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Thanks for visiting my blog! I am a leadership professor and a professional coach. I provide coaching to leaders and individuals pursuing intentional growth. And I empower leaders to take a coach approach in their roles.

I write about leadership, coaching, and personal development. You will find interesting research in my posts with lots of practical application.

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From Chaos to Cohesion: How the Six Types of Working Genius Can Transform Your Team

The Six Types of Working Genius offers us practical insight into how to keep momentum flowing and achieve optimal results through three critical phases of teamwork:

  1. ideation

  2. evaluation

  3. execution

If you are a team leader or you supervise (or coach) team leaders, I recommend to check out the Working Genius as a dynamic approach to building a healthy, thriving team. In this post, I’m going to describe each genius and explore how teams can practically apply this tool to enhance teamwork and productivity.

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Twenty Strengths-Based Coaching Questions to Inspire Hope & Resilience

Feeling stuck in a rut? Facing a challenge that seems insurmountable? Or, perhaps you’re managing or coaching someone who needs a boost of energy or confidence? Taking a strengths-based approach through asking positive questions offers a powerful tool to shift negative perspectives and cultivate hope and resilience in the face of challenges.

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Four Strengths-Based Strategies to Support Your Team

The rewards of a strengths-based team are undeniable, but building this positive team culture takes time and dedication. While it requires an upfront investment, the payoffs are compelling. By prioritizing strengths development, you're fostering a more engaged workforce, which leads to many bottom-line increases, including a thriving and fulfilling work environment.

In this blog post, I will cover four ways to support your team members with a strengths-based approach: job crafting strategies, individual development plans, team building, and giving feedback.

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Five Must-Reads for Middle Managers

Middle managers often occupy a precarious space between supporting the strategic vision of upper management and directing the daily realities. This can lead to conflicting priorities and the feeling of being squeezed from both sides.

So, how can you rise to the challenge and lead effectively from the middle? We've compiled a list of must-read books that will equip you with strategies to more confidently lead in all directions.

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Hitting the Reset Button: How to Reinvent Your Career in 5 Steps

Feeling stuck in a dead-end job? If so, you're not alone. Many people reach a point where their careers no longer spark joy (or even a flicker of interest). However, making a change - even if there’s a promise of a more engaging career on the other side - can be an overwhelming endeavor. The RESET method described in this post will provide you with a structured, strategic process to navigate a courageous journey towards a more fulfilling career.

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Four Questions to Build Your Confidence

When you find yourself lacking confidence, this state of lower confidence does not need to define you or derail you. In fact, confidence can be learned, practiced, reset, and refined.

The four questions here provide a simple but streamlined guide to helping you develop stronger confidence for a new task, an unfamiliar situation, an unexpected transition, or a challenging role.

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Mapping Your Path to Personal Growth: Navigating the Five Stages of Boyatzis' Intentional Change Theory

In the pursuit of personal and professional development, understanding what we should expect in a change process, and what can do to facilitate more sustainable change is critical. Intentional Change Theory, established by thought leader Richard Boyatzis, outlines five stages that create a pathway for you to pursue when intentionally seeking to bring about positive transformation in your life.

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How to Choose Your Word of the Year

In the hustle of daily life with constant competing commitments, being intentional in your growth requires discipline and persistence. One simple practice that can increase your intentionality throughout the ebb and flow of the New Year is to select a word of the year.

Once chosen, your word of the year can help to inspire clarity, encourage a positive mindset, and increase momentum for your growth. So, how do you find a word that will serve as your inspiration? Read on for three key strategies to keep in mind.

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How to Live By Your Core Values

When your actions and choices reflect what truly matters to you, you create a life that is authentic and meaningful. However, let’s be honest, living out your core values is simply easier said than done.

But, with some inspiration and a few extra measures of intentionality, it is possible! The key strategies I share here will make your work easier when you are striving to live in greater alignment with your most important values.

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Five Steps to Identify Your Core Values

Values are the broad goals and guiding principles that we want to shape our beliefs, decisions, and actions across contexts and circumstances. Values serve as an internal compass, influencing the way we interact with the world and the people around us. Identifying your values is an essential step in living a purposeful and fulfilling life.

In this blog post, I will explore what values are, why they matter, and how you can identify your own values.

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Tools to Develop a Thriving Team

Teams are fragile entities - they can be powerful vehicles for mission achievement, task accomplishment, and relationship building. But unifying and supporting a diverse group of people is a complex and challenging process.

What tools do you need to reduce dysfunction and help your team thrive?

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How to Get Unstuck

Have you ever found yourself trapped, feeling stuck and unable to move forward?

Whether it's in your personal or professional life, getting stuck can be incredibly frustrating and demotivating. In this blog post, I will explore strategies and tips to help reignite your motivation and momentum.

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Five Steps to Find the Right Coach

Finding the right coach can be a daunting task, but it’s a critical step towards greater growth if you want to achieve your goals and reach your full potential. Whether you’re looking for a life coach, business coach, fitness coach, or any other type of coach, there are a few key factors to consider when choosing the right one for you.

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Six Strategies to Cultivate a Coaching Mindset

Coaching is a powerful vehicle for discovery, growth, and change. A coaching mindset, embodied by a skilled coach or leader, is the context that encourages this journey of growth and change to take place.

A coaching mindset can enhance personal growth through self-coaching and inspire growth in others by maximizing coachable moments.

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How to Recognize & Maximize a Coachable Moment

Every day we experience many possible coaching opportunities in our workplaces, homes, and schools. Taking a coach approach in any given situation is an intentional choice to apply active listening and thoughtful question-asking to strategically support someone’s growth and development. In this post, I share tips to recognize, respond to, and maximize a coachable moment.

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