Happy International Women’s Day!
The theme for International Women’s Day (IWD) 2021 is #ChoosetoChallenge, calling on us all to think critically about our own thoughts and actions and how we can better promote gender inequality and celebrate women’s achievements. But first, let’s get real for a minute. We are collectively tired. Unless you’ve been on a magic island, you […]
Managing Stress: Great Leaders Create a Good Relationship with Stress
A leaders’ number one job is to develop high-performing teams under all circumstances. When stressful circumstances affect your team, they look to you to help them manage the situation in a way that ensures wellbeing and high performance. Managing stress improperly can result in less than desirable results for everyone. Stress affects everyone. The deadlines, […]
Leading Teams Through Disruption, Part 3: Constructing the Right Stories and Changing the Narrative
One of the most powerful skills that great leaders possess is the ability to move people through stories. The stories they tell have a way of compelling others to action in a powerful and inspirational way. The new reality of the pandemic requires leaders to create a new narrative first for themselves, and then for […]
Leading Teams Through Disruption, Part 2: Effective Communication
Effective communication is one of the key factors to leading teams, and certainly when disruption occurs, it is key to an effective response. Many people already felt overwhelmed by the amount of communication they were receiving prior to the pandemic. Today, we are flooded with communication 24 hours a day from innumerable sources. During times […]
I Was Laid Off, Now What? – COVID-19 Career Transition Series – Part 2
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Exceptional Leadership Requires Effective Professional Communication
Very insightful and actionable article on effective professional communication written by our executive coaches, Steve Graham in collaboration with Diane Dean. Exceptional leadership requires a commitment to learning how to be a better communicator. Being an authentic communicator is a great way to learn more about your people. Think about how many times something has […]
Why is self-awareness in leadership so critical?
I’m fortunate to be an executive coach. As you might imagine, I get to see many different types of leaders and leadership styles. Take it from my more than 25 years of experience… it’s not easy being a leader! The set of skills and capabilities a leader needs today is always morphing AND expanding! Since […]
Leading with Purpose: Why & How
Over the past decade, many books and articles have been written on the topic of finding purpose. A simple Google search of the words, “Finding Purpose”, produces over one billion results. There is no doubt that purpose is an important and interesting topic for many people. As a leader, having a purpose and leading with […]
How leaders can lead with the appropriate pace.
Organizations face many obstacles that affect – and sometimes derail – the leadership abilities of their teams. Things like human resource issues, limited budgets, lack of mission understanding or alignment, and much more lay the foundation of difficult leadership. However, there’s one area that often goes unnoticed. It’s called pace. Effective leaders are aware of […]
How emotionally intelligent are you?
Guess what, we’re emotional beings who have emotional intelligence (in measurable capacities). No matter how hard we strive – especially in our careers – to be only rational beings, we can’t. Our emotions are real, present, and play a tremendous part in our personal, professional, and even our organization’s development. In the professional context […]