by admin | Sep 10, 2013 | Blog (All Categories), Leadership Skills, Self-Awareness
On a recent flight to New York I sat beside an energetic operations manager for a small bank. Hearing that I was a leadership consultant, he looked interested and started talking. “‘My problem,” he announced without my asking, “is that I have...
by admin | Aug 13, 2013 | Blog (All Categories), Executive Coaching, Leadership Skills, Self-Awareness
I love the irony: Sometimes it’s the leaders who complain the loudest about frivolous spending who unknowingly add the most cost to the bottom line. Years ago I learned of a great example at a southern retailer. When its elderly (and miserly) chairman walked...
by admin | Jul 9, 2013 | Blog (All Categories), Executive Coaching, Influencing, Leadership Skills, Self-Awareness
In a freak accident eight weeks ago, I was hit by a truck and pinned against a highway guardrail. The impact broke my femur in half and fractured my knee. Wheel chair bound for four weeks, I’m now halfway through a 6-month recovery period. Needless to say,...
by admin | Jun 5, 2013 | Blog (All Categories), Executive Coaching, Self-Awareness
As a facilitator of leadership training programs, I’m sobered by research that ranks the impact of training programs as pretty low on the developmental experience scale. At the top of the list: challenging life experiences and adversities. I even see this in my own...
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.”...
