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Pathways to executive coaching – Are you expecting champagne results on a beer budget?

Business Ops., General, Interviews, Self Governance

When you buy executive coaching, do you actually know what you need? Are you paying premium fees for a commodity product or, worse, expecting champagne results on a beer budget? If we take a broad view, coaching contributed an estimated $5.34 billion to the global economy last year (ICF 2025). In a self-regulated industry, it […]

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6 Signs That You’re a Micromanager

Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Management, Small Business

Nobody I know proudly brags about being a micromanager. Frankly, most vehemently deny the label. Yet the workplace overflows with them. Here’s how to spot them on your team before you give them even bigger opportunities to frustrate the people who work with them. And if deep down you fear you may be falling into

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How Can the C-Suite Align an Organization During a Time of Change?

Management

Phil Geldart, Founder & CEO, Eagle’s Flight When we think about what’s necessary to align an organization during a time of change, we often underestimate the importance of the executive team members throughout that journey. There is no question that they play a vital role at the outset, because they are typically the ones who

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Why the Old Black Should Be the New Black: Are You Adding or Taking Away from Your Value?

Leadership, Strategy

You may remember George Burns. The cigar-gumming circular-bespectacled comedian. He was known for many things from his acting parts in Oh, God and The Sunshine Boys from his earlier vaudeville fame to the fact that he lived to be 100. You may not know that he was born Nathan Birnbaum. He was one of 12

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Are You Stuck in the 80’s? Do You Still Love Your Daytimer?

Leadership, Management, Strategy

Are you still making excuses to use a paper calendar? You don’t have a flip phone anywhere on you, do you? I don’t know about you, but I loved my Daytimer. Perhaps you loved your Franklin planner. I was more efficient with my beloved Day-timer than I am with my Smart phone, smart as it

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The World Crisis

Leadership

Identifying and Developing Leaders and Future Leaders…Yes, the Need for Succession Planning There are no strong companies, without having strong current leaders and a strong bench of emerging leaders. Although this has always been true, never in recent history has the need for outstanding leaders been more acute than it is today. In today’s challenging

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The Revolving Door of Resolutions

Business Ops., Leadership, Management, Small Business

Many health clubs see an explosion of members every January 1. In conjunction with a New Year’s Resolution to be more fit, Americans join fitness centers with the sincere or insincere belief that they will actually show up for a work-out. As the weeks of a new year tick by, so does the motivation to

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How to Avoid Firing An Employee

Management

Ron West, author of “Corporate Caterpillars: How to Grow Wings” By the time most business leaders utter those immortal words “you’re fired” they are usually massively relieved. It is often said that no leader ever wishes they had waited before firing an employee. Most wish they had done it much sooner. But does it really

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Coaching in the Majors: Advice from Cardinal’s Hitting Coach

Management, Self Governance

When it comes to accepting direction, star performers, especially those in the major leagues of their industries, show caution and restraint. They offer raw talent, expertise, discipline, and excellence, so they want to see the same qualities in those who lead and teach them. Members of the St. Louis Cardinals see these traits in their

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