by admin | May 6, 2013 | Blog (All Categories), Executive Coaching, Self-Awareness
Many of my coaching clients are results-driven leaders who have the outward appearance of confidence and a long list of accomplishments. So I’m often surprised by how much time I have to invest at the beginning of a coaching relationship to reinforce that my...
by admin | Apr 1, 2013 | Blog (All Categories), Executive Coaching, Leadership Skills, Self-Awareness
Chuck was agitated as I walked into his 24th floor office. He skipped our traditional social chat. “I’ve had it with Cheryl,” he said irritably. “Its time for me to hold her accountable. I swear, I would fire her right now if I could.”...
by admin | Mar 19, 2013 | Blog (All Categories), Executive Coaching, Leadership Skills, Self-Awareness
Leadership coaching clients are often advised to leverage their strengths. This is sometimes interpreted to mean ‘keep doing what you are doing, but do it more…’ Yet clients are also counseled that if overused, those strengths become weaknesses: assertiveness leads to...
by admin | Mar 4, 2013 | Blog (All Categories), Executive Coaching, Leadership Skills, Self-Awareness
The conference room was a mess. Participants were starting to arrive and the tables were scattered haphazardly about the room. Our materials for the two-day session were still in boxes in the corner of the room. My partner Rob had been there since 7:15 and he had not...
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 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...
