By Steve Hansen, PCC Jeff works for an international organization in its Americas division. Executive leadership sees him as a potential candidate for president of the division. As a further indication of that career path he was recently promoted to SVP and is now one of six on the […]
Executive coaching is a proven method to improve your communication and leadership skills, change behavior, and increase your performance. If you have the chance to work with an executive coach, congratulations, it’s a terrific opportunity! But you may wonder, “What happens in an executive coaching engagement? What is the process?” […]
By Karen Carmody, MBA, PCC Have you ever doubted your success? Felt unworthy of your accomplishments? Worried you’ll be discovered as a fraud? If so, you’re in excellent company. Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, author Maya Angelou, Academy Award winning Actress/Harvard […]
Right now do you feel stress and pressure building? Do you feel as though you are multitasking at near the speed of light? If so, you are not alone. Two especially trying events intersect toward the end of every year. First, business demands increase at year-end. During the last 6 […]
By Barb McAllister, M.S., MCC Patrick Lencioni’s book “The Ideal Team Player,” presents an approach very useful for both team coaching and hiring. I really like this book, in part because of the experiences I’ve had managing teams in a large organization, and also because of my current coaching […]
By Sheeba Varghese, PCC There is just never enough time in the day at least that is what I hear all the time. Time management is a topic that is often the underlying stress for many in leadership. You become everything to everyone and there are so many things […]
By Neal Eisenstein, MBA To get through the day, managers reconcile a cauldron of emotions about frustrating events. These events typically involve direct reports or their next level down. When your people fail to communicate or follow through on commitments, frustrations build. In these moments, we tend to over share […]
Executive coaching can be a genuine game-changer for both executive leaders and their organizations. It’s often thought of as a stand-alone effort, separate from an executive’s day-to-day. Sometimes, it’s even perceived as a negative. What if you offered executive coaching as an employee benefit? A reward? Why a perk? Executive […]
by Micki K. Lewis MS-MOB, PCC As a leader it is our task to OWN credibility, that’s a given… and how about our teams? How do you help them instill stronger credibility with their teams? How about across the entire organization? Defining credibility is both simple yet complicated. There […]
A critically important leadership skill — and one might argue, a critically important life skill — is the ability to distinguish facts from the interpretation of facts. Exceptional leaders are able to extract facts from the narrative of a story before intentionally considering their meaning. Why is this important? Because […]
