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Lunch club

She was new at the firm, and eight months pregnant.  Staying late one night, she looked up from her work and was startled to see her boss standing outside her door.  He asked how she was doing, sat down, and started to talk with her.  He wanted to know all about her life.  How did she like her job?  Where did she want to go in her career?  Would she come back to work after she had the baby?

These conversations continued daily over the next month, until the woman had her baby.  The boss was David Ogilvy, the legendary advertising executive.  The pregnant newcomer was Shelley Lazarus, now CEO of Ogilvy & Mather, the huge ad agency that Ogilvy founded.  One of the main reasons Lazarus says she's still there, decades later, is the bonds she forged with her mentor Ogilvy in those first after-hours conversations. [Goleman, Boyatzis & McKee. 2002 pp 59-60]

Lunch Club is a facilitated group management coaching strategy designed to help your team align their personal goals and aspirations with the company's goals and aspirations.

 

Set and stick to your goals!

...gain through conversation...

Goal setting & peer support