third form.
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This article originally appeared in Performance Improvement Journal, 2004, 43(10), 16-22. Posted with permission of International Society of Performance Improvement, www.ispi.org. Copyright ISPI 2004. All rights reserved.
The Supervisor's Job is Performance Support
As an effective supervisor, you must be able to deal with the performance environment and performance issues as they arise. You set the context, direction and expectations for what gets accomplished. You must understand how the performance system works, as well as how people work, in both their rational and less rational (emotional) states. The tone you establish for working relationships and how those relationships work influences individual and workgroup performance and productivity. Your awareness and capacity to manage people in their work context includes managing yourself and your own reactions.
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This article first appeared on the PIGNC website,http://www.pignc-ispi.com/articles/management/SupervisorEILazarBernardez.htm. Copyright 2003
Lazar interviewed in Is Coaching Suffering An Identity Crisis?
by Ken Winston Caine
April 12, 2005
Best-selling authors of self-help and business books. Big-name consultants. Multi-level-marketing salespeople. Personal-development gurus. Top-fee speakers. Pop psychologists. What do they all have in common?
Abra Kadabra. They're all "coaches" now.
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Reprinted with permission of Coaching Insider. Copyright 2005 Coaching Insider. All rights reserved.
Lazar interviewed in So Just What IS Coaching, Anyway?
by Ken Winston Caine
April 29, 2005
Nearly anybody who was in coaching in the ‘90s will recall how puzzled people used to be when you told them you were a personal, life or business coach.
“What’s that?” they’d ask.
You don’t hear that so much any more, do you?
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Reprinted with permission of Coaching Insider. Copyright 2005 Coaching Insider. All rights reserved.
Lazar Says... Audio Interview
This appeared in November, 2002 as an Interview with John Lazar of John B. Lazar & Associates, Inc. on SkyRadio on American Airlines flights.
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Alignment Coaching
A Broader Perspective on Business Coaching
We propose three forms of coaching that can be of great value to many managers of performance improvement undertakings: performance coaching, executive coaching, and alignment coaching. Given that the first two forms of coaching have been described in many other publications (see for example, Goldsmith, 2000; Hersey & Chevalier, 2000; Goss, 1996; Johnson, 2000; O’Neill, 2000), we will attend in particular to the third form.
Read more...
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This article originally appeared in Performance Improvement Journal, 2004, 43(10), 16-22. Posted with permission of International Society of Performance Improvement, www.ispi.org. Copyright ISPI 2004. All rights reserved.
The Supervisor's Job is Performance Support
As an effective supervisor, you must be able to deal with the performance environment and performance issues as they arise. You set the context, direction and expectations for what gets accomplished. You must understand how the performance system works, as well as how people work, in both their rational and less rational (emotional) states. The tone you establish for working relationships and how those relationships work influences individual and workgroup performance and productivity. Your awareness and capacity to manage people in their work context includes managing yourself and your own reactions.
Read more...
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This article first appeared on the PIGNC website,http://www.pignc-ispi.com/articles/management/SupervisorEILazarBernardez.htm. Copyright 2003
Lazar interviewed in Is Coaching Suffering An Identity Crisis?
by Ken Winston Caine
April 12, 2005
Best-selling authors of self-help and business books. Big-name consultants. Multi-level-marketing salespeople. Personal-development gurus. Top-fee speakers. Pop psychologists. What do they all have in common?
Abra Kadabra. They're all "coaches" now.
Read more...
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Reprinted with permission of Coaching Insider. Copyright 2005 Coaching Insider. All rights reserved.
Lazar interviewed in So Just What IS Coaching, Anyway?
by Ken Winston Caine
April 29, 2005
Nearly anybody who was in coaching in the ‘90s will recall how puzzled people used to be when you told them you were a personal, life or business coach.
“What’s that?” they’d ask.
You don’t hear that so much any more, do you?
Read more...
--
Reprinted with permission of Coaching Insider. Copyright 2005 Coaching Insider. All rights reserved.
Lazar Says... Audio Interview
This appeared in November, 2002 as an Interview with John Lazar of John B. Lazar & Associates, Inc. on SkyRadio on American Airlines flights.
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* Requires Windows Media Player
Executive Coaching
Discover how executive coaching can improve your bottom line and transform your everyday business life.
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Be successful!
Read John Lazar's latest book release, Conversations on Success, and learn the experts' secrets to a successful life.
Discover how executive coaching can improve your bottom line and transform your everyday business life.
Learn more >>
Be successful!
Read John Lazar's latest book release, Conversations on Success, and learn the experts' secrets to a successful life.