21 Apr,2020 | Challenges, Coaching, Happiness, Health, Leader Chat, Leadership, Resilience, Uncategorized, Vulnerability, Wellbeing
“What do we live for, if not to make the world less difficult for each other?”—George Eliot As the world struggles for certainty in this unprecedented time, many are feeling the need to serve others in every way we can. Like most leaders we know, you...
6 Jul,2019 | Career Planning, Challenges, Communication, Difficult Conversations, Growth, Leader Chat, Leadership, Managing up, perseverance, Resilience, Stress, Uncategorized, Vulnerability, Wellbeing
Dear Madeleine, I have just started a job at a well regarded local firm. I have many years of office experience, but this is the largest firm I have ever worked for. My job is as an admin to a senior employee—he is not quite a VP, but that is his general level...
13 Jun,2019 | Best Practices, Career Planning, Challenges, Coaching Skills, Executive Development, Goal Setting, Goals, Growth, Leader Chat, Leadership, Motivation, Performance Management, perseverance, productivity, Resilience, Self leadership, Time Management, Uncategorized
During my time as a coach, I have often utilized SWOT analyses to help teams analyze their organization’s Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. This is a simple, user-friendly method to help a team or a board focus on key issues affecting their...
8 Jun,2019 | Challenges, Communication, Difficult Conversations, Fear, feedback, Leader Chat, Leadership, Leadership Challenges, Stress, Trust, Uncategorized, Vulnerability, Well Being
Dear Madeleine, I have an employee who hates me. I have been supervising and managing people for 25 years and this has never happened to me before. I’ve been to training classes, attended webinars, read books on managing, and worked hard to hone my leadership...
