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LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS
Each of us has an opportunity every day to live each moment to the fullest and make each and every interaction one that is memorable and impactful. In order to do that you must make a concerted effort to make each interaction a homerun. Once you make up your mind that this is how you want to lead your team, drive your organization forward and live your life to the fullest, here are a few tips that can help. Review […]
Executive coaching isn’t just for executives anymore. Every day, we all engage with other people to accomplish things, whether at work or at home. The principles that apply to business world coaching easily translate to other types of relationships. All relationships come down to a few basic factors, the biggest of which are trust, honesty and dependability. In other words, each of the parties clearly states their needs and wants, knows the other person will work hard to help them […]
Millennial Employees now represent the largest portion of the workplace. Organizations must adjust their day-to-day strategies to accommodate this group in terms of schedule, career path as well as reassurance of a job well done. In fact, 66% of American Millennial’s said they felt an organization that adopts a flexible, mobile and remote work model has a competitive advantage over one that requires employees to be in the office from 9am to 5pm, according to a Connected World Technology report. […]
In this “Drive Through With Don”, he discusses two different teams and the effect communication had on the success of the businesses. One team was struggling and frustrated and they communicated very poorly with each other. Poor communication damaged relationships, created mistrust among the team members and any efforts to turn this around were either blocked or given very little effort. Once a team becomes ineffective it bleeds over to customers and suppliers and before too long, the problem […]
What do college athletes, Olympic gold medalists and smart business leaders have in common? They rely on coaches to help them reach their greatest potential and teach them to overcome challenges. Yet a study by the Stanford Business School found that nearly two-thirds of CEO’s and nearly half of senior executives do not receive any executive coaching or leadership development. Almost all of them (69%) said they would like coaching to enhance their development. Imagine your college coach working with […]
As a leader of a group, a team or an organization you must remember to focus on the impact you have on the audience. When you are coaching or evaluating your own interactions, do not focus on how you delivered the message (what you said or what you did), focus on the reaction you see. That is the true test of a productive session. Regardless of the vehicle used to coach (a story, an assignment, a book to read), […]