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Annual Goal Setting? How To and Why It’s Important
Executives and managers are talking about annual objectives for next year. I’m working with a leadership team on their kick-off for the year – aligning behind the strategy, goal setting,…
Show, Don’t Tell. The top presentation skill you learned in nursery school but have probably forgotten. How to use it effectively now.
Want to ensure people understand what you’re communicating? Worried about presenting especially virtually? Want to know what you learned in nursery/kindergarten that would help your presentation skills? How to Improve…
Zoom Fatigue? What causes it and how to prevent it
Find you’re tired after a long day of video conferencing? Noticing some dread at the prospect of jumping on another Teams meeting? Zoom fatigue is a ‘thing’. We get tired…
How HR Leaders, any Leader actually, can Build Trust in the Workplace
Trust has always been important in the workplace – among individuals, departments, functions and hierarchy. It’s now more important than ever as uncertainty is rampant in many aspects of both…
With the Emergence of Spring, Change is Coming. How to Adapt?
I’ve been interviewing HR leaders for an upcoming talk I am giving to HR professionals about soft skills in the workplace. Many are saying the same thing – office employees…
Balancing Strategic Focus vs Operational Execution
This topic of strategy vs operations has always been a discussion point with my Executive coaching clients. It’s comes up even more now with the uncertainty of the pandemic and…
Another Unconscious Bias for Leaders to Unearth
This is my second article about cognitive bias – the collection of faulty ways of thinking that might be hardwired into the human brain according to American Professor, Ben Yagoda….
Vision for 2021: Create Your Future. More of What You Want.
With 2020 behind us, thankfully, and the lengthening of daylight each day, my positivity says things can only get better. Now is the time to think and dream about 2021….
Conflict –Resolve it, if not Avoid it, at Work or Home
Nervous about conflict? Even with the people you’ll be with over the holidays? Here are top tips for Resolving, if not Avoiding, Conflict at Work or Home.
Giving Feedback – Afraid the Recipient will take it Personally?
Are you reluctant giving feedback? If so, you are like many leaders and managers. Two clients said this last week: “I don’t want them to take it personally.” What came…
Emerging Leadership Styles to Use During the Time of Coronavirus
As American leadership and leadership styles are front and centre this week, it confirms that leading is hard. It takes effort for most people, not everyone is a born leader…
Leadership Styles During the Time of Coronavirus
Leadership and which leadership style to use can be a challenge on a good day. Add in a global pandemic like coronavirus, and deciding on which leadership style will be…
