Space for Quiet Thinkers
In keeping with this month's theme of Energizing Your Team, today, I'd like to share an inadvertent way leaders can accidentally sideline some of their best thinkers. Cue scene...Imagine you're in a team...
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What Your Team Wishes You Would Ask
Most leaders think they know how their team is doing. They're often wrong. 😑 Not because they're not paying attention, but because the way they're gathering information is almost entirely...
Conflict Stays When You Look Away
Most leaders I have worked with over the years tell me that conflict is their least favorite part of the job. Many also quietly admit that it is the part...
The Difference Between Pressure and Challenge
Pushing people harder is not the same as helping people grow. Many leaders I work with are great at raising the bar. They set high expectations, assign stretch projects, and...
You Are More Than The Role You Carry
Leadership is a weight you rarely get to put down. You walk into every room carrying it. You sit through meetings managing it. You make decisions no one else can...
When “Friend” Becomes the Wrong Word
Leaders who feel isolated at work are not rare. In fact, the higher someone rises in the ranks, the lonelier the job can become. The daily pressure of decisions, the...
Rethink Your Good Intentions
Good intentions do not automatically produce good coaching. This is one of the harder truths I have encountered in my work, and it is worth exploring further. Many leaders who...
Leaders Who Coach, Save Time
"I don't have time to coach" is a common phrase I hear from leaders, and I understand. The days are full, the demands are relentless, and adding one more responsibility...
Coaching Differences
Coaching has had quite a moment. In the years since the pandemic turned our lives inside out, more people than ever have started working with coaches to navigate work stress,...
Leader As Coach
As we gear back up from the summer vacation months, let's focus our attention on the use of new tools. Coach-like tools to be exact.Being a coach-like leader is not...
