Why Hire a Coach, and How to Find the Right Coach for You
If you have found this page, you are probably thinking about how to hire a coach, and particularly, how to hire the right coach to reach your goals. But before we get to how to hire a coach, let’s consider why you want a coach. Why Hire a Coach? Here are three questions to help […]
What Business Coaching Is and Why It Works: The Proven Science That Helps Good Leaders Get Even Better
Most of my clients don’t know much about what business coaching is when they first start talking to me. Most people think coaching means getting advice from an expert. It’s not. The best business coaches don’t tell you what to do—they help you see what’s really going on so you can make better choices faster. […]
How to Make Meetings More Engaging: 7 Leadership Habits That Inspire Participation
With a few small adjustments, you can inspire your team and make meetings more engaging. To make meetings more engaging, remember that you already know what you think. The meeting’s value lies in discovering what others see or know that you don’t. How to Make Meetings More Engaging No one likes boring meetings, and yet, […]
Visibility at Work: Why It Matters More Than You Think
Visibility at work isn’t about self-promotion; it’s about connection. Without visibility at work, even your best work can go unnoticed. Career visibility is how people know what you contribute, how you collaborate, and the value you bring to the team. Visibility at Work I can’t count the number of times I’ve gone to a work […]
Why the Best Teams Take Ownership — and How to Build Your Team Ownership
Why do professional athletes so often take ownership for errors and misses, while in offices around the world, mistakes and mishaps devolve into blaming, bickering, and finger-pointing? The difference beween teams that take ownership and those that don’t lies in structure. Key Takeaways — Building Team Ownership Building Team Ownership is a Strategy Nearly every […]
A Leadership Guide to Better Decision Making: How to Find the Right Balance to Choose Wisely
Leadership decision making is a process—a way of managing the competing factors that pull every decision in different directions. Once you understand the fundamental pulls and build a process to get better information, you can make better choices again and again. The best decisions balance several tensions at once. Because people need to buy in, […]
Your Attachment Style and Confidence: How to Understand Confidence and Develop More of It
Why are some people confident and others aren’t? Research shows that attachment style and confidence are closely related. Attachment style is the way you connect with others and your ability to build trusting relatinships. Attachment style develops early, shaped by how consistently and safely your caregivers responded to your needs. Over time, those patterns become […]
Unlock Better Performance with 5 Practical and Tactical Empathy Skills
Leaders who use practical, tactical empathy skills know that it unlocks people’s inner drive to succeed. Key Takeaways: Empathy Skills That Boost Performance Most leaders know empathy matters, but few connect empathy skills directly to performance. The truth is, when people feel respected, valued, and supported, they work harder and smarter. Empathy isn’t some soft […]
Empathy at Work: How Good Leaders Unlock Motivation and Performance
Think about it: how hard would you work if your boss didn’t understand or care about you? That’s the power of empathy at work. Key Takeaways Just like you, everyone wants to be seen and accepted for who they are and the talents they bring. It’s a fact: empathy is a universal human need. When […]