Communication, Executive Coaching, Leadership, Leading Change
Are You a Good Decision Maker?
A manager we are coaching told us that they had been researching buying new software for their organization for close to two years. This leader was highly analytical and did not want to make the…
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9 Reasons Why Your Feedback Does Not Work!
Do you have any employees on your team who are difficult to give constructive feedback to? Do you tend to procrastinate giving feedback to some team members? Leadership is about developing people, and that includes…
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If You Want to Be a Great Leader…Shut Up and Listen
What would you do if you went to your doctor and said, “Doc, I hurt!” Without asking another question, your doctor writes you a prescription and tells you to take two pills a day for…
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Can Introverts Make Great Leaders?
My response. “Unequivocally, yes!” Introverts and extroverts can both make great leaders, but for introverts, leading others requires more effort towards adapting their natural style. When you look up introvert at Wisegeek.org, you find out…
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Accountability and Responsibility… What’s the difference?
What is important to understand as a leader is there is a huge difference between accountability and responsibility.
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How Do You Engage Employees to be Better Problems Solvers?
Have you ever been jealous of your boss’s clear and clean desk and wonder how they do it? Some people are just more mentally organized, while others are more physically organized. But there is also…
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What is Your Leadership Brand?
What is your leadership brand and why is your leadership brand so important? … It’s important because your leadership brand is all about your reputation as a leader. When it comes to your reputation as…
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Is Technology Weakening Your Leadership?
It is a given to say that technology has changed the way we communicate and conduct our daily lives, at home and at work. My kids are perplexed by the idea that I grew up…
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Do You Have a Million Dollar Problem and You Don’t Even Know It?
In a recent organizational assessment our firm did for a client who wanted to improve their organization’s culture, several employees told us in the interviews that they felt little hope the culture would improve and…
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Are systems and process holding up your organization’s effectiveness?
In a recent study by TinyPulse, they reported employee’s top 10 pain points. In this list, technical issues with software or other tools was rated #1; and disorganized and time-wasting systems and processes was #4.
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