At the start of the new year, I retained a personal workout trainer. While I can lift weights, and pedal a stationary bike by myself, I know the right personal workout trainer will improve my workout performance, giving me a better ROI on the time I...
“You got to be careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there.” Yogi Berra One of the ongoing issues with Team Leaders continually complain about it is they never have enough time to achieve their goals and yet they fail...
Carpe diem - seize the day. I recently attended a charity function for Autism Speaks, an organization dedicated to promoting solutions for the needs of individuals with autism and their families. I was there as the executive coach/guest of a client, who supports the charity and,...
“Individual commitment to a group effort – that’s what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.” Vince Lombardi As a Work Performance Coach, I assist individuals, ranging from CEOs to Front Line Leaders, in improving their skill sets and performance...
Without motivation nothing productive happens, including getting out of bed in the morning. In the workplace, motivation is the leadership action that starts the productivity process that results in Individual and Team goals being achieved. In a coaching session, a Team Leader asked me how he...
It's that time of the year again. The time of the year when you are running out of time to get stuff accomplished - to reach the goals you set for this year. What to do? What to do? How about starting by taking that goal/idea...
Being able to effectively hire and fire the right people are essential skill sets that every Team Leader, Manager, and Executive needs to develop. This is also why the development of those skills sets are included in my Leadership Development and Executive Development Coaching Programs. Hiring the right people....
One of the frequent questions I’m asked by the managers/leaders I coach is “How do I effectively disagree with my Boss?” Knowing how to disagree with your boss, and not commit career suicide, is an essential skill set and falls under the category of learning to...
For the coaching process to be successful when its purpose is workplace performance improvement, the person being coached must believe they can accomplish the objectives that their coach and they have agreed are necessary for them to be able to improve their performance - to...