During a recent executive team coaching session, we were discussing the progress of some new hires. Due to rapid growth in the organization new hires were needed at a middle manager level.

One person in particular was the topic of quite a bit of...

All leaders have to make a lot of choices when it comes to how to invest their human resource dollars.  We are often asked by potential clients who they should be targeting in their organization when it comes to investing in development. Most...

How often do you feel your leadership team could be so much more effective and dynamic if only people were able to take more risks in their conversations with each other? ...more challenging the status quo, or dealing with a repetitive issue, or...

There are so many articles and books on leadership it is no wonder leaders are overwhelmed with what they should be focused on in order to be the best leader they can be in the year 2020.  It is easy to get caught up in comparing ourselves to...

Have you ever got stuck in your own story? You know the one, the one where you are right, and the other person is wrong? The one where you know better and the other person just doesn’t get it?  The one where it wasn’t your fault and you are...

Conversations at this time of year often turn to reflections on the past year; and, in the case of this particular year, the decade is quickly coming to a close.  Looking back at your goals and dreams at the beginning of the year, are you where...

I was meeting with a senior VP the other day and we were discussing the culture in the organization.  She identified it was not where she wanted it due in part to the senior leadership team not being aligned. To illustrate her point, she...

Yesterday, I met with the President of an international construction company.  We were discussing his desire to provide better mentorship to some high-potential young leaders in the company and yet he was challenged with the scarcity of time he...

Recently I was facilitating a team meeting on the topic of Change Management and one of the participants was not happy with the way things were shaping up.  Her world was being rocked and she wanted to assert herself as the covert leader of the...

We have all had ‘that boss’, you know the one...the one you don’t particularly like...the one who doesn’t get you…the one who doesn’t seem to recognize your talents and contribution…the one that appears to be out for their own gain.A Gallup study...