Relevance

“In a world where we are drowning in information but starving for wisdom, relevance is not a matter of what we know; it is a matter of how what we know matters to someone else.”1 There are hundreds of books on leadership, and every once in a while a book comes along that provides a […]

The power of momentum. How a coach can help you sustain it.

Are you needing to make a change in your business but don’t know how to get started? Rather than being excited about the opportunities you can see, are you finding yourself unsure of what initial steps to take, leading you to not take any action at all? Maybe you are quietly confident about what is […]

Coaching leaders is about more than just enhancing their performance

Coaching is not as much a tool or process that supports leaders in making lasting changes in their lives, but an evolutionary journey that helps them to identify and clarify what is important to them, set goals, overcome obstacles, understand how to lead and mobilize others, and create action plans that keep them focused on […]

Validating the value of coaching

Coaching is seen by some as a luxury, an added expense that offers little in the way of tangible results, and there are still some who question the value coaching adds to a business’s bottom line. However, the very nature of human development requires resources such as relationships, networks and alliances to grow and flourish. […]

The Alliance – Managing Talent in the Networked Age

“A business without loyalty is a business without long-term thinking. A business without long-term thinking is a business that’s unable to invest in the future. And a business that isn’t investing in tomorrow’s opportunities and technologies—well, that’s a company already in the process of dying.”1 Leaders can’t afford not to be in the ‘talent’ business. […]

What your business is experiencing is normal… mostly.

Like relationships, no one really goes into business expecting it to fail. Yet, more than half of all businesses don’t survive beyond five years1. As a business owner you want to grow your business into one that’s thriving and profitable, often investing an immeasurable amount of time, money, sweat and tears to make this a […]

Inside the mind of an executive coach: Can you trust the process?

To succeed in attracting, managing, and retaining high-impact talent, research shows that coaching is the number one process businesses should focus on1. With retention and engagement being top of mind for business leaders2, and with a growing need of and demand for coaching by employees3, how can you be confident that as an executive coach, […]

GROW – How ideals power growth and profit at the world’s 50 great companies

“The better you understand the people who are most important to your business’s future, the more you can stand for something fundamentally important in their eyes and the closer you can come to being an indispensable part of their lives.”1 GROW: How Ideals Power Growth and Profit at the World’s 50 Greatest Companies is a […]

Leading from the inside out: Why better people make better leaders

In his book Legacy: What the All Blacks Can Teach Us About the Business of Life, James Kerr examines what makes the All Blacks one of the most successful teams in the history of sport. One of the core beliefs behind their high-performance culture is ‘better people make better leaders’. 1 Alongside values of character, […]

Is your hard work giving you or costing you what you really want?

The demands of building a business, managing a team, leading an organization, running a family, or just having time for yourself are constant. There are always goals to set, plans to implement, and problems to solve in order to make our vision of success a reality. It can be exhausting and overwhelming. For the most […]