Acting on the Corporate Stage
What role are you playing? Miranda was a well-known creative artist when a global entertainment company hired her as a creative director. Her transition from artist to executive had been received with...
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Balancing tasks and relationships Bennett was a Brit working in Kuwait. He was enjoying living overseas and found the work to be a healthy stretch. He led a team of four and reported to a guy named...
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Conflict
A house with two doors Ashley was fed up with two of her direct reports. A bubble of anger between the pair seemed in constant danger of exploding. Their conflict had impacted productivity and quality,...
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The Conflict Conversation
‘Conflict House’ Ashley wanted coaching on how to argue. I had told her about a concept I call “Conflict House,” a place where people with conflicts have to go if they want to resolve their conflicts....
View ArticleLeadership versus Management
Which is which? Reiko had leapfrogged her colleagues. Now, while still leading her large group of accountants, she was going to become the CFO of a division as well. Her boss, a huge supporter, got her...
View ArticleThe Sound of Leadership and of Management
Barking management Reiko and I were exploring the differences between leadership and management. During our conversation, she had wondered whether the two actually sound different. I said to her, “You...
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Responsibilities without authority Jared was pissed. And he was making no secret of it. Assigned to a special projects team, he had responsibilities but no authority. He felt he spent all his time...
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360s: Weapons or Tools?
Battling styles Jenna had been my coaching client two years earlier. We’d enjoyed each other immensely and done meaningful work. She told people proudly that the coaching had helped her land her...
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Readiness in coaching
Troubled history. Tough decision. Darryl supported the decision I was making. We didn’t know what Grace would think of it. I was withdrawing myself as the coach for one of Grace’s direct reports, a...
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Taming the Wild Child
“In Your Own Way” Maxine was going to be a star – if she could just “get out of her own way.” Those were the words on the street about Maxine. They were even her words about herself. During a coaching...
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