In his TED Talk opening remarks Bill Gates exclaims, “Everyone should have a coach!” April 2013, New York, NY, Ted Talk https://youtu.be/XLF90uwII1k I recently read in Fortune Magazine that former Google CEO Eric Schmidt said, “best advice I ever got was to get a coach!” I’ve served as an Executive Coach to “C-Suite” executives, business owners, leaders and teams for more than 35 years. When I was CEO of one of the nation’s largest

Executives who operate Fortune 1000 companies, command-level military officers, and successful entrepreneurs all have thousands of people and billions of dollars depending on them to make good decisions. These leaders need to stay in top shape emotionally, intellectually and physically to function at high effectiveness. Their responsibilities dictate that they be creative, knowledgeable of the field and aware of the elements that are influencing politics, new technology, and the marke

In world-wide performance management studies* regarding leaders of Fortune 500’s, non-profits, government agencies, military, and small business, it’s shown that people who possess high scores in Emotional Intelligence (EQ) represent 92% of successful leaders yet only 26% of those successful leaders possess high IQ. Leaders high in Emotional Intelligence are much more successful than those who have lower EQ. (*Harvard and other universities) The Big News is that EQ is the Determinate of Le

No Conflict on Your Team? That’s No Good! Why You Want Team Conflict and Plenty of it.   As an organizational development consultant I receive plenty of calls from clients worried about conflict in their teams. Most team leaders take immediate action to avoid and mitigate arguments and disputes amongst team members that may arise over resources, decisions,  personalities and politics.  Let’s face it, for most team members (leaders included) conflict in the team is very uncomfortabl

If you feel like team members are “playing it safe” (politically) or not being authentic. If they aren’t “having each others’ backs” or there’s an experience of general lack of trust. Your team is in trouble! If your team meetings are boring and there’s no conflict or passionate debates over issues. Your team is in trouble! When there is a lack of commitment to get on board, or a deficiency of buy-in. You guessed it, Your team is in trouble! Your team members are not holding