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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
By Kelly Ross, MS, PCC. You might have another name for this idea: self-compassion, self-care, being kind to yourself, not judging yourself too harshly, etc. I don’t think it matters what we call it. Are you talking to yourself as you talk to others?Are you...
All the experts are saying this — remote work is here to stay. This may not be the “death of the office,” but clearly, our hybrid work-from-home schedules, virtual meetings, and remote teams are not going to go away anytime soon. In fact, many of us have been...
By Tom Henschel, Executive Coach/Facilitator. Roger was stepping into a much larger role as his coaching began. His new team would be more senior than any he’d led before. “I’ve heard about ‘psychological safety,’” he told me. “Is that something I could bring to...