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As an executive coach, while I am most often working with senior organizational leaders, I also have the privilege of coaching emerging leaders. These individuals have been identified as high-potentials who are being prepared for a first time leadership role or who...
“You can’t improve what you don’t measure and generally, whatever you measure…improves.” ~ HP Motto Your shareholders demand outstanding results, your customers expect an experience that sets your brand apart from your competitors, and your most valuable employees...
Like an ecosystem in nature, functional and departmental groupings in an organization are interconnected and interdependent, with the health of one group impacting all others in the system. Organizations are made up of a complex web of relationships, processes, and...
Developing leaders at various levels in an organization is a strategic imperative for most businesses. Yet it falls into the “important and not urgent” box on an Eisenhower Matrix (also known as Urgent-Important Matrix), often getting sidelined by necessary day-to-day...
Family businesses are all around us—from neighborhood mom-and-pop stores to household names such as BMW, Samsung, and Wal-Mart Stores. Approximately 80% of all businesses in the United States are classified as a family business, meaning that a family owns a...
Whether you own a business, manage a group of employees or lead a team of outside contractors that support your enterprise, it is more important than ever to create the conditions for your team to collectively achieve your vision of the future and generate...
More than ever, we need to cultivate our ability to maintain focus, monitor our emotions, and make purposeful choices. The complexity and relentless pace of our world places exceptional demands on everyone. As our lives have become hyper-connected and our calendars...
In April, I had the pleasure of stopping by the Hall Communications studio for a Polk County Today interview about mindful leadership with Andrea Oliver. Here are some highlights from that conversation: As I continue to practice and teach mindfulness explaining what...
Today’s leaders are living in a world of constant stimuli – the ping from the email inbox, the beep of a calendar reminder, the constant stream of text messages, phone calls, meetings and interruptions. Each task begs for attention and it often seems as if the hours...
Several months back when Chrissanne offered to write a blog about her Mastering Leadership experience, I was thrilled! Now that it's turned into a 4-part blog series, I'm humbled by her generosity of time, her willingness to be vulnerable about her journey, and the...
Most of us multitask because of the perceived benefit of improved productivity. It makes us feel like we’re accomplishing several things at once and gives us a false sense of achievement. Here are 5 reasons why multitasking doesn’t work.
Ready or not, it’s coming. Change, that is. Seventy-seven percent of human resource practitioners and leaders report that their organization is in a state of constant change. This latest research, conducted by the International Coach Federation and Human Capital Institute validates what many people in organizations around the nation are experiencing – continuously shifting priorities and strategies.
This article offers 10 guidelines for successfully navigating a new leadership role and tips on pitfalls to avoid.
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Change can be difficult and people often resist it. If your team is not prepared for change, keeping up with the pace of change, and willing to embrace change, your organization risks becoming irrelevant. This guide is intended to provide a framework for intentionally talking about the change you want to create, ensure the roles that are vital to the change process are clearly understood, and to define the conditions necessary for creating intelligent change.