Tough Conversations with Employees Are Helpful

From the Wall Street Journal: The Leaner, Meaner Chevron Leaders need to be more decisive, take accountability for failures, and have uncomfortable conversations about poor performance. Changing Their Perspective Ahh, yes, the uncomfortable conversation. Often, I coach executives on how to initiate and manage difficult conversations. People feel a sense of dread when approaching such […]

Leadership Job #1: Finding, Shaping and Promoting Talent

I was recently asked to write an article focused on the Private…

Ten Behaviors that Shape a Private Equity Champion

Recently, I was asked to pen an article focused on the Private…

Knowing Client’s Business Helps Your Business

It has certainly helped mine! Several years ago, I was…
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Helping Clients Handle the Brexit and Other Dramatic Events 

"Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing." -Helen Keller The…
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Change the Conversation

On a recent client assignment, I realized my client’s team…

Presentation Tips: Planning, Controlling and Closing

I’ve been coaching executives and sales teams for a while now.…
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Barriers to Achieving Objectives, aka No Client Left Behind

Recently, a client lamented that he and his firm lost a multi-million…
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Seven Tips for Managing Millennials

Millennials: the workforce born between 1977-97 that some estimate…

Five 2nd Quarter Questions Every Leader Should Answer

Q2 of 2016 is at hand. We’re all working hard…let’s work…