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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
A Simple But Effective Team Building Exercise
Working on a team can either be a wonderful experience or an awful and exhausting challenge. So what creates such differences? In successful teams, people have respect for
Leadership Impact: Perception vs Reality
When it comes to leadership impact, what a leader perceives doesn’t always match reality. Our thoughts can keep us from seeing things clearly and delivering more powerful results.
In Leadership Coaching, Everything’s on the Table!
For those new to leadership coaching, it can be a bit surprising to hear their coach ask them about what is happening outside of the job. Yet, leadership coaching is most successful when
What’s Next: A Cornerstone of Leadership Development
Leadership development can be a transformative experience when you put the right questions on the table and use them to drive the process. As an Executive Coach, a question I often use with my Leadership Development clients is: What’s next? For the person on the...
Happy Women’s Equality Day!
I remember back in 1975, as a teenager, I was told by my father that I should not consider getting a job in business, as I would be taking a job away from a man who would need to support a family. I found the comment shocking and it certainly fueled my motivation to...
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?
Are Your Beliefs Hindering Your Leadership?
Our belief system is a key to the lives we create. If you are an executive, your belief system is likely to have an impact on your leadership style – whether you are aware of it or not.
Leveraging your strengths for better work relationships
Mary Lou is a bright, successful professional who runs a fast-paced consulting group but needed coaching to improve a challenging and frustrating work relationship with her boss.
Are you a weenie?
“Do you think I am a weenie?” a client asked me at the completion of a leadership coaching session. I was surprised by the question because the client is an incredibly accomplished fellow who started and has managed a professional partnership for some thirty years.
Wisdom Within…Or How To Summon Our Innate Strengths
“You have the innate strengths, temperament and attitude for the test before you. Breathe deeply and know you have everything within you that you need at this moment and all your moments!” – Susan Spritz Myers This week Debbie Schimberg, one of my best pals sent me an...
A leader’s development improves the whole firm
Todd, the managing partner of a professional services firm, was frustrated with himself and his firm’s leaders. He had an intense passion and vision for where he saw the firm going, yet he felt like none of his partners shared his vision.
Improved emotional intelligence leads to big career advancements
A large pharmaceutical company hired me to coach Elizabeth, one of the team members of their clinical department. Elizabeth had been working on a new drug for many years and they were at the final stage of getting it FDA-approved. Elizabeth is incredibly bright and...
Informal interviews help identify opportunities for professional growth
Informal interviews are used early in a leadership development engagement. The coach interviews about 8-10 people in the client’s work environment (peers, direct reports, bosses and even clients) and provides a themes report. The report, which doesn’t reveal the...
Leadership and Self-Deception helps leader understand his blind spots
Leadership and Self-Deception by The Arbinger Institute is an insightful book that can help executives make breakthrough leadership changes.
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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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Is your life ideal just as is?
In coaching I often use the expression, be your best self. Oprah teaches us that our goal is to work toward living our best life. This Saturday morning I had what we call an “aha moment.” I am living my best life right now. I am not at my ideal weight at the moment....
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