I’m a little skeptical of self-diagnosis. Most people tend to overestimate their strengths and overrate their weaknesses.

The higher up you go in the organization, the more your problems are behavioral. You’re smart, you’re up-to-date, you know the technical aspects of your job, but often you may lack some important people skills and it’s hindering your success.

What is most needed is a way to have a deep, but anxiety-free conversation with someone that encourages dialogue between parties to understand the behaviour and seek change.

Introduction What Is Good about Discomfort? The Discomfort Zone is the moment of uncertainty when people are most open to learning. On the day I resigned from my last corporate position, one of the vice presidents came into my office and said, “You can’t go. Who will I talk to?” I recalled our first heated encounter five years earlier when …

The Gen Y CEOs are the founders who have been able to negotiate roles during start-up funding and are therefore able to form the company to their own ideals. These Gen Y CEOs differ greatly from their older and more established counterparts.

How do we lead, consult and coach with in widely differing settings in which organizational culture varies and organizational structures and processes vary so widely?

Functional organizations are not places of the body and mind. They are places of spirit and soul. There is no such thing as a “secular” organization—for all contemporary models of organizational life are deeply embedded to the framework of ancient religious practices and have been nurtured in the soil of communal life and traditional societies. Functional and effective leadership requires …

Organizations of every size are interested in increasing bench strength, improving succession planning and elevating performance of employees at all levels

In a recent conversation a colleague discussed doing motivational speaking. Then she said, “or maybe it’s inspirational.” That got me thinking about a common dilemma that managers and leaders face, “is it my role to motivate or to inspire?” To me, the two terms are very related but have a definite distinction. Motivation is something that comes from within. As …

Coaching is one of the most requested professional development methods of corporate leaders. In a 2001 study by the Corporate Leadership Council coaching was the 5th most requested method for development. In a more recent study by Ninth House, 95% of all the Fortune 500 firms that participated in the study utilize external executive coaches as a part of their …