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HR Equipping Managers to Be Winning Coaches

By Tony Hawk, MMFT, LMFT

Executive Coach and VP, People, Culture, Performance and Engagement

GrowthWise Group, Bentonville, Arkansas

Introduction:

• Employee Dissatisfaction at all-time high according to Gallup
• Employee engagement remains high, even after significant effort to change this.
• Turnover is costing companies a fortune
• Realization:  People don’t leave Companies.  They leave managers

What is the Solution?

                                                Equipping Frontline Managers to be Winning Coaches

• It would seem that to bring a Winning Coach requires a Ph.D. in Business and Psychology.

• Since that is not happening, HR Can Step Up:  You as an HR Professional, are likely the closest thing the organization has to an industrial psychologist. 

Know, Teach, Equip and Instill the Six Things Winning Coaches Do Consistently to Build Wining Teams:

• Winning Coaches Don’t Play Games, but they Do Win Games!
• Winning Coaches Inspire with Vision  (focus on the prize)
• Winning Coaches Love their Players and are Intent about Making Winners out of Them
• Winning Coaches Instill Discipline and Manage Consequences
• Winning Coaches Ensure TEAM performance
• Winning Coaches Develop Capable and Competent People*
  • They know the Seven Psychological Pillars that Make Winners out of Players. From the science of Perceptual Psychology.
  • They know and implement what it takes to build a psychologically safe work environment (Edmonson 1998 HBS)
  • They know the Builder and Barriers to these Pillars.
  • They are Masters at the Art of Using Questions

 *Due to time constraints, this single point will be the focal discussion at this HR Chapter Meeting.

SPEAKER--Tony Hawk, 

Executive Coach and VP of People, Culture, Performance and Engagement at GrowthWise in Bentonville

 And CEO of Hawk and Associates

Tony has over 30 years of executive and leadership experience across a variety of companies and industries.   He owns his own consulting business, has served entrepreneurial start-ups, family businesses, established enterprises, pre-IPO corporations, and non-profits.  His clients have included Wal-Mart, Wal-Mart International, Sam’s Club, Kroger, Bridgestone, Governor’s Cabinet of American Samoa (Pacific Island Tribal Culture), Sunstar (Japan), LifePoint Hospitals, Mercy Hospital, Kimberly Clark, Campbell Soup, Nestle/Purina, Southwestern Energy, Rockline Industries, Sunstar, Tyson Foods, Bob Seimons Designs, Outdoor Cap, Christian Booksellers Association, Northwest Arkansas Community College, University of Arkansas.  Tony has the unique ability to grasp the unique perspectives that various constituents bring to the table, and to help organizational leaders to respectfully consider these in their decision-making and organizational and people development.

 His Past experience includes:

• Senior Director of Leadership Development at LifePoint Hospitals in Brentwood, TN where served as internal executive coach.  He created the executive and leadership development programs and processes designed to prepare corporate and hospital executives for current and future roles in a rapidly changing industry.
• Vice President of Human Resources at SecureWorks, an international information security services company, where he establish the vast array of HR systems required of a young pre-IPO enterprise.
• Director of Corporate Education and Business Development with the Soderquist Center for Leadership and Ethics. He worked closely with Don Soderquist, retired Senior Vice Chairman of Wal-Mart to develop and deliver leadership, organizational, team development and strategic planning programs and services to organizations around the world.   He was led all aspects of sales and business development for the Center while he was there.
• Vice President of Corporate Relations at Resources for Living, an Austin, TX based counseling/ consulting firm serving Fortune 500 companies. In addition to leading business development, Tony served as Senior Consultant and Account Manager to Wal-Mart. Working from their corporate headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas he served as a coach/consultant to management and senior executives around the company.
• Entrepreneurial Church Planter in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Tony holds a Masters’ degree from Abilene Christian University; is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and a certified administrator of a variety of psychological and personality assessments used for executive selection, coaching and leadership development. 

 "While he may not be Tony Hawk, the rich and famous Skateboard Mogul, he is Tony Hawk "The Original", a title the two agreed will have to suffice in lieu of royalty payments for the hassle associated with sharing the name.

Tony and his wife Terry enjoy their family, running, cycling, fly fishing, outdoor adventures and serving others through their church and community.

Meeting Partner New Directions Behavioral Health