Brief Goal-Focused Coaching (BGFC)

Years ago, I worked with a large health insurance company conducting outcome research for short-term, solution-focused therapy. For therapists — and mostly for insurance companies — the focus was on proving that short-term therapy was as effective as long term therapy. It came as no surprise to me that the outcomes were mixed; there are many of variables, including patient engagement and highly varied clinical issues. One unexpected outcome of this method I found, though, is that some of these [...]

By |2022-02-05T10:15:07-05:00February 4th, 2022|Coaching, Leadership, Professional Efficacy, Team Performance|Comments Off on Brief Goal-Focused Coaching (BGFC)

How to Make Empathy a Renewable Resource in Your Organization

Developing or refreshing empathy skills is a win-win for employees and companies. Empathy is one’s ability to take someone else’s perspective and, in some cases, actually feel what they do in a given moment or situation. (For instance, you are empathizing when you cry because you feel the sadness of a character in a book or movie.) The literature points to three types of empathy “cognitive empathy – the ability to understand another person’s point of view; emotional empathy – [...]

By |2021-12-07T20:48:41-05:00December 7th, 2021|Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Professional Efficacy, Team Performance|Comments Off on How to Make Empathy a Renewable Resource in Your Organization

Should I Partner with an Executive Coach…or Become One?

Twenty-first-century managers, regardless of expertise, are challenged every today to meet rapidly changing societal and business needs. Traditional command-and-control practices no longer work.To succeed, today’s leaders must step back from traditional methods like doing, telling, and directing and embrace a more collaborative approach to managing and leading. When to Partner with a Coach A growing majority of leaders today utilize an executive coach as a thought partner to optimize their own performance and they bring that wisdom to their own [...]

By |2021-11-16T15:54:27-05:00November 16th, 2021|Coaching, Leadership, Professional Efficacy|Comments Off on Should I Partner with an Executive Coach…or Become One?

GroupWorks Creative Leadership Curations

Welcome to July! As the dog days of summer are upon us, it’s a good time as leaders to grab some moments for ourselves and soak up a little well-chosen inspiration. Leadership — the ability to inspire others through words and actions — is still rare in the workplace. Here’s the good news: leadership is a developmental activity and as we learn and reflect, we do get better! Where to start? Sometimes we call it to us when we least [...]

By |2021-07-06T08:42:11-04:00July 6th, 2021|Leadership|Comments Off on GroupWorks Creative Leadership Curations

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