Coaching Helps People Commit and Succeed We are at a point in January when new year resolutions begin to slide. What starts with a firm desire to do or not do something— resolution — often becomes too demanding or limiting. Research supports the idea that new year resolutions tend to falter. One long-term experiment published…
Creating Community for Remote, Hybrid and In-Office Employees
Seven Focus Areas for Positive Culture and Community While the world has recovered from Covid-19, or at least learned to live with it, the changes the virus imposed on businesses continue to demand flexibility. Most notably, hybrid and remote work options are here to stay. Organizations that opt to enforce in-office only environments find themselves…
Leadership Team Retreats and Coaching
Four Benefits of Team Coaching That Drive Results Much of my executive coaching practice involves coaching leadership teams and/or some of the individual leaders on these teams. This work includes facilitating leadership team retreats and coaching, along with other coaches, members of the team in a series of one-on-one sessions. I’ve found that team coaching…
Executive Onboarding – A Catalyst for Positive Impact
How to Thrive as a New Leader Executives hired into new positions need to quickly assess and adapt on multiple fronts: new boss, team members, peers, expectations, etc. Add in learning a new organizational culture, industry and competitive markets and it’s no wonder that approximately 50% fail in their first 18 months on the job….
Why Networking Matters
Build Your Network for a Bulletproof Career Porter Gale, author of Your Network Is Your Net Worth, said: “I believe that your social capital, or your ability to build a network of authentic personal and professional relationships, not your financial capital, is the most important asset in your portfolio.” During times of job loss or…
Make Career Chaos Work for You
Five Steps to Create the Right Opportunity Experiences such as being laid off, demoted, passed over for promotions, stuck in a dead-end position, or working for a horrible boss can contribute to the sense of career chaos. Last week, two people reached out to me for advice or resources to pass on to friends who…
Work Less, Achieve More and Develop Others
Delegate and Empower Your Team I work with leaders across many industries as an executive coach. A common refrain I hear is how busy they are. In essence, they feel they spend too much time fighting fires and working on day-to-day tactics, and not enough time on strategy that will move the organization forward. Basically,…
Team Coaching Achieves Results
Improve Alignment, Accountability and Team Dynamics Executive coaching has proven successful in helping individual leaders perform at higher levels, develop better relationships, and achieve required results. The question organizational leaders are asking is, “How can we accelerate these positive outcomes throughout the enterprise”? The answer: Team Coaching. Organizations that experience value in executive coaching intuitively…
Use Coaching for Growth and Achievement
Four Stages of Coaching I became a believer in the power of coaching for growth and achievement back in 2003, when I had the opportunity to work with an exceptional executive coach. I’m convinced I would not have had the career and other growth opportunities I had were it not for this experience. Coaching’s impact…
How to Maximize Retention and Engagement
Communicate, Listen and Coach to Earn Employee Trust A friend’s son, an engineer who has been working from home since COVID, was recently approached by his manager. The manager stated that leadership was encouraging everyone to return to work at the office. The young engineer, soon to become a new father, needed more work flexibility,…