By Neal Eisenstein, MBA, MCC. I don’t know about you, but between the pandemic, painful reminders of systemic racism, and an upside-down political climate, my head is spinning and part of me wants to shut down. So, let’s have a conversation about what to do when...
Teams are established at all levels of an organization. Some teams are formed to continue their work indefinitely (for example, members of senior management may be thought of as a team), and some teams are project-based, created to address a specific opportunity or...
By Shaun McKenzie, Executive Coach. Sometimes leaders go first. Guiding the team into uncharted territory. But, will they follow you? It depends. To a large degree, it depends on the amount of trust they have in you as their leader. Trust used to be defined a...
Over the course of a month, Ramona reserved several hours in her schedule to focus intentionally on what her company might look like in two or three years. Yes, the annual executive retreat was coming, and there would be no shortage of strategies, ideas, and opinions,...
I was working with a client recently who is working on building relationships and trust with extended team members. In particular, there is one person with whom he struggles to hear his ideas without (internally) rolling his eyes. He wants to be open to hearing ideas...
By Deborah Howard, PCC. One of the biggest challenges many of my clients who are senior leaders have is being able to say, “no” at work. They believe that to be successful and be seen as a high performer, they have to say “yes,” to whatever project is put in front of...
Do you find yourself wondering what’s next for you? Are you reviewing, rethinking, or reinventing your priorities? What do you want from the next year…three years…ten years? At 35, Ana has already accomplished a lot professionally. In the last few years she has...
By Robert Giannicola, ACC. That’s a question I’ve been asking several coaching clients. Why? Well, after having a few coaching sessions with them, I realize that as accomplished as they are, they have lost their identity to their work. A common issue I notice about...
Adam has been working from home (WFH) for over ten weeks. His job has kept him busy — he has worked through full days and evenings of video meetings, conference calls, email, and texts. He’s done a great job of leading his team remotely and staying on top of some...
By Rachel Verlik, PCC. How well do you create and honor your boundaries? And why do they matter? Consider the case of Sarita*, a director of product development in a well-known public company. Sarita is well liked within her organization, and the company is investing...