Leadership

Planning for a Role Change:  How to Prepare?

Planning for a Role Change: How to Prepare?

By Linda Bodnar, PhD, PCC. As you can imagine, I am finding that a great deal of coaching time these days is focused on change: how to lead in a virtual world, how to ensure clear expectations, how to show empathy and compassion, how to keep people motivated in such...

On Being Intentional

On Being Intentional

By Shaun McKenzie, Executive Coach. One of my favorite movie scenes is from Apollo 13. The crisis has moderated and the astronauts are peering out the small round porthole of the lunar lander, looking wistfully at the moon, adrift, realizing they would not achieve...

The Art of Genuine Influence

The Art of Genuine Influence

People with influence are often simultaneously admired and disliked. We respect, and can even be envious of, their ability to persuade their colleagues. At the same time, influence can feel like a shameless, slightly sordid power play. Regardless, influence can make a...

The Path to Influence

The Path to Influence

By Fran LaMattina, MCC, PhD. Many of us have succeeded over the years in expanding our professional stature by utilizing our “positional authority.” Positional authority is just what it says: the authority afforded to us because of the position or title we hold in an...

Don’t Ask Why!

Don’t Ask Why!

Don’t ask why? Why not? As we work with others on a daily basis, we are constantly seeking to understand what others are saying, processing and analyzing information, assessing our options, and developing recommendations. We naturally need to know, “why?” “Some...

3 Simple Productivity Tips That Work

3 Simple Productivity Tips That Work

So many productivity hacks, so little time! We’re always looking to be more efficient and get more done. But sometimes, it feels like we are being overwhelmed with endless lists and bits of advice about how to make some aspect of our work or life more efficient....

3 Keys to Greater Resilience

3 Keys to Greater Resilience

By Kevin Ciccotti, CPCC, PCC. One of the keys to not only surviving, but thriving in the world is resilience. And these days who couldn’t use a little more of that? But what constitutes resilience, and how exactly can we cultivate a bit more to help deal with all the...