Asking the boss to change Julie wanted to give her boss, Zuwena, some feedback. Knowing Julie’s devotion to Zuwena, I was curious to hear the situation. Julie said, “She has this habit of thinking out loud in meetings. She’ll say something like, ‘We ought to look into the regulations on that.’ And then she keeps […]
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Battling uphill Sean was battling his boss. And he was losing the war. The first person to talk to me about Sean was Ronit, the HR executive. “In a world that was fair, Sean would win. But he can’t win against Jack. No one can.”
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Asking the boss to change Julie wanted to give her boss, Zuwena, some feedback. Knowing Julie’s devotion to Zuwena, I was curious to hear the situation. Julie said, “She has this habit of thinking out loud in meetings. She’ll say something like, ‘We ought to look into the regulations on that.’ And then she keeps
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This month’s coaching conversation is between Tom Henschel and Mindy Danna who answer questions from our audience. Tom and Mindy have grown up together professionally. He runs Essential Communications where Mindy is a coach. She also works with the cutting-edge global consulting firm Cultivating Leadership.
NOTE: This transcript was heavily edited to fit this format. The unedited conversation can be heard on the podcast.
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Balancing tasks and relationships Bennett was a Brit working in Kuwait. He was enjoying living overseas and found the work to be a healthy stretch. He led a team of four and reported to a guy named Sabah who Bennett said was terrific. During our video-link coaching conversations, Bennett and I had spent a lot
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Battling uphill Sean was battling his boss. And he was losing the war. The first person to talk to me about Sean was Ronit, the HR executive. “In a world that was fair, Sean would win. But he can’t win against Jack. No one can.”
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Who does it well? Barbara’s coaching had barely begun when she was promoted to senior vice-president. Because she had worked in many divisions of her global packaged goods company, and had always been viewed as a high performer, her promotion had been only a matter of time. The company’s goal for her coaching was for
Give feedback upward? Or not? Sergei openly admired his boss, Alicia. So he really grabbed my attention the day he asked how he could give her some overdue feedback. “A lot of the time, Alicia will use our staff meetings to think out loud,” he told me. “She’ll off-handedly mention, ‘Oh, we should do some
A grave mismatch of styles Marlena, an experienced entertainment executive, was definitely not getting the results she wanted. She’d been put in charge of a talented group of animators, but, although she was personable and energetic, she couldn’t seem to build relationships with them. They weren’t merely avoiding her, they were going around her to
Why should I listen to this? Anna walked me through the slides she’d prepared for her upcoming all hands meeting. A new group, including people in China and India, had joined her team and she wanted the meeting to be meaningful to everyone. An articulate, energetic woman, Anna had no trouble explaining the content on
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