Archive for 2016

Leadership Effectiveness: Cycle Of Trust—Assume Positive Intent

Leadership Effectiveness: Cycle Of Trust—Assume Positive Intent

What a different kind of dialogue two peers have if they approach each other with an assumption of positive intent – if they come to a conversation with the belief that the other person is […]

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Executive Vitality™: Effective Leaders Avoid Burn-out

Executive Vitality™: Effective Leaders Avoid Burn-out

In my experience, I have seen that certain things bear repeating. Here is one: There are 24 hours in a day for all of us – what differentiates productive leaders from burned out, overcommitted, and […]

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Leadership Effectiveness: 5 Rules To Follow For Effective Senior Team Meetings

Leadership Effectiveness: 5 Rules To Follow For Effective Senior Team Meetings

Effective leaders have the ability to lead a meeting well. Yet many who do lead meetings often forget to follow five simple rules – rules we have seen in our executive coaching practice across many […]

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Executive Vitality™: How Spirituality Impacts Our Vitality

Executive Vitality™: How Spirituality Impacts Our Vitality

There seems to be more purpose in my life and I always feel happier when I am connected to my spiritual practices: meditating, doing gratitude lists, helping others, and understanding I am not in control […]

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Leadership Effectiveness: Choosing Composure

Leadership Effectiveness: Choosing Composure

Last week I stood in line at a crowded and loud airport restaurant waiting for service. Because I had very little time, I decided it would be faster to order at the counter, rather than […]

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Executive Vitality™: Being a Caretaker

Executive Vitality™:  Being a Caretaker

As executives, we have to be very careful about our own vitality when a loved one becomes ill or has an extreme medical situation. These situations put a lot of stress on job performance, work […]

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Leadership Effectiveness: The Nexus

Leadership Effectiveness: The Nexus

I think we have all seen instances of a leader who is technically strong but does not lead in a way that motivates and inspires people in the organization. We see this phenomenon from time […]

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Executive Vitality™: Getting Your Numbers Right

Executive Vitality™: Getting Your Numbers Right

Why is it that business leaders are so great at keeping track of profit, COGS, EBITDA, stock price, EPS, etc., and yet often don’t focus so much on the metrics for the real engine of […]

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Leadership Effectiveness: How to Ensure Value from Strategic Executive Coaching®

Leadership Effectiveness: How to Ensure Value from Strategic Executive Coaching®

What is required for getting the most value from Strategic Executive Coaching®? It mostly depends on the situation. We have observed over the last 25 years that a few conditions need to exist to enhance […]

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Executive Vitality™: People Space

Executive Vitality™: People Space

We all keep talking about me time. I would like to talk about we time—that is, time for relationship-building. How can we work together when we can’t even find time to talk? It is astonishing […]

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