By Sharon Krohn, MCC. With the close of the year, many are taking stock of the challenges of 2021. Having celebrated the Holiday Season and savored small gatherings with family and friends, there is no better time to pause, to reflect and create a personal vision for...
By Fran LaMattina, MCC, PhD I have been practicing Executive Coaching for over 20 years. As my experience has deepened and I’ve tested much of the information about Emotional Intelligence in the “laboratory of my coaching practice,” I am amazed at how often the data...
In our increasingly casual, virtual working worlds, are you getting complacent about how you communicate and present yourself to others? Might it be reducing your effectiveness as a leader? Is it holding your career back? Here are three ways to strengthen your...
By Nicole LaBeach, PhD, PCC. Change. Change. And more change. With so much of it, we can’t ignore how networking has shifted in the pandemic. Unlike previous times, fewer networking opportunities were event-driven, and some of our most effective means of networking...
By Laura Hansen. MA, PCC. One important competency for today’s leaders is successfully developing your direct reports through coaching. When you have decided that coaching is an appropriate approach with an employee, here are five things to keep in mind to be more...
On this Christmas Day, let’s consider leadership and the gift of kindness. As you move up the leadership ranks, expectations about your ability to engage with others increase too. But let’s be honest, we have all worked with people that we simply do not like (and we...
By Barbara McAllister, MS, MCC. I don’t know about you, but I have found that some clients are very challenged transitioning from individual contributor to manager. I understand this, because in my organizational career I took this leap, walked in the shoes of some of...
It’s common to take stock of things and consider meaningful change at the end of the year. And with good reason. We naturally gravitate toward self-assessment, change, and new directions when we reach important, symbolic time posts, such as the close of the year, the...
By Andreas Schumacher, PhD, PCC. Executive coaching at its core is designed to bring about meaningful and sustainable change towards optimal functioning. Through thoughtful reflection, new insights are developed into the strengths we can leverage, and the emotional or...
Many companies are working hard to retain and hire talent. Anyone can keep a mediocre employee… they never leave! But HR managers know how difficult it is to attract and hang on to great employees — particularly in the midst of the “great resignation.” A recent...