By Kathy Poehnert Do You Suffer From Glossophobia? I used to be a glossophobe...many years ago… my stomach would get queasy, my legs would tremble, and my mouth was as dry as a bone. This would happen every time I had to speak in front of a group... You guessed...
Leadership
Management vs Leadership
By Maren Perry What's the difference between management and leadership? Many of our executive coaching clients are asking this question for themselves. Regardless of whether they are a senior manager seeking to become an officer of the company, or a high level officer...
Touchdown or Turnover?: Making the Most of the First 90 Days in your New Position
By Micki Lewis MS, PCC What’s your game plan (strategy) as you kick off your new role? Seasoned or Rookie – how you establish yourself in your new role as a leader immediately after your manager (the referee) blows his whistle will speak volumes of how successful...
The Importance of 360 Assessments
Quick: you have something on the back of your head – look at it! No really… it’s essential… what can you do to see the back of your own head right now?! If you’re not already in front of a mirror, you’re thinking about one, right? Once you get to the mirror, you...
How to Manage Millennials: Advice for Generation X
Millennials, Generation Y, Gen Y, Generation Me, Trophy Kids, Digital Natives. Whatever you call them, they are a huge percentage of the workforce. Born somewhere between 1980 and 2000 (opinions vary), Generation Y has the reputation in the workplace of being lazy,...
How to Manage Millennials: Advice for Generation X
Millennials, Generation Y, Gen Y, Generation Me, Trophy Kids, Digital Natives. Whatever you call them, they are a huge percentage of the workforce. Born somewhere between 1980 and 2000 (opinions vary), Generation Y has the reputation in the workplace of being lazy,...
Ten Tips on Accepting Feedback Gracefully
By Maren Perry, Founder and President, Arden Coaching We often talk about how to give feedback effectively, though rarely do we hear talk of how to accept feedback well, when really, how effective the exchange is overall very much lies with the receiver of the...
The Importance of a Mission Statement (it’s not what you think!)
Most people when they think of a mission statement secretly (or not so secretly) roll their eyes. They think of the tired poster on the wall, or the crisp paper stuffed in a notebook from an offsite event three years ago, and basically have no recollection of what it...
Five Ways to Get the Most out of SHRM Annual Conference 2014
The huge annual Human Resources event is here! Thousands will gather next week in Orlando for the Annual SHRM (Society of Human Resource Management) Conference. There are 10,000+ attendees, hundreds of speakers and more networking and information than you can...
Maren Perry is Speaking at SHRM 2014!
SHRM (Society of Human Resource Management) has their Annual Conference in Orlando, FL next month. It's a HUGE event and the place to be for all things Human Resources! This year, Maren Perry will be presenting a four-hour workshop on Coaching Skills for HR...