Mike* is an emerging leader and coaching client. One week, as he shared a story, I could see how his fear of confrontation and wrong thinking about asking questions limits his ability to effectively communicate… especially with his boss.
Tell Less…
Our conversation went something like this…
“Mike, how do you like being told what to do? When you are given an assignment — you know what to do and how to proceed how does being…
This executive coaching client is a rising star in his company.
Working in a Fortune 100 company with 300,000 employees, Jonathan (not his real name) has consistently received high performance marks and has for 12 years. He is acknowledged for adding value to the company and consistently promoted from entry level to a senior manager role.
With each promotion he received the standard 5% pay increase.
Recently, his boss was…
Intensity happens.
Here in Oklahoma, this summer’s heat is intense. In fact the National Weather Service adjusted the end of a current “excessive heat warning” another day. It is considered “hazardous weather” because temperatures are expected to reach 100 to 105 degrees over the weekend. The heat index values will be in the 105 to 115 range. That’s intense!
What happens when the heat index is…
What is the pace of your life these days?
That is the question I posed last week during a group coaching session. We were about to discuss “The Path to Future Success” — what is the pace of your life?
Here are the some of the responses those leaders gave:
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How does culture affect results?
At the end of 2009, Amazon.com bought Zappos for a deal valued at $1.2 billion.
Haven’t heard of them? Zappos is an online shoe and accessory retailer that surpassed $1 billion in gross sales in 2008, two years ahead of projections.
As I read Brenna Fisher’s interviewwith CEO, Tony Hsieh, I discovered four concepts or keys to…
Why control the impulse to “control”?
Last week, while group coaching a local doctor’s office staff, the subject of “control” came up. During the coaching, we were exploring how behavior puts people in a “box” when I made the statement, “Control is an illusion”.
One individual strongly questioned the statement. It appears we prefer the illusion, at a cost; perhaps it is associated with seeking “power”.
When it comes to “control”,…
How do leaders control their use of control?
Few people have the ability to throw a small round object over 6o feet within a defined 17-inch wide space somewhere between an individual’s knees and chest. The ability to place a pitch precisely in the strike zone earns professional baseball pitchers sizable contracts.
The tricky part of the “strike zone” is that it changes with each batter. There is no “automatic” strike zone…
