The Volatility Handbook: How to Thrive in Times of Change
We live in a world filled with volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity. Adopt these ten actions to Thrive in Times of Change.
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Amplify Executive Excellence: Ten Key Development Areas for Effective Leadership
Amplify Executive Excellence and increase your leadership effectiveness by adopting these ten developmental areas.
Six Actions To Help You Scale As A Leader
Many leaders plateau in their careers due to their inability to scale. Apply these six actions to help you scale as a leader.
Development Action Plans: Use These Models to Achieve Predictable Results
Use a proven learning model, effective goal structures and constructive feedback to create effective development action plans.
Mind Your Gaps: A Practical Guide to Help Identify Your Gaps
To make progress on your career plan, understand the requirements of the roles along the path, inventory your skills, and identify your gaps.
The Eight Elements of Effective Career Planning
Before we plan our career we need to plan our lives, family and finances. We can then use these eight elements to plot our career trajectory.
Self-Promotion: How To Effectively Promote Yourself
Self-promotion can make us feel awkward. To do it successfully, we need a plan. In this article I provide you with steps to create a plan.
The Seven Attributes of Inspirational Leadership
Developing Inspirational Leadership can be a complex task. In this article, I discuss seven attributes to help develop this critical skill.
Delegation: Effective Delegation in Three Simple Steps
Effective delegation is a process. First, we must identify what we want to delegate, then who to delegate it to, and finally how to delegate it properly.
The Five Benefits of Effective Delegation
Delegation is a critical skill for leaders to develop. Some leaders feel that their value is based on individual contributions and they become overwhelmed.
Feedback: How to Receive, Process and Use It
Feedback is a very important part of our work. We should know how to receive, process and use it properly. This article provides a guide on how to do so.
Executive Presence: Elevate your Brand with These Six Behaviors
Nearly 90 percent of high-level executives believe developing executive presence helps people get ahead. The following guide will help develop this skill.
Time Management: Regain Control of Your Day
Globalization, advances in technology and device connectivity have extended our workday. It is no surprise so many people struggle with time management.
Influencing: A Practical Guide To Achieving Win-Win Outcomes
We spend our lives influencing others. We rarely take the time to learn how to effectively use this skill. This article outlines an effective approach.
Presentation Fear: Seven Actions to Increase Your Confidence
Seventy percent of Americans who give presentations agree that presentation skills are critical to their success. Forty percent have presentation fear.
Retirement: 7 Actions to Help Achieve Your Retirement Goal
Planning for retirement is critical. 26% of people expect to work past their 60’s. This article outlines 7 steps that can help achieve your retirement goal.
Career Change: Five Actions to Help Execute a Successful Transition
A common request for coaching services is from individuals considering a career change. In this article, I outline five things to consider in order to make a successful transition.
Layoffs: How to Survive those Dreaded Events
“There are going to be layoffs!” How many times have you heard this phrase at the company you work for? In this article I outline some things you can do to avoid being part of the next reduction in force.
Self-Awareness: The Key to Professional Growth
During my three decades as a corporate executive and professional coach, I have realized that the most important skill for professional development and growth is honest and objective self-awareness.
The Promotion Waiting Game: What To Do While Waiting for the Big Moment
Waiting to get promoted can be a very exciting time in one’s career. Receiving the promotion can re-energize the recipient and often reengages the person in their work. Not receiving the promotion can be disappointing. In this article I share some of my thoughts about these life-impacting events.
Business Cases: How to Create a Compelling Business Case
Some companies have adopted return on investment and investment payback policies for their internal “investments.” I have created a framework to create compelling business cases. I hope this information helps make your next business case a success.
Employee Engagement: Are You Fully Engaged?
According to a recent study by Gallup, 85% of employees are not engaged or are actively disengaged at work. Why is it so high and what can we do about it? This article provides some tips on how improve engagement levels at work.
Delivering Effective Presentations
Over the years I have developed a methodology for creating and delivering effective presentations. It has worked for me and I thought it important to share what I have learned so that other people might benefit from this experience.
Personal Product Management: How to Effectively Manage Your Personal Brand
Most people don’t stop to think that we are a “product” and rarely have a Personal Product Management strategy. Managing your “product” well will improve your image and increase your value. Here are some tips on how to achieve both.
Five Why’s: The Power of Diagnostic Questioning
The “Five Why’s” is a tool that I use a lot when diagnosing the reason something went wrong and getting to the root cause. Once the root cause is known then a remedy can be identified and preventive measures can be put in place.
What and How: The Two Elements of Performance Management
Measuring performance for team members is a very hard thing to do. Sometimes, there is misalignment between the “What” and “How” behaviors. More weight should be given to how team members achieve their objectives.
Effective One-on-One Meetings: A Tool to Improve Employee Effectiveness
One of the most important leadership qualities is the ability to hold effective one-on-one meetings with a team member. I have created a worksheet to improve alignment and increase the effectiveness of one-on-one meetings.