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Flexible Leadership — And Yoga?

by admin | Aug 15, 2017 | creative leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Leadership self development, Leadership Skills, Leading Change, Organizational Change, Self-Awareness

Evil bees were colonizing my brain. Their buzzing between my ears kept me awake half the night. The bees transmitted loud negative thoughts about what I did wrong that day, or what would go wrong after I woke. I had to find a way to settle those bees down. A friend...

Frame Your Leadership Differently

by admin | Jan 10, 2017 | Emotional Intelligence, Leadership self development, Organizational Change, Self-Awareness

Take this thought experiment: Would you prefer a hamburger that is 90% fat-free or one that has 10% fat? Would you support a project with a 1 in 5 chance of succeeding, or a project with an 80% chance of failing? Despite both options being equivalent, I would avoid...

Critical Thinking or Emotional Intelligence?

by admin | Dec 13, 2016 | Emotional Intelligence, Executive Coaching, Latest Updates, Leadership self development, Self-Awareness, strategic thinking

Most of the coaching requests that I receive revolve around emotional intelligence: clients are described as lacking self-awareness, or are unable to control their impulses, or don’t empathize with others. But what if this diagnosis is only half correct: What if many...

How to speak up to your boss

by admin | Aug 10, 2016 | Collaborating, Conflict, Emotional Intelligence, Influencing, Latest Updates, Leadership self development, Self-Awareness

Ann was upset with her boss. During a leadership program I was conducting she complained that he scheduled team meetings every Friday at 5pm. Oh, I said, 5pm on a Friday does sound like an unproductive time to meet. When I asked what her boss said when she confronted...

Curb my enthusiasm

by admin | Jun 7, 2016 | Collaborating, cross cultural understanding, Influencing, Organizational Culture

A client from Amsterdam used to watch me facilitate leadership programs for his company’s executives. At the end of each session I’d ask him how he thought it went. Mark would look very serious and say, “Robert, not everything is AWESOME.” He’d pronounce...
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