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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...
Kolbe Wisdom™ on the Home Front
I often teach and write about Kolbe Wisdom™ in the workplace. Recently, however, the same insights helped me understand myself on the home front.
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.
A Tale of Team Building Success
The Talent Development team at a national financial services company brought me in to help them with team building to improve their ability to work together.
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
Emotional Intelligence Includes Listening With Respect
“I listen to you and you listen to me, then our feelings won’t get hurt”. This statement rolled off my daughter’s tongue when she was much younger and made me think of the importance of emotional intelligence.
Self-awareness shows path to better leadership
The cornerstone of a powerful leader lies in the self-awareness to know what your strengths are and when it is best to use them. Even more important is the ability to
Navigating workplace conflict with better communication
The Client’s Challenge Becky, a young new manager in a fast-paced business, was having trouble collaborating with her direct report, Molly, to handle their tight deadlines. Becky’s supervisor was having conversations with the two of them separately but Becky and Molly...
Action plans are key to successful coaching
The Client’s Challenge Mimi is a senior non-profit leader in a fast-paced, well-respected national organization. She engaged in the
How To Be A Good Leader
Recently I was at a party and Bob, a successful business owner, asked me “What are the three most important things to being a good leader?” He wanted the quick answer I share with my clients. There were so many things to consider and honestly, I was not sure what to...
Benefits of onboard leadership coaching
Onboard Leadership Coaching is a type of coaching used to support employees when they are new to organizations or change roles. The leadership coaching work focuses on making a smooth transition into the new role. It is powerful to start a new job with the...
Leadership and Self-Deception – Your Way of Being
Leadership and Self-Deception, Getting Out of the Box, by The Arbinger Institute uses a powerful model that is often used to support executive leadership coaching work. The model demonstrates when we do not honor our initial sense; we betray ourselves and go in a...
Leadership and Self-Deception
Leadership and Self-Deception by The Arbinger Institute is a powerful book that helps clients gain powerful insights that lead to breakthrough leadership shifts. I often have clients read it as part of their executive leadership coaching work. The book is a quick...
Understanding Emotional Intelligence
What really matters for success, character, happiness and lifelong achievements is a definite set of emotional skills – your EQ — not just purely cognitive abilities that are measured by conventional IQ tests. Daniel Goleman Emotional Intelligence or EQ for short has...
When values demand a change
Many people have a clear definition of their values, however their daily activities do not always reflect those values. Sometimes the disconnection between values and our work becomes so intense, a career change evolves quite naturally. Catherine recently underwent...
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