By Karen Delk, MSc, PCC The past two years have been very different for most of us, individually and collectively. Leaders needed to pivot in mid-March 2020 to managing teams remotely, while other leaders continued operating, staffing, and producing from a work...
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...
By Peter James, PhD, MBA, PCC. When someone utters the word "communication" in the business environment, what usually comes to everyone's mind is that of speaking. And as leaders, we find it necessary to talk as much as possible in order to ensure that our messages...
Trust is basic to leadership. Without trust, people watch their backs and look out for their own immediate interests. Without trust, there is no “leadership” in any true sense of the word — you must rely on your job title, blunt force, and fear to get anything...
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...
Leaders are constantly providing feedback to their employees. It’s a basic characteristic of leadership, yet one that is often handled awkwardly. Janice, a newly-minted department head, rose through the ranks by being very good at what she does (her expertise is...
By Kevin Anthony Johnson, PCC. “Leadership is influencing the thoughts, feelings and actions of others.” Robert Wright A client recently shared that they’d missed an opportunity. There was a moment in the last quarter where he could’ve said something about the...
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...
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...
A few weeks ago the Wall Street Journal ran a story titled, “The Off-Site is the New Return to the Office.” The author looked at ways that leaders at various businesses across many industries are re-thinking “off-site meetings” as a way to get people back to working...