Are You the Answer to the Leadership Gap? Improving Strategic Thinking without Boiling the Ocean Your CEO has asked you to take on big goals that could improve your company’s standing in the market and help you stay ahead of the competition. Taking on those big goals means there is a lot at stake…
The Pros and Cons of Internal and External Coaches How to Choose the Best Option for You Should you use an internal or external executive coach to help develop your managers and leaders? As part of this month’s theme on developing teams that think more strategically, the question of using internal coaches or external coaches…
Managing a Boss Who Doesn’t Lead Well Strategic Thinking: How to Navigate the Chaos As part of this month’s focus on strategic thinking, I wanted to address an issue that my clients raise on a regular basis: the boss who doesn’t lead well. This boss comes in many guises, but typically has some or all…
What Gets in the Way of Strategic Thinking? Steps You Can Take to Move Forward Last week, I wrote about a leader who needs her team to think more strategically in order to accomplish significant company goals. The truth is, executives and professionals at all levels encounter numerous obstacles daily that impede strategic thinking. Here…
How to Build a Team that Thinks Strategically Getting Your Team to the Next Level of Performance Recently, a client asked for support in getting her team to think more strategically. This year, Sandra took on a strategic growth initiative at her CEO’s request that requires a new level of skill, accountability, and client interaction…
How to Stop Settling for Less! What Are You Settling For? I’ll be the first to admit, I am a creature of habit. And it’s habit — what we are accustomed to-that is the genesis of settling. This could apply in your personal life, or in your work. It could be in what you settle…
Get Out of Your Comfort Zone to Get Ahead Are You Ready for Tomorrow’s Challenges? Smart companies have a well-thought-out succession plan that ensures the right talent is there for promotions and that when key players move on they can fill the gap. Does your career strategy align well with the long-term plans of your current employer?…
Ideas for Lifelong Learning Resources to Inspire Your Learning Journey Karen had a long career yet ahead of her and decades to work before she could retire at age 65. She hoped to stay in her current position as a paralegal supporting an in-house legal team for a commercial real estate company until she retired.…
Are You Coachable? A Top Trait of Lifelong Learners: Coachability Can you tell if you are a coachable person? Do coachable people do better at work and in business? This month, I am writing about the value and impact of being a lifelong learner. One of the most important traits of the lifelong learner is…
Dealing with Difficult People at Work Keep Your Sanity with These Rules of the Road “Difficult” comes in many shapes and sizes. There are many reasons that you may find someone you work with difficult. Today I want to talk about the type of difficult people who may be: Lacking credibility for their role…