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Is Your Boss Sabotaging Your Leadership Success?
When we started coaching, Nicole was afraid her boss was sabotaging her success as a leader within the company and would block her promotion. She wanted to respect him as…
How to Hit Your Stride as a Leader
Is your work really letting you tap into your passion and use your talents? Or are you in an executive job you do enjoy but feeling you haven’t hit your stride as a leader quite yet?
Get Out of Your Leadership Comfort Zone and Make Giant Leaps Forward
In Executive Coaching, I always talk to my clients about two key concepts that can have a powerful effect on their leadership impact: Self-awareness and Comfort Zones.
Leadership and Team Coaching Irons Away Post-Merger Challenges
One of the biggest challenges a merger brings about lies in reconciling different leadership and operations styles and getting the two merging teams to build trust and work as one.
Executive Coaching Helps Two Leaders Manage Fast Growth
When a company experiences sudden fast growth, its leadership is tasked with managing the new reality; something they might not have the talent and skill to deliver.
Preserving Your Sanity By Taking A Social Media Break
I’m not a person who tends to develop any sort of addiction. Yet, I have to admit that starting with the presidential election, I became addicted to Facebook. I would often look at it first thing
Self-Awareness Is A Game-Changer For Your Work: A Client’s Perspective
(A Client’s Perspective) I had no idea the impact that increased awareness could have on my work. When Susan first told me about the importance of self-awareness to
A Sad Reminder of What’s Important
This past week, my family had a sudden and shocking loss; my beloved 73-year-old cousin was instantly killed in an automobile accident. Within days, the family gathered
How Do I Find the Right Executive Coach for ME?
A decade ago people were asking, “Why would I hire an Executive Coach?” Now that the benefits of coaching have been well established, the focus has changed to, “How do I hire the Executive Coach that is best for me?” The International Coaching Federation provides...
From Job Exhaustion to Thriving Leadership
One of my Executive Coaching clients, Scott came to me because he couldn’t understand why he was experiencing job exhaustion in a leadership role he really liked.
“Leadership and Self-Deception” contributes to better leadership skills
Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box by The Arbinger Institute presents a powerful model that is often used in executive coaching to improve a person’s leadership skills.
When Your Leadership Strengths Become A Liability
A lot has been written about how important it is to identify our leadership strengths and work from them. When we do that, we feel fulfilled and energized, and are able to achieve
An Individual Performer Learns The Power Of Collaborative Leadership
George, a 30-something media executive, was well regarded by his clients and bosses but was experiencing quite a high turnover of his direct reports and wasn’t quite sure what was the root of the problem.
In Leadership, Emotional Intelligence Makes a Huge Difference
As a leadership coach, I am often hired to help executives increase their emotional intelligence because, in today’s world, leadership success is not possible without strong EQ skills.
Is Stress Affecting Your Leadership?
A lot of my Leadership Coaching clients come to their sessions and report feeling so stressed out that they are having trouble focusing on what they need to accomplish. That’s hardly surprising.
Strengths Coaching Increases a Leader’s Energy and Performance
Jeff Jones, a Vice President in an international engineering firm, hired me to increase his leadership impact and lower his feelings of overwhelm.
Intuition As A Leadership Skill
I recently gave a talk about intuition in the workplace (and in life). Is it something only a few possess? Can it be used as a leadership skill? When should we trust it and when should we not?
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Cooking comfort
I believe in home-cooked meals. I love everything about a home-cooked meal. I love going to the grocery store and I go often. I have a ton of cookbooks; so many that I have divided them into active and inactive ones. My favorite part of a home-cooked meal is the...
Big life lessons
On June 3, 2010 my mother died at about 11 in the morning. She had not been well for many years, so it was a relief and blessing that she could finally leave her body. I thought after a few weeks of settling things for my parents including moving my Dad to an assisted...
Who are you, really?
Do you know who you are really at your core? Much has been written about being your authentic self. What that means is to know yourself from the inside outside out. I often ask clients, who are you, really? For many, it is a very challenging question. Often the...
Ask yourself how, not why
How often have you faced a tough situation and said, “Why me?” “Why” usually leads to analysis and possible self pity. “How” has the power to move us forward. Notice the difference: “Why did this happen to me?” versus “How can I handle this challenge?” Solutions...
Do Your Beliefs Serve You Today?
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Who Is Inside Waiting To Come Out?
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So What Is Coaching?
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Hire A Coach For A New Perspective
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Job Expectations Out Of Control
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