When I began my career, I would have said there was no way I would become a coach. My focus was getting to the top of the tree. After all, what other goal…
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I am very excited to introduce my new brand Oyster! Why Oyster? I’ll leave you to figure that out. I’ve heard some great explanations so far! After two years, it was time to…
Most of the teams I have been a part of over my career have been a collection of individuals. At the time it felt we were a team. We usually all worked for…
I had an eye opening conversation with a very good friend of mine recently. He is leading a small group to expand an extremely innovative learning and development solution in the market. The…
A very common problem I hear from clients is how to hold their staff accountable. Just using the word ‘accountable’ creates negative perceptions. I have heard it described by terms like ‘holding people’s…
I met with a client recently who wanted to discuss how to gather feedback on their performance. This seems like a simple topic but as we explored it together it became clear there…
As we are coming to the end of the year, I am in a reflective mood and a lot has happened in 2017, most of which I could not have foreseen. Looking back…
Following my last post, my friend Dave Stitt requested I share my leadership lessons from my time at Intel. Over my 25 years I experienced some of the best possible years and also…
I left my corporate position at Intel in the summer of 2016 to pursue my career 2.0. I decided to leave for two reasons. To invest more in coaching and developing leaders and…
Judging the performance of a team member is one of the most common challenges I hear from my clients. They aren’t satisfied with the results and they struggle to assess the performance of…