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The Power of Good Questions
A recent article by Jeff Haden in Inc Magazine, highlights the importance of asking questions to help build stronger relationships between leaders and their employees. Haden focuses on the weak question that many of us use both in our personal and professional lives;...
Leadership Lessons During COVID
Over the last several weeks most of my coaching conversations have focused on leadership issues related to the current pandemic. Fortunately, many of the companies I work with have not had to lay any employees off, and a number of them are in a financial position to...
Your Emotional Intelligence Is Your Kryptonite
Leaders around the world have been working in a new normal, trying to assist their employees with a variety of challenges that no one could have imagined at the beginning of 2020. Most leaders have gotten to their positions using both their IQ and EQ, Emotional...
Leading through a Crisis
Last month, David Demarest, retired VP of Public Affairs for Stanford University, spoke out on leadership during a crisis. There have been many similar articles written since the beginning of the COVID pandemic, yet this one is probably the best that I have read to...
Keeping Your Employees Engaged when Working Remotely
It’s been over a month since most of us were sent packing back to our home offices. And in many cases, we didn’t have home offices and had to quickly carve out space in our apartments, condos, or homes. This was just the first hurdle to overcome in the new world of...
First Put on Your Own Oxygen Mask
Many of us have been experiencing stress during this global health crisis. As leaders we have made drastic changes to our routines and communications. And for many, we worry about how we can lead our business through this pandemic. Lately I’ve had many coaching...