By Gerri Leder If only apologies were that easy; they’re not. Many of us find it painful to concede fault, to acknowledge when we’re wrong. I often struggle with making a pure apology, one that skips a defense of my actions or worse. Apparently, I’m not the only one. Remember last spring’s well-publicized United Airlines read more…
Tag: Executive Coaching
Eat. Sleep. Law. Repeat.
Sound familiar? Neil had set his career on autopilot. Every day, the same old routine. He found himself just going through the motions until one day, he realized his firm wasn’t working for him anymore. He was billing the hours, his clients were complimentary of his work and he’d been named partner. His “success” read more…
Your authentic self at work
Authentic Leadership: Bringing Faith to Work By Gerri Leder What do leadership and spiritual faith have in common? How can leaders integrate their professional and personal selves to become authentic leaders? As a member of the Woodstock Business Conference, an organization of executives striving to integrate faith and business practice, I’ve been exploring this topic of authentic leadership. Rev. James L. Connor read more…
5 Powerful Questions for Networking
As a Leadership and Transition Coach, I’ve learned how powerful questions can help you connect and get to the heart of the matter. When you are networking, use these questions to demonstrate your good faith and offer your help in advancing the other’s business interest: 5 Questions to understand a business connection and provide value: read more…
5 Powerful Questions for Opening Up Conversation
As a Leadership and Transition Coach, I’ve learned how powerful questions can reveal the other’s innermost thinking, start people talking and get to the heart of the matter. When the conversation stalls, use these questions to delve deeper into the conversation. 5 Questions to delve deeper and open up conversation: If you could remove one barrier in your life, what read more…
5 Powerful Questions After Loss of a Loved One
As a Leadership and Transition Coach, I’ve learned there is both an art and science to powerful questioning. Powerful questions can reveal one’s innermost thinking, start people talking and get to the heart of the matter. For wealth advisors, whose profession depends on building and cultivating client relationships, powerful questions can deepen the bond. 5 read more…