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This week I was working with a young professional I’ve been coaching for about a year. He’s bright, hardworking, and deeply thoughtful about the impact he has o
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Recently, I had two meetings with two C-suite executives from the same company during the same week, discussing the exact same body of work. I walked out of eac
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There’s a particular kind of leadership conversation that almost always happens behind closed doors. It’s the one about the high performer who is wreaking havoc
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I was listening to Mark Carney speak last week, and somewhere between his discussion of global economics and the fragility of power, I had a visceral aha moment
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I was coaching a CEO this week who is sitting at a pivotal moment in her business. This year’s sales performance will be a major determinant of the company’s fu
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The holidays always remind me how good it feels to give. It’s one of the reasons this season can feel so joyful. We’re wired to light up when we brighten someon
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“What looks like a talent gap is often a focus gap. The ‘all-star’ is often an average-to-above-average performer who spends more time working on what is import
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One of my clients recently watched a new college graduate walk into her first day of work wearing a backpack and a brand new hoodie. She looked bright, capable,
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Recently, I was coaching a leader who was struggling to develop a coaching strategy for one of this team members. This wasn’t a case of bad behaviour or major m
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I once worked with a leader who could’ve given any crime show investigator a run for their money. The moment a project went sideways, he’d pull out his metaphor
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Today I was coaching a sales leader who shared how important it was for him to protect his team’s culture as he brought in a few new hires.When I asked what val
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In coaching leaders each year, I’ve noticed a striking pattern: most are simply too busy to lead.What does that mean? It means the very practices that keep team
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