Successful leaders are typically defined by their analytical and technical skills as well as the ability to motivate and delegate a team. While this is an accurate basic picture of a leader, there are several more specific skills that need to be fine-tuned in order to...
Leadership
How to Hold Your Team Accountable Without Micromanaging
Keeping employees accountable is important to the success of your business, but what each person is accountable for needs to be understood and agreed upon by all parties involved. The key is to set clear expectations. Often times, an instruction or task is vaguely...
The Importance of Gathering Employee Feedback
Have you ever heard the phrase, “It doesn’t matter if you think you are a good communicator- if other people don’t think you are a good communicator, you’re not”? Hint: It’s a common theme in many of our other blogs. The concept is that if you are not able to properly...
The Key to Strengthening and Building Relationships
Relationship-building is an essential function of the business world. You may find yourself mingling with potential clients, onboarding a new employee, and nurturing an alliance with a business partner all in the same week. How can you hone your skills to ensure that...
NATURE AND EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING
How our brain can make use of nature to improve leadership skills. By Nora Infante, Psyd Prior to receiving my clinical psychology doctorate, I received a Master’s degree in Psycho-ecology, an academic discipline that studies the impact of decreased engagement with...
3 Keys to Becoming a Woman Leader
By Lyne Desormeaux, PSYD, PCC The Center for American Progress states in this Fact sheet: The Women’s Leadership Gap that women are 58% of the population but that they hold only 14.6 percent of executive officers, 8.1 percent of the top earners and 4.6 percent of...
Becoming Self Aware of Your Own Biases
Becoming self aware of your biases is a huge step to professional and robust thought development. By understanding your predispositions and how they affect your decisions, you can recognize any present bias in order to achieve a more well-rounded perspective. Side...
Arden Announces New Charitable Partner
Arden Coaching will donate a percentage of yearly proceeds to Astia. New York, NY, April 25, 2017 – Arden Coaching has chosen to donate a percentage of yearly proceeds to Astia, a funding solution for female entrepreneurs. It is part of Arden Coaching’s corporate...
How to Make Your Next Presentation a Hit
Whether you are presenting to the board, to the sales team, to your boss, or to a client, you are counting on your presentation to deliver a powerful message. Many times, you can have truly great content and information, but fail to convey the subject matter the way...
Our Book Review of “The Energy Bus”
By Danielle Siegel, PCC, LCSW Is your team facing challenges? Is it run by negativity? Are you looking for something to help change this? In Jon Gordon’s easy to read and engaging book, The Energy Bus , he takes us on a journey with George, whose life is in shambles...