Leadership Self-awareness
“It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never able to know ourselves fully…
Checkpoint: Tracking Toward Your 2015 Goals?
We are 43 days into the New Year. How are you tracking toward your personal goals? Have you gained momentum on your fitness,…
Coaching Your High Potential People (A Players)
Audrey works as a software engineer in a fast growing technology company in Denver. She’s young, smart, and a rising star on her…
Coaching Remote Team Members
The coaching process is critical in any workplace relationship. In fact, we’ve found in our leadership development and executive coaching programs that coaching is a critical…
Assess Performance, Then Coach
Do you want to make your coaching efforts more effective? If so, you’ll need to be able to measurably assess your people.…
How to Structure Your 1-1 Coaching Sessions
As we wind down the year and look toward the next, there isn’t a better time to step up and engage more…
The Coaching Conversation
So – you want to be a better leader? One way is to start thinking about your interactions from the perspective of being a coach.…
Make Your Meetings More Effective – Half-time Adjustment
Do you want to make your meetings more effective? Here’s a simple tool to help you out. I call it the “half-time adjustment.”…
What Great Mentors Do
The word “mentor” is used in a variety of contexts in today’s workplace. Sometimes it refers to a senior person who formally…
The Yes And Myth
The latest workplace communication craze called “Yes and” has recently been popularized by team builders and improv folks who’ve never stepped into…