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 | Apr 14, 2015 | Emotional Intelligence, Latest Updates, Self-Awareness
Twenty-six participants from twelve different countries! That’s what David and I found awaited us when we landed recently in Frankfurt (Germany, not Kentucky) to teach a leadership workshop. We fretted: Would we be seen as ‘super-power’ imperialists imposing American...
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 | Dec 2, 2014 | Blog (All Categories), Emotional Intelligence, Latest Updates, Self-Awareness
Kevin sagged when he recounted his past few years as president of a troubled division of a major insurance company. “I’m damaged goods,” he started. “I loved my career until they promoted me to turn around this failing unit. I became a real jerk. I screamed at...
by admin | Nov 3, 2014 | Blog (All Categories), Conflict, Leadership self development, Leadership Skills, Self-Awareness
I met with the head of the European region right after a daylong meeting of a global leadership team. I asked what he thought of the decisions the team had made. He said the meeting was “the usual nonsense. We nod our heads, and go back to our parts of the world and...
