To our Community: Maren Perry, Founder and President of Arden Coaching, offers an important 2-minute reminder about leadership during the coronavirus pandemic. Please be well and stay safe. ~ Arden Coaching
Leadership
Hey, Micromanager! How Do You Like This New Remote Structure?
By Roberto Giannicola, ACC It’s only Week Two. Your team works from home. The projects are still the same. (Well, maybe not entirely.) What’s changed though is how much oversight you have on your team. And you are struggling with that, aren’t you? You set up...
Reflective Writing Can Help You Take Perspective
By Kelly L. Ross, MS, PCC. This week I have been starting calls and video meetings asking how are we each arriving? On my side I am all over the map: grumpy that there are rules that I need to stay home, excited for extra time at home, overwhelmed (especially if I...
4 Ways to Sustain the Development from Coaching
By Maren Perry, MA, PCC Founder and President, Arden Coaching So you’ve reached the end of a fulfilling and intensive executive coaching experience. You feel good about the progress you’ve made, the feedback from those around you has been gratifying and so different...
Leading and Working Through COVID-19
Leading your organization through a crisis is a challenging, stressful rollercoaster ride. The coronavirus pandemic is a crisis of historic proportions, presenting leaders with challenges on an unprecedented scale. As experts in leadership development and team...
Good Judgment and the Coronavirus
By Margaret Enloe, JD, PCC. When I was a teenager and wanted to go out with friends, my father’s parting words were always “use your good judgment.” There were no admonishments to get home by 11PM or avoid pot. Instead, I got the message to do what made sense under...
Check-In with Yourself for Better On-the-Spot Decisions
By Gilly Weinstein, PCC. Can you think of a situation, in recent weeks, where you needed to make an on-the-spot-decision? Where you were suddenly stuck, slightly uncomfortable, possibly mid-meeting, with all eyes on you? You know that tugging sensation of arrrghhh,...
Leadership Requires Self-Confidence
Self-confidence is a critically important component of strong leadership and an essential element of executive presence. “It’s often one of the first things we notice about someone,” said Maren Perry, executive coach and president of Arden Coaching. “It's an overall...
The Necessary Ingredient for a Successful Organizational Change Project
By Barb McAllister, MS, MCC. If you've been like me, someone who's worked both within and outside organizations, you've likely seen some "failed" organizational change projects. The failed change projects can take many forms. The reorganization did not solve the...
What’s the Difference Between Coaching and Training?
Ali is a bright, energetic product manager. She has career ambitions and has shown the ability to take the initiative — “This year,” she promised herself, “I’m going to work with an executive coach and get better trained as a leader.” The terms coaching and training...