I can work with anyone
It’s true that we are trained to coach anyone. The skill of coaching is the same no matter who we…
Are business people hard-nosed and harsh? Or are boundaries part of a professional practice?
As a result of my corporate “upbringing”, I set strong boundaries around time, fees, cancellations, no-shows, role responsibilities and I…
Productive = 8 clients a day
When I worked for a corporate and we were discussing setting up a coaching function, one of the managers said…
Be careful of comparisonitis
I’ve been writing for leaders over the past few months…. now a few posts for coaches…. though I bet the…
My business development story and some lessons learned
My story is my story. It probably won’t be your story. But there may be things you can learn from…
The Yin and Yang of (Virtual) Leadership: Humility and pride
“What catapults a company from merely good to truly great? A five-year research project searched for the answer to that…
The Yin and Yang of (Virtual) Leadership: Transparency and confidentiality
Your people want to know what is going on in the business. It helps them to do their work, if…
The Yin and Yang of (Virtual) Leadership: Lack of certainty and consistency/predictability
We saw in my last post about risk that we are working in a really uncertain world. That poses a…
The Yin and Yang of (Virtual) Leadership: Risk taking and caution
Have you noticed the differences over the past 18 months in the way people take risks or not? It’s right…
The Yin and Yang of (Virtual) Leadership: Deep business acumen and deep personal acumen
Can you be good at business and good at personal relationships at the same time? If you want to be…
The Yin and Yang of (Virtual Leadership): Self-confidence and confidence in others
As a leader, we need self-confidence. I work with a lot of leaders who lack inner self-confidence, although they put…
The Yin and Yang of (Virtual) Leadership: Strategy and Operations
As leaders, we need time to think, to plan, to visualise the future, to strategise. If we have delegated to…
The Yin and Yang of (Virtual) Leadership: Flexible schedule and Structured schedule
This yin and yang of flexible schedule and structured schedule seems to have become more obvious over the past year. …
The Yin and Yang of (Virtual) Leadership: Unified Team and Diverse Individuals
This yin and yang of leadership calls on you to get better at choosing diverse people for your team when…
The Yin and Yang of (Virtual) Leadership: Informal communication and Formal communication
Informal and formal communication gets a little more tricky when we live and work in a virtual world. But it’s…
The Yin and Yang of (Virtual) Leadership: Hold Accountable and Trust
Your role as a leader is to get work done through others. You can’t do it all yourself, as we…
