by admin | Mar 12, 2014 | Conflict, Executive Coaching, Leadership Skills, Leading Change
Wayne is an accomplished and overburdened senior executive who hates dealing with his direct reports’ conflicts. He once told me that he’d rather have a spike driven into his eye than listen to them complain about each other. But leaders like Wayne often...
by admin | Jan 31, 2014 | Blog (All Categories), Collaborating, Facilitation, Leadership Skills
In a PBS interview, jazz pianist Herbie Hancock described the magic of collaboration as he learned it in his twenties while travelling with improvisational genius Miles Davis. During one performance, Hancock remembered feeling a unique connection with the band, the...
by admin | Jan 17, 2014 | Blog (All Categories), Conflict, Leadership Skills, Self-Awareness
As the saying goes, ‘trust is earned by the penny, but spent by the dollar.’ In other words, while trust is constructed through countless transactions, it can be shattered with only one negative interaction. Even an inadvertent betrayal of trust can wipe...
by admin | Jan 2, 2014 | Blog (All Categories), Leadership Skills
A recent article in the Times suggested that Americans’ mistrust of each other has reached an all time high — that we live in an era of unprecedented cynicism. Maybe so. But we submit that this generalization obscures a more meaningful truth — there...
by admin | Dec 6, 2013 | Blog (All Categories), Leadership Skills
I love Thanksgiving. But I wonder why so many of us wait for the third Thursday of November to express gratitude. God must surely end the day exhausted by the millions of people giving ‘thanks’ because the day requires it. When one institutionalizes...
by admin | Nov 5, 2013 | Blog (All Categories), Executive Coaching, Leadership Skills, Self-Awareness
If a genie offered you one wish to help you become more effective, what would you wish for? Many would say, “If only I had more time…” But if you’re like me and the genie is just a dream, you may feel sorry for yourself that there just aren’t...
