January 18, 2022
If you’ve coached leaders lately, you’ve likely heard their fear and frustration about the “Great Resignation.” The US Department of Labor reports that 11.5 million workers quit their jobs between April and June 2021. And it’s not even close to over. According to the Harvard Business Review, 48% of employees are actively looking to make a change, and …read more.
January 10, 2022
Creativity is defined as the ability to generate new ideas, solutions and possibilities. For the work to be considered creative, it needs to be both original and effective in achieving a specific purpose. The International Coaching Federation (ICF) defines coaching as “partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential.” This implies that creativity …read more.
January 1, 2022
As we walk toward our destination, my client occasionally stoops to examine the natural curiosities littered across the forest floor. Some she tucks away, others she leaves undisturbed. As we move, I watch the protective bark of her thoughts shed itself and reveal a softer, more malleable material beneath. This is where clients often begin in their coaching experience. Whether under the stunning landscape of the …read more.
December 22, 2021
A successful senior leader, struggling in a new reporting relationship, turned to a peer for help. She voiced a desire to work with an external coach. The peer’s response was, “You don’t want to do that now. It will be seen as a sign of weakness.” I could hear disappointment in the senior leader’s voice as …read more.
December 20, 2021
“I’ll do it later. No. Really. I will.” “Why do it today when I can do it tomorrow.” “Oh, things came up.” “I got so much done today! But no, I didn’t get to that….” Just do it already! Well, if it were that easy, then we wouldn’t see so many clients seeking coaching services for help …read more.
December 17, 2021
Let me start with an honest confession: straddling the domains of strategy consulting and leadership coaching offers me an excellent opportunity to migrate frameworks from one domain to the other. Effectively, both strategy consulting and coaching work on change, one at an organizational level and the other at an individual level. Hence, the possibility of adapting frameworks from one to the …read more.
December 15, 2021
Four metaphors and several deliberate practices leading to listening mastery Not more than a few months ago, it was still hard for me to keep quiet. A quality of any master coach is the “evocative” silence – the kind of pause that creates a vacuum in the conversation with the client, a void that the client fills with new understandings. I was not able …read more.
December 13, 2021
Emotional intelligence is a framework we both actively use in our coaching, and we’ve noticed a pattern over time that many clients appear to overuse or underuse empathy or assertiveness and rarely have a balanced use of both. In one recent example, a female executive at a successful startup engaged with Kelley after her supervisor, another female …read more.
November 1, 2021
Money makes the world go round as the song goes, but is it true in life? According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau it is. According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, well-being is defined as having financial security and financial freedom of choice, in the present and in the future. If clients believe their …read more.
October 25, 2021
When building a successful business, there are many essential components that are indispensable, including the following: Marketing and sales – creating brand awareness and demands Product or service development and delivery – creating and sharing our values to clients Accounting and finance – a backbone of the business to support its stability and growth, etc. In this article, I will focus mainly on the component of marketing and sales based on direct experiences in …read more.
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