Rebecca and the members of Rebecca’s team were feeling stalled. Bogged down. “It's a terrific team,” she thought. “We all trust and respect each other. It’s a psychologically safe space. And we agree on the overall goals and purpose of our work.” As she considered...
Executive Coaching
How to Command Your Script
By Tom Henschel, Executive Coach Initially, Nigel wanted help with memorization. He had a firm belief that people would experience him as a better presenter if he memorized his material. So he tried. But the world of work moves fast. He wasn’t able to memorize...
Self-Awareness and Growing Your Leadership Skills
Chandler was new to his leadership role. It was a big step for him and he was determined to get things right! But it seemed that the harder he tried, and the more closely he managed his employees, the worse things got. Mistakes were made. Work had to be redone....
Executive Coaching: Mastering the Uncharted Post-COVID World
Remote work. The “great resignation.” Hybrid teams. Post-COVID business strategies. There is a remarkable amount of uncertainty in the world right now, and that is probably reflected in your organization. Leaders are dealing with economic unpredictability, market...
Resist the Need to Add Value
By Gilly Weinstein, MS, PCC. One of the coaching world’s leading figures and great contributors is Marshall Goldsmith. Multiple coaching frameworks and concepts we rely on today as coaches can be traced back to him, and he is still quoted and respected...
Stop Procrastinating by First Asking “Why?”
Stewart has always been a bit of a procrastinator, but he had fallen way behind schedule with performance reviews for his team. “I need to stop procrastinating!,” he shouted to himself. Is procrastination something you struggle with? Many articles, blogs, social media...
Tweaking Traditional Goal Setting for Improvement: Identity-Based Habits
By Linda Bodnar, PhD, PCC. It is well-documented that goal setting brings about change. Multiple meta-analyses of related research studies clearly show that setting meaningful, specific, and challenging goals leads to higher performance than easy, do-your-best, or no...
Is This Meeting Necessary?
Richard was reviewing his schedule recently and realized that he routinely had six or more meetings per day. Some were brief. Some were lengthy. Some were in-person and some were virtual. More and more were hybrid. He wondered, “Are all these meetings really...
Battling Burnout
By Julianna Hynes, PhD, PCC. When the pandemic first started in 2020, I started seeing inklings of burning out in my clients. As the year continued with more and more Zoom meetings, the inklings turned into confirmations as my clients shared issues they were having,...
Authenticity: A Positive Leadership Trait for the Post-Pandemic World
Throughout the pandemic we have tallied our losses, from layoffs, closed businesses, and broken social connections to illness and death. But what have we gained during this time? It’s hard to think in these terms, but there have been positive changes. At work,...