One of the biggest problems facing many women leaders and professionals is the “B” word: balance. Too many highly talented and aspiring women leaders are working themselves into a frazzle. They wear too many hats in and outside of work. Over the past two decades, I have...
Sexual harassment, bullying, and the glass ceiling are real and tough challenges for women to overcome. With Hillary Clinton’s loss to Donald Trump in 2016, followed by Harvey Weinstein and the unending parade of sexual predators that continues in Hollywood, the media, Congress, and elsewhere,...
Typically, the best executive coaches are perceptive, somewhat intuitive and subtly tenacious. They are direct, great at building a rapport, and are astute listeners. Coaches should be adept at zeroing in on key themes and needs of their leader clients. However, some fail to use...
Not everyone is hardwired to know what they want to do in life. While many people are gifted with an embedded homing signal to chase their dream career or life quest, many remain confused throughout their life about what education or career choices are best...
Timing can be more important than we like to think it is in our lives. We have all experienced the best laid plans destroyed instantaneously by events outside of our control. On the other hand, most of us have also had unexpected luck or a...
The Google gender dispute resulting in the firing of a software engineer this week who expressed his opposition for some of the company’s diversity and inclusion policies is unfortunate. Based on our research, detailed in my new book “Fresh Insights to END the Glass Ceiling” and set...
Part 3 of Featured Blog Series: "Improving Your Leader Voice" How Conflict & Adversity Can Detract from Your Leader Voice Under conflict and pressure your normal strengths in communication may disappear, overtaken by an ineffective coping response. Despite your best intentions, the more emotionally reactive you become when...
I cannot tell you how many leaders say to me, after the initial coaching debrief of their CDR 3-D Assessment results, “I wish I had done this 20 (or 30) years ago.” We are beginning another New Year – so isn’t it time you take a...
I read your article on the False Advocate dimension with great interest, and agree entirely with your amplification of this crucial dimension, and its relevance in contemporary organisational life. I’m sure you are already aware of this, but I certainly found it fascinating to learn...
Of the eleven inherent leader Risks that we measure, False Advocate is the toughest for people to deal with or to openly acknowledge. In fact, I continue to have executive coaches tell me that they think that this term is too harsh and overly negative. I...