Insights on Coaching Effectiveness from ICF’s Prism Awards Event

Last Tuesday I attended the International Coach Federation’s Prism Award event where talent development and coaching experts had a robust discussion on trends.  In the room were top coaches. On the panel were heads of Talent Development from PVH Corp, Google, Comcast, GSK, ESPN, Coca-Cola and Prudential, all of whom have in-house “universities” that include robust coaching …

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Getting Ahead Without Losing it All

In a career, there’s no guarantee you’ll make it without sacrificing what matters most. What you can do is create a roadmap that reduces uncertainty and puts you in control. You gain influence that lets you impact others. You gain confidence to follow your path successfully. You gain the knowhow to manage your career on …

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Selling Talent Development to Management

Selling Talent Development to Management – A Perspective for HR Professionals

The biggest frustration I hear from my HR business partners is around selling talent development to management and having a seat at the corporate strategy table. Selling talent development and coaching is no easy task. We know it works. Yet the benefits are difficult to measure, and reports that do exist tend to come from …

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What Fashion Stylists Can Teach Us About Career Management

I recently started working with a stylist. Leaving corporate life, having two kids, starting a business, reintegrating to corporate life and getting eight years older can leave a girl in need of some guidance. It has been wonderful. Before working with Karen, I found myself spending time and money on things that ended up hanging, …

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Why Do Women Struggle with Confidence?

Lisa was bright, with proven results, and was a leader in trend sighting and innovation. She was also quirky and occasionally silly with clients. Her style didn’t fit in with the culture of her ad agency, which had traditional consumer packaged goods clients. As one of the largest in the industry, Lisa’s firm approached their …

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What the Election Can Teach Us About Teams and Corporate Life

From a coach’s vantage point, I wanted to share what we can learn from last week’s election about interpersonal communication, perspective and strategy. Management and The “Troops”: Last week we saw “the Establishment” (think Management), challenged by disenfranchised voters (think “Millenials” or internal groups with divergent interests). Managers are under enormous pressure to get things …

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The Secret to Managing Up

As CEO of a (very small) business, I now understand the incredible challenges associated with having to allocate limited resources and communicate effectively to my colleagues and clients. It’s a lot. Sometimes I blush when I think of how hard I was on some of my managers. I assumed they should know everything and became …

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David Allen’s Time Management

This summer my family went on a 45+ hour road trip. (Here we are at Niagara Falls). I know, I know, a great opportunity for quality family time. But one or two books on tape while the kids watched a video. C’mon, it’s OK, right? Somewhere between mile 1700 and mile 1850, on the road …

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