by Robyn McLeod | Jul 4, 2024 | Thoughtful Leadership
When I have a coaching client who is often late to our sessions or who is constantly rescheduling, I ask questions, one of which is “Are you also often late to meetings with your colleagues?” Almost always, the answer is “Yes.” That makes sense to me, because...
by Lisa Kohn | Dec 21, 2023 | Communication
‘Tis the season of happy and merry and peace on earth. Yet it also seems to be the season of frustration and strained relationships and short fuses, at least sometimes. Why is that? We could easily write about overwhelm and overcommitment and over-doing, which are...
by Lisa Kohn | Oct 5, 2023 | Personal growth
I recently received very tough feedback. Very tough unsolicited feedback, I might add. It wasn’t fun. I had known that something had gone wrong in a meeting a few weeks prior. I worried that my drive to action during the meeting hadn’t necessarily helped...
by Robyn McLeod | Aug 31, 2023 | Team Development
A friend recently shared a dilemma she was having at work. She has a new boss, a vice president hired from outside her organization, who is starting to stumble badly after barely a year in place. I asked her what she thought was getting in the way of his success and...
by Robyn McLeod | Aug 17, 2023 | Thoughtful Leadership
“I need people to be more accountable.” It’s a statement I hear often from leaders as they express frustration with poor performance, mediocre results, silos within their organization, and other ills. If only people would be “more...
