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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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Executive Coaching in New York
Executive Coaching in New York We frequently get asked what’s happening in the New York coaching scene – what are people doing? How do the engagements work, how long do they last, who’s getting coaching, etc. We’ll outline a typical Executive Coaching engagement...
Choosing a Career Coach
Choosing a Career Coach People come to us frequently when they are in a transition from job to job – or career to career. It’s natural to want some assistance in this process. There are so many types of support out there though, how do you select which kind is...
What’s next for me?!
It's been a big year for me so far. In the past twelve months I've gotten married, moved, hired additional people to work with me, traveled, built a new website and started writing a book. Big, right? As I look at even that partial list I'd think I would be...
Ahhhh! 4 Steps to Combat OVERWHELM
Ahhhh! 4 Steps to Combat OVERWHELM Ah, Spring.... That delightful and peaceful time where buds pop up through the winter surface to bring us color. Yet along with these bursts of scent and beauty, everywhere I turn, people are stressed out and feeling...
Cooling Our Jets in Communication: Responding Rather than Reacting
Cooling Our Jets in Communication: Responding Rather than Reacting Last month we took a look at how we can effectively communicate with a colleague who’s defensive. This month we turn the tables and look at ourselves – when we’re feeling pushed upon by the way...
Pitfalls to Powerful Goal-Setting: Six Ways NOT to Set a Goal for 2012
Pitfalls to Powerful Goal-Setting: Six Ways NOT to Set a Goal for 2012 We hear it everywhere... it's practically in the air we breather in January... Resolutions. Plans. Goals. There's something instinctual about taking a look at the beginning of the year at what...
The Art of Complaining: How Complaints Can be Good for Business
The Art of Complaining: How Complaints Can be Good for Business We often don't get our way at work. Someone says something we don't like... The project goes a way we don't agree with... Decisions are made that impact employees that they think aren't in their best...
Wellbeing at Work
Somehow working hard has become a badge of honor. One HR Director recently reported to me that her boss got up in front of a group and said "I've been traveling everywhere so I've stopped running and gained twenty pounds" in order to show his work ethic and how...
Office Authenticity
Office Authenticity To say or not to say, that is the question.... How much do you actually share with people you work with? We've all had the experience of asking someone 'how are you" and they say "fine" and to ourselves we think, "yeah, right." Why do we do that...