When CEOs, senior executives, and organizational leaders hear the term "team training" they often think in terms of conventional project teams, cross-departmental teams, and virtual teams. But aren’t director-level managers, members of senior management, regional vice...
By Dan Brown, PCC The management team meeting adjourned and my client, the team’s leader, took me aside in the hallway. Visibly disturbed, she asked: “I’m at my wit’s end. What can I do to get these managers to collaborate?! They’re heads-down into their own...
Passive aggressive behavior is the “common cold” of businesses and organizations. It’s an everyday occurrence, readily found, and easy to pick-up. It’s rarely fatal, but it saps energy and kills productivity. Passive aggressive employees are unhappy, disengaged, and...
By Tom Henschel I had coached Kelsey and she’d thrived. Now she asked if I’d coach, Brianna, one of her direct reports. During our coaching, Kelsey had talked about Brianna at length. From Kelsey’s description, I wasn’t sure Brianna was coachable. Then I met her....
By Lyne Desormeaux, PSYD, PCC Working with 12 leaders of a company over a period of 7 months validated the time I’ve been spending coaching and training on building a strong network. Some of these 12 leaders knew each other having worked at the company for many...
This week the International Coach Federation (the third party accrediting body of the coaching profession,) celebrates coaching and seeks to educate the public about the benefits of coaching. For our contribution, we’ve amassed a series of...
Remember the boss you once had who told everyone that the door was always open, and that they really valued your feedback, or suggestions, anytime? Then, when a handful of courageous souls provided some feedback, they were listened to half-heartedly (or defensively)...
by Plum Cluverius, MA/ABS, PCC In March’s Month in Review, Arden coach Dan Brown reframed the distaste for office politics into the need for political savvy in his blog on “The Power of Authenticity.” That reframe is critical if we are to be successful navigating the...
The boxer Mike Tyson once said, “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” This bit of wisdom has particular relevance in the business world. The question is, how do you respond when things don’t go as planned? How well does your organization adapt and...
by Kathy Poehnert, M.E.D., Psych., PCC Imagine this scenario: A business team has gathered in a conference room to brainstorm about a problem that exists within their unit: maybe about inefficiency, or morale, maybe poor communication, or how to deal with a...