I always put my phone on ‘do not disturb’ when I’m on a client coaching call. When I return to it after the call, it’s not unusual for me to find hundreds of new emails and messages. Many are purely junk, but it still takes time to source them. I even use (and love)...
Quiet Quitting. It’s all the rage these days. The phrase originated on TikTok and referred to doing the bare minimum at your job while you look for a new one. It even has its own hashtag: #quietquitting. As an executive coach, I’d like to say that I would never...
Now, more than ever, psychological safety at work is vital for our companies who want to achieve results. It’s also the key to keeping humanity in work— to being more people-focused and to creating an environment that people want to work in, thereby improving...
It happens every week in the workplace. Communication breakdowns happen, whether all parties acknowledge it or not. But how to prevent communication breakdowns in the workplace to ensure our operation runs more smoothly, improve morale and increase productivity is the...
What are the true qualities of authentic leadership? A few months back, I was observing a senior leader run a meeting. He was charming, personable, and the meeting was full of energy and positivity. After the meeting I asked him, “why didn’t you mention that...
Do you ever struggle with how to achieve clarity in communication as a leader? My daughter, Kelly, was a very precocious child. She had a high level of language and reading skills at a very early age. When she was three years old, she was suffering from an ear...
