Learning is a differentiator for leaders. The only way to keep pace with change is to keep learning. People who don’t learn can’t adapt. Learning is your source of growth.
Relationships are everything. Nobody accomplishes a task without a team around them. If we want our teams and projects to succeed, we have to become really good at building and sustaining relationships.
Relationships are everything. Nobody accomplishes a task without a team around them. If we want our teams and projects to succeed, we have to become really good at building and sustaining relationships.
Conversations are the “Leatherman” multi-tool for shaping relationships. What we say, how we say it, what we express without words, and even what we don’t say are critical when it comes to how other people feel in our presence and assess whether they can trust and collaborate with us.
Self-awareness is the foundational competency for leader effectiveness. Leaders need to have knowledge of their strengths and growth areas, and a curiosity about their blind spots. Moreover, leaders who have a mindful awareness of their thoughts and emotional and intuitive reactions in the momentare better able to adapt to the curveballs they are going to encounter.
Self-awareness is the foundational competency for leader effectiveness. Leaders need to have knowledge of their strengths and growth areas, and a curiosity about their blind spots. Moreover, leaders who have a mindful awareness of their thoughts and emotional and intuitive reactions in the momentare better able to adapt to the curveballs they are going to encounter.
Purpose engages human aspiration, creativity, and energy. People will work really hard for a purpose they believe in. Leaders have to be able to see and speak compellingly to the connection between work and purpose.
Influence is the currency of leadership today. Effective influencers listen closely to learn what other people care about. They look for intersections between other’s interests and their own. They build relationships and trust, they extend invitations and make offers in earnest. They leave others free to make their own choice to change their behavior or take a new action.
Influence is the currency of leadership today. Effective influencers listen closely to learn what other people care about. They look for intersections between other’s interests and their own. They build relationships and trust, they extend invitations and make offers in earnest. They leave others free to make their own choice to change their behavior or take a new action.
Reflection is the leadership muscle that enables all others. Pausing to reflect and ask what, why, what if, and how, enables us to learn from experience. Without reflection, we are reactive, rather than intentional.
Courage is acting in spite of fear. Speaking up when others are silent, naming behaviors that don’t fit with your organization’s values, and taking informed business risks all require courage.
Courage is acting in spite of fear. Speaking up when others are silent, naming behaviors that don’t fit with your organization’s values, and taking informed business risks all require courage.
You are unique. Every coaching engagement is different, because every person is different, and every team is different. We design coaching to fit each client’s learning style, priorities, business context, and time constraints. Leaders have to be agile, and good coaching does too.