What’s your role and contribution to your team and your teammates? It begs the questions, “are you a team player?”, “what type of team player are you?”, and “what would make you a better one?”
No one can succeed alone. Most of us belong to several different teams or groups. Whether it is a project you are working on together, the department you are assigned to, or a task force you have been asked to join, you experience the dynamics, trials and tribulations of people trying to get things accomplished with others. [Read more…]
A cry I often hear from my executive coaching clients is, “I don’t know what my boss wants!”
Career Strategy for the Competitive Edge. It’s been my tagline since I began my coaching business twenty years ago. What’s amazing is how relevant it remains. A career strategy is essential.
More often than I would have anticipated, I hear an executive coaching client say something like, “I didn’t see it coming” or “How did I miss the warning signs?” when talking about working in a place that isn’t right for them now, or maybe ever.
A request/plea I hear often from my executive coaching clients revolves around listening — “How can I become a better listener?”, “How do I know if I’m a good listener?”, and “What is meant by listening at various levels.” These are just a few examples of questions around the topic. 
In my work as an executive coach I have interaction and access to a broad number of people in and about their workplace. I’m often struck by the level of loyalty, diligence, creativity and selflessness so many demonstrate.
Whether you’re at the peak of your career (something difficult to determine in a rapidly changing workplace environment) or you’ve recently entered the professional workforce, there are important actions, items, and mindsets to consider and work on. I call them your “Essential Career Toolkit.” 
There is a pattern I am seeing among a group of my coaching clients. Men and women in their mid-thirties to late forties who want to change jobs and are having difficulty doing so. There are many reasons why this is happening ― they make too much money to be junior and affordable, their specialty is so narrow few opportunities exist, or their network is too small and outdated, they have limited access to the right people and possibilities.