Political Coaching & Communication

NMK – Political Coaching and Communication - 11 Questions to Ask Before the Coaching Session

11 Questions to Ask Before the Coaching Session

Coaching is a process. This basically means that it consists of several one-on-one coaching sessions in which the coach and the coachee discuss opportunities, threats, short and long-term goals, in addition to development and change plans. The coachee should be aware of the importance of every session as it is affecting, or going to affect, […]

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NMK – Political Coaching and Communication - 5 Tips to Coach Effectively - Sequel!

5 Tips to Coach Effectively – SEQUEL!

In an attempt to overcome the misuse of the concept and coach effectively, Ulrich (2008) clearly defined this notion and rectified its misconceptions. Firstly, the writer explained that coaching is a giving and receiving relationship between the coach and his/her coachee to reach change. To ensure that every practitioner will coach effectively and reach fruitful

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NMK – Political Coaching and Communication - 5 Tips to Coach Effectively

5 Tips to Coach Effectively

We have mentioned previously, with the help of Dave Ulrich’s article, that coaching has been frequently misapprehended; correspondingly, misemployed. After defining this concept and determining how to overcome its misuse, it’s time to benefit from Ulrich’s (2008) tips to coach fruitfully. Know why The first tip to coach is to determine why is the coachee

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NMK – Political Coaching and Communication - What Exactly is Coaching?

What Exactly is Coaching?

“Coaching has become one of those catch-all phrases like strategy, quality, or process. Because of its popularity, coaching has sometimes been misused.” To explicitly ‘translate’ the quote above, some coachees are sometimes more excited about the ‘luxury’ of being coached rather than being excited about changing. Truly, Ulrich (2008) mentioned that one executive ‘bragged’ about

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NMK – Political Coaching and Communication - Another Downside of Political Branding

Another Downside of Political Branding

We have discussed in the previous blog post that marketing President Barack Obama was no different than marketing soap. But what other downside has this political branding strategy caused? Zavattaro (2010) concluded that the second downside that a branded president faces is shifting political branding from a platform-centered approach to a candidate-centered one, which shifts

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