The Necessity of Self-Management
"You cannot manage other people unless you manage yourself first." - Peter F. DruckerMany clients come to us for coaching around managing their team more effectively. What we often realize through the...
View ArticleWatch out! Don't get thrown out of the cave!
This week we are honored to have a very special guest blog from our colleague Andrea Edwards of SwiftRiver Associates. “Why do you keep drawing attention to yourself? Don’t you realize that everyone...
View ArticleLeadership Bookshelf - What We're Reading
"One Second Ahead– Enhance Your Performance at Work with Mindfulness" by Rasmus Hougaard. Based on 10 years of working with mindfulness within Accenture, Nike, Google and 200+ other large organizations...
View ArticleHas your job lost its excitement?
All jobs have boring days. Sometimes the day-to-day work environment feels more like you are running a hamster wheel than moving forward in a career path. If that is the case, what can you do about...
View ArticleWhat Distinguishes High-Performing Leaders from Average Ones?
A recent article in the Harvard Business Review presented research that shows the leadership performance is based less on leadership competencies, and more on discrete, daily routines that are utilized...
View ArticleValues, Choice & Decision-Making
Values define what is most important to us. They are the basis by which we make decisions, and are the motivations behind our work and our passions. Yet, often our values are so deeply ingrained in...
View ArticleCoaching for Leadership Effectiveness
No matter where you are in your leadership development, developing a “coaching” relationship with your team is one of the most meaningful things you can do. Leaders who coach understand that they...
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Executive Presence by Sylvia Ann Hewlett. Based on a nationwide survey of college graduates working across a range of sectors and occupations, Sylvia Hewlett and the Center for Talent Innovation...
View ArticleWant to be 10% More Effective Today?
The fast-paced, 'always-on' work environment of today comes with real downsides; forced to multitask, and constantly reacting to interruptions and demands, our brains - already full by mid-morning -...
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Designing Your Life - How to Build a Well-Lived Joyful Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans.The authors of this well-written book teach a "Design your Life" course at Stanford, and believe that in order...
View ArticleHigh Performing Habits, Part 2
In an earlier post I wrote about research showing that the most effective leaders go beyond time management skills to use high-performing habits throughout their workday. These are meaningful at work,...
View ArticleLooking for more meaning in your work?
We have coached many clients to help them find more fulfillment and success in their work. As you might expect, each client defines meaning and success differently, so the coaching process has...
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The Culture Map, Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business by Erin Meyer. In this must-read for anyone working in different countries, the author discusses cultural differences and...
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The Mind of a Leader by Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter. A new book by Harvard Business Press which dissects the modern leadership crisis (88% of employees say their leader's don't lead well) and...
View ArticleA 6 Step Model for Better Feedback
Giving effective feedback is something that very few leaders do well. Effective feedback includes positive feedback to let someone know they are doing a good job, as well as constructive feedback to...
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The Remix: How to Lead and Succeed in the Multigenerational Workplace by Lindsay Pollack. Great insights & tips on creating, and working in, a diverse engaging workforce.Reboot: Leadership and the...
View ArticleUsing Neuroscience to Improve Leadership & Team Engagement
In order to understand team engagement & motivation, Google asked 180 teams: What is most important for team performance? The top responses included: making an impact, having meaning, role clarity...
View ArticleInclusive Leadership: Do your teams have psychological safety?
What makes the best teams flourish with engaged, productive colleagues? What accounts for the fact that other teams may have highly skilled, smart individuals but they cannot bring about meaningful...
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Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It, by Chris Voss. A former international hostage negotiator for the FBI uses real-life stories to explain how to succeed in any...
View ArticleLeading Virtual Teams: Clarity, Connection and Trust
A female leader asked me recently about leading virtual teams, and she said, “there is so much information out there on leading virtually and I don’t know what to focus on.” Given how many leaders are...
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