Your Executive Vitality™ is positively affected by the sheer act of having friends in your life. Conversely, constant working, feeling stressed, and thinking you have no time for friendships has a negative impact on both […]
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In our coaching practice, when we, Executive Coaching Network, Inc. (EXCN), deliver Strategic Team Coaching® we typically coach an executive team to formulate Team Agreements, Guiding Principles, Codes of Team Conduct, Standards of Behavior, or […]
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Alternatively… We have all heard the phrase “garbage in/garbage out (GIGO).” See Figure 2: Diminished Input…Diminished Output. The corollary, of course, is “quality in/quality out (QIQO).” See Figure 1: Positive Input…Positive Output. Most of us […]
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In many corporate cultures, “nice” can be a big problem. Being nice can lead to people not getting the feedback they deserve and need, to misunderstandings (due to lack of directness), to a culture of […]
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Let’s talk about organizing—spending an hour a day to stay on top of the things that matter most, yet are buried, lost, forgotten, or put on tomorrow’s list. You just don’t feel right when your […]
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To be an effective leader you must be an effective communicator. Many times, we assume we are communicating when we aren’t. Alternatively, we assume we have not communicated something that we actually did (unintentionally via body […]
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Funny thing about people . . . most of us want time for ourselves and yet we often give our personal time away as if it is abundant. Why is it that your name tends […]
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The New Year often brings new opportunities and challenges that you as an executive may need to embrace. You may find yourself leading a new team or being the new leader of an existing team […]
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Deep breath. And maybe another. It is time to pause and reflect, isn’t it? Now is the time to focus your critical, observational powers on creating your future. Now that it is December, pause and […]
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Now that we are at the close of 2014, it is a good time for you to set the course for assuring success in 2015. Go back to the foundation of effectiveness. Assess where you […]
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