Tajan Renderos

The ability to take a coaching approach to people management is a skill and an art. In this class, I unpack how a coaching approach is different from mentoring and traditional management or consulting. I also cover the vast benefits of taking a coaching approach to people management. I teach relevant coaching techniques including appreciative inquiry, that are applicable for great people management. I also offer strategies to help you get in the right 'head' and 'heart' space to have conversations with the level of neutrality and curiosity that are essential for coaching and required for these conversations to be constructive leaving your direct reports empowered to solve their own problems. This knowledge is then cemented through role-play practice with realistic scenarios and lots of feedback.
Top Takeaways
You'll learn when to have coaching conversations with direct reports and teams
You'll learn powerful coaching questions that you can use immediately
You'll learn how to get

Is there a habit that you've been trying to form that you just can't seem to consistently do? It's incredibly frustrating and you're starting to lose hope. The answer to cracking this nut doesn't lie in white-knuckled determination it lies your ability to implement proven advanced strategies for habit formation. In this Elective, you'll identify a habit that they've been trying to form or break unsuccessfully and we'll use that as a working example throughout the elective. I'll outline the current research literature and leverage my experience as a coach to offer a step by step process you can use for developing and breaking habits to reach goals. I'll also identify tips and common pitfalls to avoid on the journey towards habit formation. At the end of this elective, you'll take away strategies, hacks, and tools you can use for future habits you want to form or break to crush your goals.

When ‘rock-star’ bias goes unchecked, we unintentionally waste the diverse intelligence of employees, particularly underrepresented populations. In this highly interactive session, you will learn the key steps of a systemic approach to interrupting 'rock-star' bias in your company. In this session you will:

Top Takeaways
1) Learn mindset reframes necessary to adopt for inclusion work

2) Learn how to lead inclusive meetings and leverage diverse staff strengths

3) Learn how to use coaching conversations to assess inclusion and belonging

4) Learn systemic levers that create cultures of profound inclusiveness