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Boosting Confidence: 5 Steps to More Confident Decision Making
Understanding the science behind decision-making and learn 5 practical strategies that work with our brain's natural patterns to make more confident, effective decisions.
3 Easy Habits to Command More Respect at Work
Habits that create early career success often become invisible barriers to commanding respect in leadership roles. Making these 3 simple changes in presence and communication can establish stronger authority.
Upgrade Your Executive Presence in Meetings
Old patterns and habits prevent many leaders from speaking up effectively in meetings. Breaking these patterns requires specific mindset shifts that boost your executive presence.
The Promotion Paradox: How Your Drive for Excellence Might Be Holding You Back
High-achieving professionals often get stuck in their career advancement by continuing the same patterns of excellence and perfection that initially fueled their success. Learn 3 keys to break free from this A Trap.
Taking Control of Your Calendar: Become a Master at Prioritization
Many leaders find themselves trapped in an endless cycle of meetings, emails, and deliverables—constantly responding but rarely leading. You can break free from the multitasking trap and reclaim your time for truly strategic leadership.
Finding Your Path: How to Choose an Executive Coach
Choosing the right executive coach is crucial for mid-career leaders seeking to break through to the next level of success. This article helps you navigate the selection process with essential questions about experience, approach, and alignment, while highlighting the importance of finding a coach who prioritizes your specific objectives for both short-term and long-term growth.
Breaking Free from Feedback Fear: A Leader's Guide to Giving Effective Feedback
Transform feedback from a source of anxiety into an opportunity for authentic leadership and team growth. Learn the proven COIN framework and essential mindset shifts that help you deliver constructive feedback with confidence, clarity, and genuine care for your team's development.
Conquering Fear of Failure: A High Achiever's Guide to High-Stakes Success
Fear of failure can be acute for high achievers, especially in high stakes situations. By shifting your perspective about the meeting and your role in it, you redefine success in a way that can lower the stakes, build confidence, and improve performance.
The Assertive Leadership Ladder
Too many executives fall into the Conformity Trap: doing everything right, avoiding mistakes, seeking approval from the boss. Climb the assertiveness ladder one step at a time to increase your leadership impact and reclaim your voice and energy as a leader.
Find the Power of Vulnerability at Work
Vulnerability at work is often misunderstood. It's not about sharing inappropriate details about your personal life. It's being willing to risk criticism in order to advance the business, innovation, and your career.
The Unexpected Secret To Good Leadership
There is one underlying skill that all leaders needs to succeed. It’s not what you’d expect but the good news is, you can develop that skill.
The #1 Productivity Tool
“You will have to say no to things to say yes to your work. It will be worth it.” —Lin Manuel Miranda
Quantifying The Benefits Of Executive Coaching
Executive coaching can deliver measurable tangible benefits. Multiple studies show a massive ROI for executive coaching.
Why I became an executive coach
I left a safe, stable, lucrative job at Apple because I believe in the transformative power of conversation. We aren’t meant to build a career alone. I bring skillset and mindset to my clients, to help them define and achieve goals that matter to them.