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When organizations pay to coach their leaders – what’s the ROI of Executive Coaching?
What’s the real ROI of Executive Coaching? You know, we often get questions from senior leaders in organizations like…...
What exactly is executive coaching – and could it be right for you?
It’s pretty much the standard question in our culture when meeting someone for the first time – “So, what do you do?”...
How to approach failure intelligently
Let’s all just get on board with failure, shall we? We’ve talked about it before -- as leaders, we often feel a...
Flexing your coaching muscle
Why your best advice isn’t working Can we start by acknowledging something right away? You and I are well-trained,...
Employee Engagement – What does that mean?!?
How many times have you heard the phrase, employee engagement? "We want our employees to be engaged." We’ve all heard...
Motivation – Throwing Away the Carrots and Sticks
I've managed people most of my career, and I've worked in teams all my life. If you had asked me early in my...
2014
Are You Preparing for an Even Better Year? Have you ever been looking forward to grabbing a coffee with a friend only...
Is Compromise a bad thing?
Sometimes successful leaders just know they're right. We know our goals are noble, we know how we want to get there,...
How to Tackle the Peter Principle
Have you ever heard of the Peter principle? It's a theory commonly, if not derogatorily, popularized in the 70s that...
Advice for Your Younger Self
Is it ever too late for your own advice? I've got an interesting question for you today; but first I need you to do a...
Asking Questions – The Coach Approach
In our last blog we talked about using "Why?" to engage others, to learn more and to explore ideas. We take that a...