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...
Leadership
3 Critical Ways to Improve Your Executive Presence
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...
Ready for tomorrow? Check!
By Nora Infante, PsyD. What is a free, easy to create, wildly simple, often under-utilized and under-appreciated tool that can significantly improve your leadership effectiveness on many levels? A practice I have long relied on to keep focused on the tasks at hand,...
Yes, Networking Still Matters…
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...
Navigating Change: Lessons Learned from Sailing
By José Morales, MBA, MS, PCC. When a sailboat tacks or jibes — meaning it changes direction relative to the wind — drag is increased and often speed is lost. Tack too late and you could cause a collision, lose the race or worse, run aground. Jibe without a plan and...
3 Tips for Leading Your “Forever” Remote-Hybrid Team
Leaders and managers at companies everywhere are adjusting to the reality that remote and hybrid work is likely to be a permanent aspect of our work-world. A recent survey by Owl Labs found that during COVID-19 close to 70% of full-time workers have worked from home....
How to Be an Effective Coach for Your Direct Reports
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...
Does Your Team Have Trust?
By Kelly L. Ross, MS, PCC Does your team have trust? When the topic of trust comes up with leaders often the answer is, ‘not so much.’ Or, ‘in some situations.’ How can a leadership be effective in leading and running the organization, and focus on whatever the...
A Leader’s Gift of Kindness
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...
10 Tips for Coaching Employees: The Leap from Contributor to Manager
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...