by admin | Feb 6, 2013 | Blog (All Categories), Executive Coaching, Self-Awareness
In my practice, I often coach “high potential” executives, so named because they’re part of a select pool of talent from which a company’s future leaders will be chosen. As is typical in these coaching relationships, one of my key roles is to listen deeply. I hear a...
by admin | Jan 21, 2013 | Blog (All Categories), Organizational Change, Organizational Consulting
Linda, the CEO of a technology oriented firm, told me her company’s pending merger with a logistics company was a ‘match made in heaven.’ The two companies were complementary, not identical, so it wasn’t about cutting cost (or jobs); it was more about synergy and...
by admin | Jan 6, 2013 | Blog (All Categories), Executive Coaching, Leadership Skills, Organizational Change, Organizational Consulting
Fast Company recently featured CEOs from major corporations like 3M, Pepsico, Starbucks, and others sharing lessons from 2012 and describing how these lessons will apply in the coming year. While we don’t roll in the same company as these folks, we still learned...
by admin | Dec 12, 2012 | Blog (All Categories), Leadership Skills, Self-Awareness
Too many leaders make fast (and wrong) decisions in the face of disagreement. They trust their own thinking, and then justify their decision based on what they interpret as positive results. Yet they fail to consider the cost of rejecting an opposing view that would...
by admin | Dec 6, 2012 | Blog (All Categories), Organizational Change, Organizational Consulting
When I wasn’t quaking in my waterproof shoes walking across a swaying footbridge high above a lush rainforest in Costa Rica, I was listening intently as our guide described the complex eco-system of the forest. Jose told incredible stories about how plants, animals...
by admin | Nov 28, 2012 | Blog (All Categories), Coaching skills, Executive Coaching, Self-Awareness
Recently, some friends in Asheville, NC introduced me to the River Arts District where I discovered an unexpected nugget of wisdom. Here, amid a collection of art studios down by the French Broad River, I had an encounter with a prolific, internationally known painter...
