Six Steps of Intentionality to Achieve Goals Achieving the change or outcome you desire normally demands heightened focus and a willingness to try different approaches: It requires intention. Being intentional is more important today as we constantly face the dichotomy that comes with contrasting goals, such as: Managing performance issues while increasing employee retention Improving…
It’s the What and How, Not the Where
Adapt to Get Results Regardless of Where People Work Some leaders are still struggling with the work-from-home (WFH) or hybrid work models. These leaders want people back in the office and hold a firm belief that working together in a common environment will lead to greater collaboration and results. While they may be steadfast in…
Trust and Return to Work Decisions Will Affect Retention
Carefully Consider How to Re-Engage Your Employees As the United States emerges from the pandemic, Americans are getting back to the lives they put on pause over a year ago. Daily routines that revolve around interactions with others are back. We are traveling, going to sporting events, dining inside restaurants and —for many—heading back into…
Executive Coaching: Measuring ROI Using Stakeholder Feedback
Demonstrating ROI is Critical in the Coaching Process Executive coaching is about developing leaders in areas that will help them be more effective and bring success to their organization. According to the 2020 Executive Coaching for Results Research Study by CoachSource, the top four development areas were emotional intelligence (56%), communication skills (54%), influencing others…
How Coaching Accelerates Leadership Teams
Achieve Better Results Faster Through Coaching Executive coaching has proven to be successful in helping leaders perform at higher levels in work and other environments. A growing trend is the use of coaching in accelerating leadership and project team performance. Coaches work with people to keep or amplify their strengths while helping them understand and…
Transitioning from Peer to Leader
Four Strategies to Succeed at the Next Level It’s a phenomenal feeling to be promoted to the next level in any organization. The promotion is recognition of your hard work, expertise and professionalism. It also shows that the enterprise has confidence in you. At times, the transition from peer to leader within a company can…
Self-Awareness Improves Results and Relationships
Assessments Help Leaders Understand How Others See Them I work with people and organizations to help them achieve better results faster through coaching. Whether I’m coaching individuals or teams, it starts with a process that allows the people involved to become more self-aware. The phrase, “know thyself,” goes back to the ancient Greeks and is…
Responding as Opposed to Reacting:
Controlling Your Emotions Enables Success Not surprisingly, a good share of C-Suite occupants are classic Type-A personalities. Driven to achieve, highly competitive, impatient and laser-focused on meeting or exceeding their goals, these executives have worked hard to attain leadership positions in their organizations. The challenge for such leaders is that the traits that propelled them…
Why Organizations Use External Executive Coaches
Advantages and Disadvantages When coaching first emerged as a valuable tool for organizational leadership development in the 1980s, few internal employees were asked to coach. Coaching was viewed as a singular, surgical development for specific executives independent of the larger organizational needs. With coaching now seen as a valuable leadership development exercise from which almost…
Measuring the ROI of Organizational Coaching
Results, Retention and Repeatability Create Value Organizations that contract with external executive coaches or hire in-house coaches make a significant investment of both time and money. Company leaders want to see tangible results from their investment. They want to see the benefit of coaching. Because more and more organizations are turning to coaching as a…