By Margaret Enloe, JD, PCC A young man walks through Central Park wearing a t-shirt. It says in bold black letters, “WARNING, I’m not listening.” A touch edgy? Yes. A sign of the times? Maybe. Either way, it may work for a young man, but it won’t for leaders — the...
It’s a good time for us to share a few useful productivity hacks to help make your work more effective (and your summer more fun). Be an Early Bird Summer days mean that many parts of the country begin seeing the first light as early as 4:30 a.m. This is the perfect...
By Nick Tubach, MBA, PCC This Values to Direction and Action exercise will help you obtain clarity around your values, placing you in the best position to live them (your values) with intentionality vs inertia. It will be interesting to see how this impacts your...
By Bryan Nadeau, PCC, CTC Are your biases preventing you from seeing? Let’s begin with the definition of bias which is a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned. Are your biases preventing you...
Executive coaches regularly field requests from HR managers and executive leaders to present various leadership workshops to their employees and teams — a seminar on becoming a better communicator, a webinar on listening skills, a session on developing emotional...
By Kelly Ross, MS, PCC What if you embraced more of an “enough-ist” mindset and let go of your perfectionist mindset? I can fall prey to perfectionism, as do many of the leaders I coach. Do you have this tendency? When I notice I have a really high bar for something...
Typically, when a new team is formed or when a project is launched, everyone involved wants to get to the heart of the matter quickly. Time spent on preliminaries, like discussing how the group is going to work together -- your rules of engagement -- is seen by many...
Fran LaMattina, PhD, MCC In the recent article by Gallup, How to Eliminate Burnout and Retain Top Talent, by Ben Wigert, burnout is perceived to be a reality in over 70% of today’s workforce. That’s an astounding number! Wherever you may find yourself in digesting...
There’s a lot of talk about resilience, and with good reason. It’s an incredibly valuable commodity in our professional and personal lives. According to the American Psychological Association, resilience is the process of adapting well in the face of adversity,...
Kevin Anthony Johnson, PCC The great management consultant Peter Drucker famously said, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast,” suggesting that no matter how clever your well-researched and validated strategy for attracting and retaining talent may be, it’s your...