by admin | May 8, 2020 | Emotional Intelligence, Executive Coaching, Leadership self development, Self-Awareness
Dan is a high-flying partner at one of the world’s largest management consulting companies. There, he cultivates new clients in the financial services sector and runs several engagement teams on three continents. His demanding work schedule includes daily 7am...
by admin | Dec 13, 2016 | Emotional Intelligence, Executive Coaching, Latest Updates, Leadership self development, Self-Awareness, strategic thinking
Most of the coaching requests that I receive revolve around emotional intelligence: clients are described as lacking self-awareness, or are unable to control their impulses, or don’t empathize with others. But what if this diagnosis is only half correct: What if many...
by admin | Aug 12, 2015 | Collaborating, Conflict, Emotional Intelligence, Executive Coaching, Latest Updates, Leadership self development, Leadership Skills, Self-Awareness
Your boss passes you in the hallway a few hours after you led an important meeting. She stops you and says, “Hey, about that meeting this morning. I have some feedback for you.” At that moment, what do you think: “wow, that’s great,” or, “oh crap, now what?” If you...
by admin | Jun 9, 2015 | Coaching skills, Emotional Intelligence, Executive Coaching, Influencing, Latest Updates, Leadership Skills, Self-Awareness
A dear colleague and I were talking at lunch about the usual subjects – our work, our families, the miserable state of the world. We commiserated about our aging parents growing more frail. I said, “It is what it is,” and my friend replied, “No it isn’t.” I repeated,...
by admin | Mar 16, 2015 | Blog (All Categories), Emotional Intelligence, Executive Coaching, Latest Updates, Organizational Culture, Self-Awareness
When clients proclaim, ‘we’ve got to hold people more accountable’ I can’t help but smile. Why? Because the declaration, itself, displays such a lack of accountability. ‘We’ve got to’ diffuses any responsibility for taking action. But imagine if the speaker said,...
by admin | Feb 23, 2015 | Coaching skills, Executive Coaching, Latest Updates
Glenn had no problem asking for support. As CEO of a financial services firm, he was accustomed to asking people to do things for him. So I wasn’t surprised when he asked me to provide him with executive leadership coaching. But I was surprised at how challenging our...
