by admin | Sep 3, 2014 | Latest Updates, Leadership self development, Leading Change
Leading organizational change without first changing ourselves simply doesn’t work. To enable change beyond superficial window-dressing, we must understand what we are doing to maintain the status quo. The enemy of change is often looking at us in the mirror. To lead...
by admin | Aug 14, 2014 | Blog (All Categories), Delegation, Executive Coaching, Latest Updates, Leadership Skills
Over half of my executive coaching clients have “improve delegating effectiveness” as a development priority. All are experienced senior players; each has a long, successful track record. And yet, they all share a simple, yet profound blind spot that turns them, and...
by admin | Jul 16, 2014 | Blog (All Categories), Coaching skills, Executive Coaching, Latest Updates, Leadership Skills
The football coach stood frustrated on the sideline as his quarterback threw incomplete passes. He suddenly rushed onto the field, grabbed the ball from the quarterback’s hands, and started passing to the startled wide receivers. After the coach completed a pass he...
by admin | Jun 24, 2014 | Executive Coaching, Latest Updates, Leadership self development, Self-Awareness
“I’m stuck…. I can’t move,” my friend stammered, as he stood frozen trying to exit my open front door. Brent has Parkinson’s, a neurological disease that sends conflicting messages within his brain. One part of his brain knew the door was a safe passage to home. Yet...
by admin | May 12, 2014 | Blog (All Categories), Coaching skills, Executive Coaching, Leadership Skills, Self-Awareness
I was recently exploring a new coaching relationship with a high achieving, successful executive. Paul insisted that he wanted to ‘bring his game to another level’ and thought I might be a catalyst for his professional development. As I listened to his background and...
by admin | Apr 21, 2014 | Blog (All Categories), Latest Updates, Leadership Skills, Leading Change, Organizational Change
In the historical, yet fictional movie The Mutiny on the Bounty Spencer Christian and crew cast out the autocratic Captain Bligh and commandeered the ship. Bligh is then punished for his appalling leadership while Christian and his cronies end their days cavorting...