The executive coaching field has grown significantly over the last decade as leaders greatly benefit by having a personal coach. Yet despite numerous resources and successes, the advantages of executive coaching remain elusive: misnomers, misunderstandings and myths block the full truth. Of course, … [Read more...] about Debunk Coaching Myths
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Presentation Skills: Best Practices for Executive Coaches
As an executive coach, how do you rate your presentation skills? Many executive coaches come from the business world, where they apply their experience in leadership to their coaching practice. Serving as a leader is the best training for coaching a leader: you can identify with your client’s … [Read more...] about Presentation Skills: Best Practices for Executive Coaches
Optimize Your Management Team
Extensive research reveals startling conditions in typical organizational settings. Gallup’s State of the American Manager Report, last updated in 2017, confirms a strong correlation between company prosperity and middle management abilities. Through the Manager Report and numerous surveys, Gallup … [Read more...] about Optimize Your Management Team
Coaching and Listening
We’re often asked, “What’s the difference between the role of a consultant, coach and executive coach?” While some of the roles may overlap, there are unique differences. A significant departure between the roles is in the area of listening. The Role of Consultant Consultants are more apt to be … [Read more...] about Coaching and Listening
Leading with Gratitude
Many people agree that our culture is growing more impatient, selfish, disrespectful and ungrateful. Those who haven’t noticed are likely not bothered, and may be contributing to these disturbing tendencies. Not exactly glowing statements on our day and age. These attitudes and behaviors are also … [Read more...] about Leading with Gratitude
Coaches Ask Questions
Throughout your executive coaching career, one of the skills you refine is the art of asking your client questions. This is a crucial element of your coaching approach, which is ultimately aimed at solving issues. The more thoughtful and probing your questions, the more you’ll reach potential … [Read more...] about Coaches Ask Questions
The Perils of Perfectionism
Employees generally agree that leaders with a passion for excellence, quality and accomplishment benefit their organizations. These qualities place leaders at the top of their fields. No one faults managers who give their all and make sacrifices, but too much of a good thing can also pose … [Read more...] about The Perils of Perfectionism
The Benefits of Vulnerability
The traditional definition of vulnerability is to be capable of, or susceptible to being wounded or hurt; being open to moral attack, criticism, temptation, etc. Most people in business understand these definitions and avoid vulnerability at all costs. Nowhere does this have more impact than in … [Read more...] about The Benefits of Vulnerability
The Art of Delegation
An alarming number of leaders suffer from the sensation that each day they are losing ground, unable to stay in front of the wave of overburdening workloads, deadlines and expectations. The toll on productivity, morale and health often goes unrecognized until a crisis hits. Equally alarming is that … [Read more...] about The Art of Delegation
Lead Better by Seeing More
In this over-information age, an alarming number of business plans fail because leaders ignore the facts needed to make sound decisions. Misguided perspectives can be blamed on a lack of data, wrong data or the inability to understand relevance. Even in hindsight, some leaders fail to see what went … [Read more...] about Lead Better by Seeing More