Have you ever seriously pondered what it is like serving under your leadership in the workplace? Would you want youfor a boss? I spend most of my days providing executive coaching for leaders of businesses and other organizations, and as I get to know these individuals, I can’t help but ask myself, [...]
Conflict avoidance and conflict management are frequent topics in executive coaching. People most often avoid conflict because they are trying to circumvent undesirable reactions or ongoing relationship contention that can result from confrontation or challenge. Unfortunately, when we avoid dealing with things that are aversive to us in some way, it tends to [...]
Do you pride yourself on being an “excellent multi-tasker”? Do you feel much (or most) of the time like you are Sooo busy, yet don’t really get much done (at least not the truly important things)? Are your relationships at work and outside work suffering because you’re too busy or preoccupied to [...]
If your family is in business together, you already know some of the special joys -- and challenges – of working with relatives. A family-owned business can be a great vehicle for generating family wealth, for providing jobs for family members and the opportunity to work together. While the rewards can be [...]
Many of the decisions you make as a business leader carry a significant element of risk. If you are too timid or risk avoidant, then you and your business will likely fall short of your potential. But if you embrace risk too readily or recklessly, you could damage your business and [...]
When we work with family-owned businesses, a common question we hear from parents is, “How important is it, really, for our sons and daughters to work for someone else? Won’t that just delay their readiness for key roles in our own company?” In our view, it’s pretty important. We generally recommend [...]
Let’s talk about TRUSTLeaders set the tone and the example in determining the level of safety and trust that exists in an organization.If trust is absent or uncertain, we are forced to spend our time and energy protecting ourselves from each other, and that weakens the organization and its productivity. When trust [...]
Hi Everyone! We all can learn from our past, and 2020 was a year unlike any other. In fact, it was an incredibly challenging year that threw everything that we considered normal upside down. From COVID, to the election, to racial justice issues, businesses shuttering, home/online schooling, and events cancelled; along with guidelines [...]
We’ve all been there. We’re expecting an employee to do something or produce a desired result and it’s just not happening. The tendency may be to think they’re goofing off or being lazy, or that they have been side-tracked by other tasks and priorities. While either of these may be the case, it’s [...]
I have always had a love for sports, and especially in big games when a title or championship is on the line. It’s always been interesting to me to watch those that you expect to do well deliver in the clutch, but I’ve always been more intrigued by those that had little expectations [...]
