Who comes to mind when I ask you to think of leadership effectiveness? They don’t have to have the title of “leader”, and your answer doesn’t have to be grounded […]
Empathy. Don’t let it be a waste of time.
It took an 8 min 46 sec video of George Floyd’s death to turn the light on long standing challenges of race and social justice. We challenged ourselves, others and […]
Diversity and Inclusion: How far have we come?…How far can we go?
IMPACT STATEMENT What’s It Mean? Implications for Consulting Psychology: This thought paper challenges the effectiveness of consulting psychology using science to address individual, team and organization issues and opportunities related […]
A Preview of Leadership: What’s Your Story
Leadership can be defined as the intentional exercise of influence on others. Your leadership style, your leadership signature, is a journey shaped by moments large and small. Some have obvious […]
In This Moment
We are in a moment of crisis, uncertainty, change, danger, …and opportunity. For many years change management consultants and trainers used the Chinese character for crisis – Weiji – to […]
C2C-Better Together
I surveyed several consultants in independent practice a few years ago. The participants were experienced consultants asked to reflect on significant moments in the past five years that accelerated their […]
Knock. Knock. Who’s there?
In a peer coaching circle of director level participants in a financial services organization, one member raised the question about how to increase their credibility and presence when they entered […]
How do you like your coffee?
Differences matter. We are surrounded by and perpetuate implicit and explicit biases, influencing our expectations, interpretations, and behaviors. Initiating genuine conversations about keys to success including how they differ from […]
Coaching Black American Executives
Black Americans face a unique set of challenges in the workplace. In this video from the 2018 AIIR Coaching Summit, Dr. Greg Pennington discusses those challenges, how coaches can empower […]
Intentionality of Teams
Our business is in trouble. “As we wrestle with how to respond to an increasingly competitive business climate, striving to apply a greater sense of urgency to achieve short term […]