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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...
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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...
Keys to Leading Effective Virtual Team Meetings
By Gilly Weinstein, MS, PCC. When it comes to leading or facilitating a virtual meeting, most principles from the olden days of meetings — think people sitting around a tangible table, breathing the same air, with dressier clothes — apply. I was reminded of this...
Covid-Ultramarathon: How to Stay Motivated
By Eva Szekeres, MA, PCC. Do you sometimes have the impression that since the pandemic has started, it’s as if we were living in the 1993 movie, Groundhog Day? (Where the main character finds himself reliving the same day over and over again.) Staying motivated day...
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Solution-Focused Communication Drives Change; Develops Leaders
By Nick Tubach, MBA, PCC. There is a simple, yet strategically significant difference in the communication styles of leaders versus managers. Managers and leaders both use different forms of influence and direction at different times. Leaders, however, demonstrate...
Through the Lens of 2020: How Will You Shape Your Future?
2020 was an historic year — literally, a 100-year event. And, with the exception of anyone who celebrated their 100th birthday recently, no one has ever been through anything like this before. While we continue to deal with the immediate impact of the pandemic,...
Now More Than Ever: Change and Coaching
By Peter James, PhD, MBA, PCC. 2020… It has been a year for all of us. From a global pandemic to work-from-home to social unrest to all-day Zoom or Microsoft Teams calls, the toll that the year has taken on us has been astronomical. As we step into 2021, one thing...
Career Advancement: Hard Work Is Not Enough
Brendan is an always-on, can-do person. His work-from-home day begins early and ends late. He makes himself available for video calls, replies to emails quickly, and delivers his work assignments on time. While senior leaders at the healthcare company where he...
Covid-Ultramarathon: How to Stay Motivated
By Eva Szekeres, MA, PCC. Do you sometimes have the impression that since the pandemic has started, it’s as if we were living in the 1993 movie, Groundhog Day? (Where the main character finds himself reliving the same day over and over again.) Staying motivated day...
Are You a Victim or a Player?
By Danielle Siegel, PCC, LCSW. In his book, Conscious Business, Fred Kofman writes about unconditional response-ability which he defines as our ability to respond to a situation by choice and not external circumstances or instinct. It is about being...
Confidence is Key!
By Margaret Enloe, JD, PCC. Understandably, what’s top of mind right now for many is the long-term impact of the pandemic, the importance of resilience and good communication, taking advantage of opportunities, and the many uncertainties that lie ahead. In light...
Lessons Learned: Emotional Intelligence is Essential
2020 has been a real-time case study about the importance of emotional intelligence. It’s been a year of upheaval, chaos, and change. It’s been a year of stress, anxiety, and feeling overwhelmed. Through it all, we’ve had to find a way to stay connected to our...
Belief Structures, Life Experiences, and Results!
By Roberto Giannicola, PCC. “Life’s experience is consistent with our belief structureand is responsible for the results we get.” That’s a quote from the book As a Man Thinketh, by James Allen. If I want to know about my belief structure, I have to look at my life...