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Top 5 Qualities to Look For In Your Executive Coaching Partner

by Jonathan Sachs, MBA, FACHE, PCC Managing your company’s executive coaching program can be challenging, with tight deadlines, limited budgets, and high expectations from leaders seeking help. Building an internal bench of executive coaches is often costly and...

A More Complete Form of Delegation

by Steve Hansen, PCC As coaches we are frequently asked to do a 360 assessment interview process for our new client. This usually involves talking with the client’s manager, peers, team members and HR partner. During one of these interviews, I was speaking with the...

11 Pitfalls to Avoid When Implementing the SBI Feedback Model

Giving feedback can be one of the most rewarding parts of leadership. People want to grow, and when they receive clear, actionable guidance, they flourish. But feedback can easily go wrong. Even with the best intentions, it can be poorly delivered, misinterpreted, or...

How Can Leaders Balance Authority and Approachability?

Leadership is a delicate balancing act. People think of a leader as someone with authority: they can command a room, persuade others to take action, and make critical decisions in the heat of the moment. Authoritative leaders are decisive and have no problem taking...

11 Pitfalls to Avoid When Implementing the SBI Feedback Model

Giving feedback can be one of the most rewarding parts of leadership. People want to grow, and when they receive clear, actionable guidance, they flourish. But feedback can easily go wrong. Even with the best intentions, it can be poorly delivered, misinterpreted, or...

How to Handle Difficult Conversations as a Leader

Being a leader means you’ll frequently be saddled with the tough task of telling people what they don’t want to hear. From the moment you step into a leadership role, your highest responsibility becomes the greater good of the team and the organization–which means...

3 Effective Strategies for Leading Remote Teams

For roughly 22 million Americans, remote work is the new normal. While we can credit the rapid normalization of remote work environments to the COVID-19 pandemic, remote work remains just as prevalent years later in 2024. The latest data shows that 12.7% of full-time...

The ROI of Trust: How Psychological Safety Creates Thriving Teams

Psychological safety. The term is frequently tossed around but not always fully understood. Coined by Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmondson, psychological safety refers to a shared belief held by members of a team that it is safe to take interpersonal risks....

Active Listening: Using Listening Skills to Coach Others

Impactful communication hinges on a less celebrated, though equally critical skill: active listening.  While leaders are often appraised for their strategic foresight and decision-making prowess, the quiet competency of active listening weaves the fabric of enduring...