The Role of Empathy in a Great Leader

Oh, so much has been written about empathy. How it’s different from sympathy. It’s connection to Emotional Intelligence. What it’s like working with people who seem to have no empathy versus working with someone who has it in spades. Empathy.  Various definitions abound, but here’s a really simple one:  “The ability to understand and share…

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IT’S OK TO BE KIND TO YOURSELF

Lots of people have written blogs and articles about their insights and learnings as a result of these past three years living with Covid. So, bear with me as I weigh in with one, simple and hopefully helpful thought. IT’S OK TO BE KIND TO YOURSELF. To go easy and forgive yourself for not achieving…

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When Being Selfish At Work Makes Sense.  Sometimes.

Meet Angela, a past coaching client of mine (not her real name). Angela is super smart, really great at her job as a senior leader in a mid-size organization. She loves her colleagues and they admire and respect her. She is known for being a super achiever and a rising star in her organization. So…

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Choosing a Leap of Faith and a Coach to Reach Your Goals

Some people feel blessed to land in their right career. I do now.  But it wasn’t always that way for me. My first leap of faith was back in 2005 when I decided to take a one-year coach training program in Toronto, just a few months after first learning about coaching. Every two months I’d fly from…

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DON’T CONFUSE BEING BUSY WITH PROGRESS

I can’t tell you how often a coaching client of mine will say something like this; “I’m busy, so busy at work, all the time, but I never seem to get it all done.” There are so many directions I could go when coaching someone who presents with that kind of statement.  I could ask…

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How Learning to be more ENTITLED is a Game Changer

Emily (not her real name) was a new manager.  She was an exemplary employee at her organization.  Well respected, known for being a hard worker, with years of experience under her belt.  Then she got promoted and was finding it difficult to manage a team of five direct reports. One thing Emily was good at,…

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Why It’s OK To Ask A Potential Coach About Their Credentials

In mid-2020, the results of a massive research study were released. The study was conducted by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) which is the largest association of professional coaches in the world.  Here are a few tidbits of real data from the study, that I hope you may find at least a little bit interesting:…

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THE POWER OF BEING HEARD

With every new client I coach, I learn something new that helps me be a better coach. Last year I had a first coaching session with a new executive client. She was a super busy, highly educated, incredibly stressed professional.  She had huge responsibilities, no personal time, was sleeping and eating poorly and got zero…

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How To Inject An Element Of Play into your Day

Remember when we were really young kids, and we got to play all day long?  It’s like, that was our job.  To go outside and play.  So what happened?  We grew up, went to school, got a job and life got much more serious.  But the idea of including some play time in every day…

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FIVE Big Life Questions For The New Year

Whatever your career path… however the pandemic has affected you and your work… no matter what kind of work you engage in or stage of your working life you find yourself to be, answering these BIG LIFE QUESTIONS will help you reshape your journey through this new year of 2021. We all hope that 2021…

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