Archive for 2020

Leadership Effectiveness: Are You Leading Effectively Now?

Leadership Effectiveness: Are You Leading Effectively Now?

Effective leadership during this pandemic is delivered by people who have a unique set of skills, knowledge, and abilities, also known as SKAs.  These crisis SKAs inform leaders to be mindful, to pay attention, and […]

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Executive Vitality™: Wringing Happiness Out of Difficult Situations

Executive Vitality™: Wringing Happiness Out of Difficult Situations

This is a reminder of what you already know – some aspects of life will increase your happiness and some will not. Increase or decrease your happiness The lists in the figure above – what […]

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Leadership Effectiveness: I Am Speaking

Leadership Effectiveness: I Am Speaking

At least as far back as George Washington and his 110 Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company & Conversation, interrupting another person has been considered impolite and ill-advised. His Rule #74: When Another […]

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Executive Vitality™: The Best Investment You Will Ever Make

Executive Vitality™: The Best Investment You Will Ever Make

Investing in your own executive vitality is the best investment you will ever make. As we have been discussing for many years, there are various components of vitality. Today we focus on the benefits of […]

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Leadership Effectiveness: Amplified Impact Of The Decisions You Make

Leadership Effectiveness: Amplified Impact Of The Decisions You Make

It is now more important than ever for leaders to ensure their decision-making is effective, nimble, inclusive, transparent—and that it supports psychological safety, candor, and trust. The stakes are even higher now than they were […]

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Executive Vitality™: Know When To Not Work

Executive Vitality™: Know When To Not Work

Sally lost her father on a Tuesday. She is COO of a large manufacturer that was in the middle of a major product launch. Sally felt compelled to return to work on Wednesday. On Friday, […]

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Leadership Effectiveness: Candor

Leadership Effectiveness: Candor

Candor. What is it? Why is it so important? One of the key factors in being able to trust a leader is knowing that the leader will “tell you like it is.”  That is, he […]

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Executive Vitality™: Thriving During Disruption

Executive Vitality™: Thriving During Disruption

“We are certainly living through unprecedented times. Although we are experiencing disruption on every level, we do not have to detach from the belief that the world will ‘reset’ and we will work our way […]

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Leadership Effectiveness: Helping Your Direct Reports Focus and Engage

Leadership Effectiveness: Helping Your Direct Reports Focus and Engage

I had an executive coaching call with Mary last week, the CEO of a large financial services organization, and she shared with me that she is having trouble focusing. The pandemic has distracted her and, […]

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Executive Vitality™: Dance with the Uncertainty

Executive Vitality™: Dance with the Uncertainty

Stress and uncertainty are making it hard to focus both at work and at home. Improving this situation for ourselves is key to maintaining/achieving executive vitality. Many of our coachees are faced on a daily […]

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