Newsroom Leadership Group

When the time comes to cut the newsroom budget,
training and travel are often the first targets. Trips to
Poynter or API are postponed, fewer people are selected
for out-of-town workshops.

To help newspapers provide newsroom training
without expanding the budget, the Newsroom Leadership
Group is offering a series of COACHING KITS. Each
KIT costs $95 and contains all the materials necessary
for two 60- or 90-minute training sessions.

FOUR COACHING KITS ARE NOW AVAILABLE:

MOTIVATION: Three high-leverage factors will help people motivate themselves: Competence, Recognition and Involvement.
EVALUATION: Appraising someone’s performance must go beyond issuing an annual review and report card. To be useful, evaluations must identify the learning that will lead to higher performance.
DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS: Putting off those sensitive encounters with difficult people will only make matters worse. Editors can gain confidence by learning how to manage difficult conversations.
CONFLICT: Conflict is present in every newsroom. Editors need to know how to keep it constructive and intervene when it becomes corrosive.

Visit our online store to order Coaching Kits — low-cost tools for teaching