What Is Coaching Really?
Lots of folks tell me about how they are coaching their people. Yep, they told them about what they did wrong, what it would take to fix it, and sent them on their way. That is a leadership style, not a coaching style. Daniel Goleman talks about leadership styles in [...]
Looking at the Chess Board
In conversation with an executive team about their cohesive approach to solving a complex problem, one of the members of the team suggested something really important - playing chess. She mentioned she had played throughout her childhood, and that she learned about the value of [...]
Pausing “Busy”
How many times do you start to reach out to a colleague only to pause because you know how busy they are? Maybe that's your buddy who offers you good advice on HR issues, or the friend who walks with you after work. What happens [...]
Experience and Mindset
2022 has been a welcome return to my annual trek to play volleyball over Memorial Day weekend at the USA Volleyball National Championships. Each year I am a little older, the game a little longer, and the teams available to play become more familiar. And [...]
Shared Space
Recently I was reading yet another article on the various ways and means to bring people back into shared space. Well, actually that's my phrase, these articles keep referring to it as return to office. I suggest that most folks have created an office at home, [...]
Finding Your Mean-ing
I'm a math nerd. I stumbled on an old photo of me from high school where I was holding my Math-lete trophy. It's the tallest trophy I have ever received, and one I don't talk about much. Means, averages, angles, charts, all those accounting, geometry, [...]
Finding Your Mule
I looked up the definition of hybrid the other day, mostly because I’m tired of talking about “hybrid workplaces”, and was surprised to find this: “…the offspring of two plants or animals of different species or varieties, such as a mule (a hybrid of a donkey and a horse).” [...]
Departmentalize…or is it Compartmentalize?
I was with a client in conversation about the future of work when they dropped in the concern about the departments/groups they created during the pandemic leading to playing constant catch up. The intent was to create more connection in their large organization, and they [...]
Being Smart (Part 4 of 4)
Marshall Goldsmith’s article “Four Bad Habits of Super-Smart Leaders” Series My final month of exploration of Marshall Goldsmith's "Four Bad Habits of Super-Smart Leaders" and this time I'm paying attention to "why can't they be like me?" I recall with great clarity being in [...]
