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A leader dives deeper into the “Conflict House” metaphor she learned from her coach. Using herself and her husband as models, she explores how to have productive, healthy conflict.

Fed up with two bickering direct reports, a leader discusses the nature of conflict with her coach. The analogy is so powerful for her, she decides she wants to try it at home.

The look and sound of leadership will be ever-elusive unless you know how to keep your listeners listening. This month, a leader learns surprising techniques to keep people tuned in.

A leader worries what will happen if her team doesn’t do what she asks. Where exactly, she wonders, does her authority come from? She and her coach discuss the nature and mindset of authority.

A chief officer finds her hand-picked successor won’t step up to the challenge. Talking with her coach, the officer explores ways to help short-circuit the successor’s self-limiting self-talk.

Three young executives know they’re going to get peppered with questions from their leadership during an upcoming presentation. Their coach helps them prep so they can shine under scrutiny.

A team agrees: their weekly staff meetings are inefficient and a waste of everyone’s time. The team leader and his coach discuss ways to make all team meetings robust and valuable.

“Ducking and dodging” is how a leader experiences herself when the pressure’s on. In a courageous coaching conversation, she and her coach discuss the nature of fear and how to manage it.

With a promotion on the line for one of his direct reports, a leader favors the female candidate but worries about gender bias. He asks his coach for tips on how to keep the playing field level.

A leader’s assistant suffers from feeling as though she has little-to-no status. Raised in the South, she is particularly sensitive to issues of status. With a coach, she discovers ways to raise hers.

A crackling-smart leader disdains mentors, although she says she loves to network. Exploring her resistance, her coach begins a conversation about methods to make a mentor relationship meaningful.

A leader misses another promotion and is determined he won’t miss the next one. With his coach, he explores four actions to take, plus a way of thinking that will allow him to improve his odds.