20 Oct,2020 | Accountability, Behavior Change, Best Practices, Business Books, Executive Development, Goals, Growth, Leader Chat, Leadership, Podcast, productivity, Research, Self leadership
The quest for high performance may be at an all-time high. With the COVID-19 pandemic turning things upside down, some people are struggling to get through the day—but others continue to thrive. How do they do it?Brendon Burchard’s best-selling book High Performance...
14 Jul,2020 | Leadership, Leadership & Learning with Kevin Eikenberry by Kevin Eikenberry, Personal & Professional Development, productivity, Time Management & Productivity, Uncategorized, Video
I was going to tell you about it but maybe I will wait. I don’t feel like it…right now. This will be hard. I want to get it just right. There are LOTS of reasons why we procrastinate and we all do it at one time or another (and probably even more than...
4 Apr,2020 | Best Practices, Leader Chat, Leadership, productivity, Self leadership, Stress, Uncategorized, Working from Home
Dear Madeleine,The COVID-19 pandemic has been such a disruption over the past couple of weeks. At work, all travel has been put on an indefinite hold, all training classes and in-person meetings have been cancelled, and the entire workforce has been asked to work from...
5 Oct,2019 | Behavior Change, Difficult Conversations, Emotional Intelligence, Fairness, feedback, Human Resource Issues, Leader Chat, Leadership, Performance Expectations, Performance Management, productivity, Talent Management, Uncategorized
Dear Madeleine, I run a very lean team and one of my people is a hypochondriac. Every week there is a new reason he needs to go to the doctor. Any cold that comes through he gets, and it is worse for him than for anybody else. He gets the flu every year. It is always...
7 Sep,2019 | Behavior Change, Delegating, Focus, Goal Setting, Leader Chat, Leadership, Mindfulness, perseverance, productivity, Resilience, Stress, Time Management, Uncategorized, Wellbeing
Dear Madeleine, I missed a back to school event for my kids last night. My wife called to ask where I was, and I had completely forgotten that I was supposed to be there. I saw it on my calendar and then it was gone from my mind. My wife is really mad because I have...
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...
