Effective Business Communication
-Wholehearted conversations that transform
As an executive coach I spend a good deal of my time helping leaders make sense of their careers. Many times we explore their core work life themes, roadblocks, unique skills and talents, and what has helped them achieve success. One question I often hear is, "how can I help make my way to the top of my career path?" That's the subject of today’s post. Continue reading »
Nick Petrie, a Senior Faculty member with the Center for Creative Leadership, asked 30 experts what should be stopped in leadership development and got a consistent answer: Stop sending people to courses they don't want to go to. Does this means all leadership development should stop? Not exactly.
I hear too many leaders nowadays report feeling overwhelmed or burned out. I believe one of the main reasons for this is that we spend too many hours trying to do too many things at the same time. Stress, lower productivity, bad decision making, more sicknesses, bruised relationships, are some of the consequences. Continue reading »
This week I had an interesting conversation with an executive that is a great illustration of how easy it is for leaders to sabotage the same thing they want. Because I’m sure this is a common phenomenon, I decided to share my thoughts. Continue reading »
I had last week the last session with a small business owner I have been coaching for a year. She was recounting the ways she has grown personally and professionally during our time together. She ended by saying: “I’m so glad I didn’t miss out on the opportunity of coaching with you when an opening became available!”
At the beginning of 2011 I made a commitment to myself. The commitment was to consistently write two blog entries a week. Before then, I was writing, but not consistently. I have always liked writing, but have to confess that I was a bit scared to make that commitment.
You see, in my mind, if I HAD to write 2 blogs a week, all kind of “bad things” could happen: Continue reading »
We are starting the last month of the year. As the year starts unwinding to it’s end, we tend to become more contemplative of our life and work. We take inventory. We weigh opportunities. We think about change.
Unfortunately, after many years of doing the same, making new resolutions for the new year, and failing at them, many give up on themselves. They accept one of several self-change myths:
Others don’t even think there is anything they need to change. They are in denial. If someone calls their attention to what they are doing wrong, they deny responsibility or justify the behavior. They want everybody else to change, not them. Continue reading »
