Over the last three years as a full-time Executive Coach, I have reflected on a career that took me over a thirty-year period, from Production Assistant to EVP, Managing all Major international markets for a major Hollywood studio.

More and more we are encountering references to the Great Resignation, the idea that employees who are now forced back into the workplace, have decided to move to more location flexible employers.

It takes a mastery approach to the sport rather than a scoreboard orientation to teach athletes to put forward maximum effort so that they can continuously learn, improve, and not let themselves be stopped by mistakes or fear of making mistakes.

Employee engagement as well as their sense of belonging and purpose will depend on how effective you communicate.

In your communication be deliberate about how you say things, not just what you are trying to say.

Whatever challenges we may face, any given point is just a snapshot in time. Having a tough time today does not mean that this situation will persist tomorrow. A lot of expressions capture this sentiment

Before we can answer this question, it is important to frame the issue. Both work and life create demands on our time that cannot be ignored.

It had been several weeks since he had last had a decent night’s sleep, things were changing at work and not for the good! His boss had exited, divisions were being combined and strangers were now determining his and the company’s future.

The most important part, indeed the enabler of any meaningful coaching journey, is the recognition of where you are starting from.

I looked across the assembly room as a New York autumn played out through the floor to ceiling windows. The diversity sprinkled throughout the room was impressive. Of the 30 people in my Columbia University Executive and Organizational Development Cohort, 15 were from outside the U.S.