I was reading the most recent e-newsletter from California Minority Council Program, and enjoyed Martha Sullivan’s article on What’s the Biggest “Biz Dev” Mistake  At  Networking Events?  I’m sure everyone who’s ever been responsible for generating business has their own horror story about networking “events,” but Martha’s point is...

I am occasionally, although less and less often, asked why executive coaching works.  I used to be puzzled by this.  After all, no one questions why sports teams and individual athletes benefit from coaches rather than going it alone, and personal trainers are regularly hired to help their clients...

I had two random encounters with strangers while I was at the ABA meeting, with diametrically opposite results. I cut through the Copley Place Sky Mall to get over to register at the Convention Center. The shops were not yet open that early in the morning, and the signage...

I was away last week attending board meetings in Colorado and taking a few days off, after spending the prior week at the ABA Litigation Section Annual Conference in Chicago.  One of the things I’ve been looking forward to upon my return is the chance to take a class...

Several of the mid-career leaders I coach have said that they cannot expand their role because what they do “is not scalable.”  Translated, they mean that while they have mastered the ability to lead their departments or the teams working on their projects, they don’t have bandwidth for greater...

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I’ve always thought that a quick nap during the day could help perk me up, but rarely felt comfortable trying to take a nap.  Where to go?  Head down on the desk?  What if someone walks in?  It was always too difficult, and not the norm.  Now a variety...

What is action?  That question was posed at last week’s gathering of the San Francisco Bay Area Coaches   chapter of the International Coach Federation, where we were privileged to hear from Bob Dunham, who leads the Coaching Excellence in Organizations program at Newfield Network. So what’s the answer...

Many otherwise solid leaders struggle when it comes to delivering “constructive criticism.”  They become tongue-tied, too busy to talk, and often times avoid saying anything at all, until written performance review time rolls around, and then the bad news comes as a surprise to the employee.  Yet one of...

Once you know what you want to achieve, it’s time to get on to doing it.  Success does not come to those who sit back and wait, which is why great leaders are always taking initiative to think about what they can do to get what they want.  In...