by admin | Sep 22, 2014 | Facilitation, Leadership Skills, Leading Change, Organizational Change, Organizational Culture
One of my favorite New Yorker cartoons depicts two excited executives sitting in a meeting. One says to the other, “Let’s keep things here exactly the way they are.” The other responds, “Yeah, let’s not change anything!” Many of us want to change our organizations so...
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...
