How Not to Be THAT Boss

How comfortable are you giving corrective feedback to people on your team? Would you be surprised to learn that your comfort level is directly proportional to the effectiveness…

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Checking Off Boxes Isn’t Enough

A standard question I ask my leadership coaching clients is, “What did you do in your leadership practice this week?” A standard answer is something like, “I held…

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Reactive vs Creative Leadership

“Yesterday I told Fred he could work from home from now on because he has kids going back to school and his 90-year-old grandmother lives in his house,”…

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5 Indispensable Skills for New Leaders

So you find yourself in a leadership role, and it’s a little daunting. Maybe more than a little. Maybe you feel that you have to know everything and…

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How to Overcome Your Overwhelm

Do you feel like it’s all just getting to be too much? If so, you are not alone. A lot of people are finding that going back to…

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7 Ways Leadership Is Bigger Than You Think

What is leadership, anyway? Is it the same as it was when you first stepped into a leadership role? The short answers are “More than you think” and…

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Leaders Are Made, Not Born

I wish I had a dollar for every time a senior leader has said something like this about a junior manager: “She’s been in the workforce for more…

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This Message Isn’t About Reopening. (It’s about asking good questions.)

My coaching client, a mid-level manager in a good-sized nonprofit, told me about a meeting for all managers at her level. The boss–we’ll call him Ward–wanted to talk…

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What to Do When Feelings Run High

When teams have to make decisions that affect their personal lives, things can get ugly, fast. The ability to define terms and set boundaries can make the difference…

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Deciding How to Decide

One of the things that often derails teams when they have important decisions to make is that they haven’t decided on criteria for who makes what decisions or…

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