Conflict is not generally something we tend to rush toward. Rarely do we seek it out. Still, in working with individuals in virtually any type of organization, what is often expressed is unhappiness with their department, boss, co-workers or the whole company. And in exploring the things that underlie the negative feelings it is often Read More
Our Inability to Make Decisions … The Easier Path With Negative Results
One of the more prevalent issues that I encounter in working with a coaching client … individual or team … is an inability or unwillingness to make a decision. I’m not talking about something as potentially earth-shaking as ‘should I leave my job?’ or ‘should I change my field of work?’ I’m referring often to Read More
Resisting The Very Change We Want
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most adaptable to change” – Charles Darwin It is not infrequently that I meet a client who expresses their unhappiness with their job in the overall or the work that they are responsible for doing day to day. Read More
One Boss’s View: How One Defines Their Job Means Success … or Not!
I have often asked coaching clients to list the detailed aspects of the job they were hired to do in the organization. The response is always interesting for various reasons. Some are very able to provide a highly detailed list of their job expectations and dedicate themselves to being able to get it all done Read More
How Negative Feelings Toward A Client or Co-worker Impacts Success
Over time we have blogged about maximizing team success by making certain all are focused on achieving the overriding goals. Understanding the value that each person offers to the collective effort and accepting that each person should view what they do as the ‘most important’ contribution to the overall success of the effort are important Read More
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