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July 12th, 2010
Getting the right people on the bus. This is a phrase we often hear from executives concerned about staffing strength. Making sure that you have the right people in your organization is critical to efficiency and growth. But getting the right people on the bus doesn’t solve your problems if they aren’t in the right [...]
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June 28th, 2010
There are times in our work that we encounter a highly successful professional who has a history of keeping things very close to the vest. Their trust of outsiders who don’t “know our business” is low, making a coaching engagement with them a very uncertain endeavor. What is this lack of trust all about? Often [...]
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June 14th, 2010
One of my more challenging coaching experiences occurred when I found myself face-to-face with an extremely confident individual. He was not just confident; he was convinced that he knew the answers to practically everything. He spoke loudly and rapidly, as if he couldn’t get the words out fast enough. It was exhausting. During the first [...]
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