Turn frustration into delight
The other day I was coaching a leader that was complaining that his boss lacked empathy. In this case, the boss was demanding an increase in the level of performance of the team. The manager (I was coaching) felt that the boss was not paying attention to the circumstances surrounding the lack of performance. Then it […]
Can you really ever get anyone else to change? For those of us in leadership, the answer to that question had better be a resounding ‘yes’. However, the degree to which we are successful in getting other people to change is certainly a different question altogether! In this post we will investigate the one critical […]
Maximizing Your Time: Proven Strategies for Swamped Leaders There is a universal constant that I always uncover when I work with leaders: They do not have enough time to do everything they have to do. But even more important, their employees often fail to make the progress that is required because they do not have […]
The Half Life of Coaching: How to Escape the Groundhog Day Coaching Experience How do you make sure that coaching does not end up being a circular exercise that saps your energy and yields virtually no results? In fact, you end up feeling like Bill Murray in the classic movie Groundhog Day. You know the […]
Turbocharge Your Coaching So you know the drill: Your team (or a part thereof) needs to change, increase performance, communicate more, increase quality or (insert specific change here) – whatever – it does not matter. Whether you picked the team or not, it is your job as the leader to make it happen. Every leader […]
One of the most insidious challenges we must deal with as we continue our daily trek is the fact that most people would rather blame others for their circumstances than place at least part of the blame where it certainly belongs: With themselves. We even have a term for this: Defensiveness. When I speak with audiences there […]
