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Accelerate Your Learning with Reflection
By Kevin “KJ” Johnson, PCC. "We do not learn from experience ... we learn from reflecting on experience." - John Dewey, American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer In the early dot-com years, I led a team of web professionals in the creation of what...
Mentoring to Accelerate Your Career and Help Your Company
Most of us are familiar with what it means to be a mentor, or to be mentored. Mentors are trusted advisors and counselors who provide insight, feedback, and recommendations. Most companies encourage mentoring, and many have created formal mentorship programs. The...
“AND” Opens Up Possibilities
By Amanda Zinke, PCC. One of the biggest leaps I've seen clients choose to make is to embrace "AND" thinking. So many of us think in terms of binary answers. Yes or no, this or that. These options can be useful in making quick decisions and sometimes it really is...
Executive Coaching for Groups: Enhancing Individual and Organizational Performance
Robert, the branch director of a national accounting firm, had an opportunity to work with an executive coach and was delighted with his results. From communication skills and emotional intelligence to executive presence, Robert grew his leadership skills in a...
AIM SMART Goal Setting
By Karen Carmody, PCC. To be successful at anything, you need to have a plan. Whether you’re running a marathon, renovating your home, or developing your leadership skills. A critical part of an Arden Coaching Executive Coaching Engagement is creating a Developmental...
I Know You, I Like You…Can I Trust You?
It’s a fundamental truth — people do business with people they know, like, and trust. We’ve recently explored “knowing” (read Arden Coaching’s post: “Four Networking Traps to Avoid,”) and “liking” (read Arden’s post: “People Do Business With People They Know, Like,...
How Much Does Executive Coaching Cost?
By Maren Perry, MA, PCC, Founder and President; Arden Coaching The cost of executive coaching can vary widely based on several factors: The experience level of the coach: When you’re seeking an executive coach for the leaders in your organization, you want to...
Executive Presence: The Art of Reading Your Audience
Jessie’s CEO dislikes making presentations and dreads “talking with the troops.” He loves his work and manages a thriving company, but speaking at employee meetings and making the departmental rounds to discuss updates and corporate initiatives feels awkward and...
Are You the Brave Nut to Lead Others Toward Self-awareness?
By Roberto Giannicola, PCC A few months ago, I delivered a presentation about attitudinal mindset and how it affects behavior at work. I talked about how our views, based on our beliefs, experiences, values and assumptions, impact the way we show up in our career. The...
Managing Relationships: Peak Emotional Intelligence
“I‘m tired of working with people who just don’t get it!” This summed up Lauren’s mood at the end of yet another long work week. Lauren is a bright, articulate young executive. She’s done great work at her financial services firm. But, having been promoted and...
On With The Show: What are your pre-meeting rituals that help you show up as a motivating leader?
By Linda Bodnar, Ph.D., PCC My husband and I were at a restaurant last weekend (Ella’s, in Westerly, RI – I would highly recommend it!) run by a husband and wife team. The wife is the chef; the husband is the host who seated us. During the meal, the chef came around...
Is Your Team Achieving the Right Kind of Results?
It’s no secret that we are enthusiastic advocates of Patrick Lencioni’s Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team™. It’s a proven approach that builds strong, high performance teams. The five behaviors are linked together — one trait builds upon another, starting with...
Relationally, Perspectives Matter
By Amanda Zinke, MBA, MSOD, PCC Have you wished you could know better how to approach different people you work with? Or how to work better with a partner? Did you ever debrief a conversation with someone else who was involved and find you had two entirely...
6 Tips for Having Difficult Conversations
“I’d rather have dental work done,” thought Arthur, as he prepared for a meeting with an employee who seemed increasingly disengaged and had recently missed two important project deadlines. Having difficult conversations with others about job performance, work...
Giving an A
By Gilly Weinstein, PCC Part of any leader’s job is empowering the people around her, especially the people she’s responsible for. Not just to empower them to do more, claim more credit and own more responsibility for a given project, department or event; but...