Everyone Can Use a Coach!
I was in the gym the other day and saw a poster which said, “Everyone can use a coach!” It was an ad for personal training. What occurred to me was how true that sentiment really is for everyone, in…
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Reengagement 180 #16 – That’s Not Exactly What I Had in Mind, Part II
In my last podcast, I looked at how delegation could be enacted in an Appreciative frame, making it more likely that the delegatee could be more effective in their task completion. But what if a manager finds their workers are…
Reengagement 180 Podcast #12 – Are You a Leader? Or Merely a Manager? (Hint: It’s all in the ‘ation)
Your organization may be one among thousands that has adopted the term “leader” for various levels of good ol’ fashioned “manager.” If so, they’ve probably diluted the entire concept of leadership, and probably to your detriment. A lack of inspiration…
Another Leadership Lesson from Baseball
The Chicago Cubs, playing against the Cleveland Indians in the 2016 World Series, have pulled back from a 3-games-to-1 series deficit to the brink of accomplishing what only five teams have done previously: win the World Series championship with three…
Well, Whaddya Know? The Myth of Knowledge Transfer
Part of my practice involves working with organizations – and individuals therein – going through transition and transformation. Often, cases of drastic (read: traumatic) change involves helping them deal with the aftermath of a merger or acquisition. Imagine you’re on…
The Five Pathways of Coaching
Prospective clients sometimes ask me about my approach to, or philosophy of, coaching. What informs the work that I do with my clients? How does my mental model of coaching resonate with what a potential client believes would work for…
The Human (Resources) Side of Contemporary Leadership
If you’ve read my white paper, you’ll know that the 21st-century business environment is radically different from that of the 20th. But that creates a bit of a chicken-and-egg question: How can 21st-century Human Resources practices transform to keep up…
Is There a Brexit Looming in Your Organization?
The Brexit “post-game analysis” will go on for weeks, if not months and years—and my choice of a sports metaphor is quite deliberate given how media organizations have framed contemporary political discourse for maximum ratings lately. Of course Brexit’s contributing…
Jon Stewart on Leadership, Intention and Creating Organizational Energy
Over the past couple of weeks, clips from a video in which Jon Stewart effectively skewers Donald Trump for being a “man baby” made the social media rounds. It was part of a much longer conversation hosted by David Axelrod…
In Today’s Complex World, Navigate for Effects
Managing in the 20th century was complicated. I mean, really complicated. There was so much going on among customers and supply chains and plants and distribution centres and you-name-it that it was a challenge to keep track of it all….
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