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Ten Tips on Accepting Feedback Gracefully
By Maren Perry, Founder and President, Arden Coaching We often talk about how to give feedback effectively, though rarely do we hear talk of how to accept feedback well, when really, how effective the exchange is overall very much lies with the receiver of the...
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Five Ways to Demonstrate Executive Presence Today
Expressing an authentic sense of executive presence can be a challenge. And sometimes techniques may seem forced. So, perhaps it’s a blessing that we’re seeing fewer cliche power ties and power stances, and subject to fewer awkwardly firm handshakes these days....
10 Barriers to Listening
By Kelly Ross, PCC. Listening is a critical leadership skill. Without listening we cannot be an effective leader. While it seems easy to listen, there are many things that pull our attention away from the conversation in front of us. Here are ten common barriers...
Essentials of Team Performance: Commitment
(This is the third in a series of five articles about building high-performance teams.) Team performance is judged in large part by the recommendations they put forward and the decisions they make. This includes the small steps that a team makes along the way, and...
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Coaching for Resilience and “Recalibration!”
By Margaret Enloe, JD, PCC. A cartoon shows a sleepy man holding his face mask while opening his apartment door. There, a large sign faces him and reads “RECALIBRATION, Scene 2, Take 146.” We chuckle because it resonates — every day, and especially during the...
Navigating Change
By Danielle Siegel, PCC, LCSW. This past year has been a year of change for most of us, and it’s possible that there are still more changes ahead. Maybe you are going back to an office after getting used to working from home or you are taking on a new job or maybe...
Meditation and Its Benefits To Leadership
By Lyne Desormeaux, PSYD, MCC. Did you know that, worldwide, hundreds of millions of people meditate? And that about 14% of Americans have at least tried it? The practice has become so popular that now you can find apps dedicated to teaching you how to meditate. ...
Finding it Difficult to Get to an Agreement? Often, it’s About the Small Touches
By Roberto Giannicola, PCC. Several years ago, I saw a documentary about an experiment that demonstrates how something tiny could create an entirely different outcome in people’s perceptions. This took place in a store. When customers paid for their items, the...
Maximizing Executive Presence in the Virtual Space
By Sharon Krohn, MCC. Teams across the digital world suffer from Zoom Fatigue, as we are forced to endure hours of dull virtual meetings, in our yoga pants and fuzzy slippers. While we do not yet know exactly how the world will shift as we move to a semblance of...
Are You Being Right or Getting it Right?
By Rachel Verlik, PCC. In my work with leaders — especially newer leaders — I often see a desire to hold onto technical knowledge and expertise very tightly. Of course this makes sense — this is what made you successful up until now! You’ve been rewarded and...
You Are Not Alone
By Deborah Howard, MSOD, JD, PCC. If you have been experiencing unfamiliar feelings of inertia, fatigue and a sense of purposelessness, you are not alone. So many of my clients have been expressing these feelings and believe that they are the only ones having this...
5 ‘Must Have’ Factors for Top Executives
By Tom Henschel, Executive Coach/Facilitator. My fellow coach, Courtney, and I wondered what two or three qualities we would consider foundational for an executive in a multi-national firm. She came up with two. Resilience came first. She said, “Senior executives...
When’s the Best Time to Have a Difficult Conversation? Now.
Most leaders have at least one difficult conversation on their radar. Whether it’s with an employee, a colleague, or a supervisor, there’s a good chance that you are either anticipating one, putting one off, just becoming aware that one is needed, or, ignoring one...