How can leaders help their team stay focused and productive during periods of high uncertainty and stress? Work can be challenging enough during a normal work day. When you add the strain of working remotely, online home-schooling, anxiety about the health of your...
By Tom Henschel, Executive Coach. Berta was struggling with working at home. As a senior leader she felt responsible for a lot of people. As much as she loved her family, she felt called to to do her work. Moving her workspace into her basement helped. She was...
By Lyne Desormeaux, PsyD, MCC. A few clients of mine have recently been working on being more assertive or coming across has being empowered. Some are getting feedback that they seem to be saying yes too easily, or aren’t regarded as having authority or being...
Six months ago, Maurice was excited about his new promotion. He had been assigned responsibility for a new company-wide initiative and placed at the head of a 20-person cross-functional department. This was the first time Maurice had ever supervised more than three...
By Kevin “KJ” Johnson, PCC. As leaders, we’re often expected to know the way forward. This expectation is a trap. In today’s ever-changing business landscape, economic forecasts are less reliable, sales expectations are guessing games, and consumer feedback is...
By Sharon Krohn, MCC. Story telling has become all the rage. Is there value in storytelling for Leaders? In our Coaching Conversations I often explore with my leaders the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves to consider how these stories can impact the future....
By Fran LaMattina, PhD, MCC. Patience is a virtue that is sometimes hard to come by in the fast-paced culture we live in, whether in the US or in another area of the globe. Most of us are more familiar with our own experience with impatience than we are with...
An important component of true leadership is the ability to help develop those you lead. Not only do teams look to their leaders for professional guidance, direction, and support to help them do their jobs, the opportunity to learn and grow professionally is highly...
By Karen Carmody, PCC. To be successful at anything, you need to have a plan. Whether you’re running a marathon, renovating your home, or developing your leadership skills. A critical part of an Executive Coaching Engagement is creating a Developmental Action Plan...
At the end of a quarter, it’s common to pause and assess organizational performance, accomplishments, and progress toward annual goals. As we approach the end of the first quarter of the year — an extraordinarily challenging and stressful time — it is still important...
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