What I believe to be true is what is my personal truth. The operative term is “what I believe to be true” – not what is the actual truth. All […]

Power and coaching? What is the connection one may wonder. One would at first glance even feel uncomfortable with the association of power and coaching given that Coaching is about […]

Have you heard promoters, founders and leaders claim that “we are family” when referring to their relationship with their employees and team members? I have often wondered what “family” means […]

We seem to be more accepting of challenges around physical health. On the other hand, the subject of mental health continues to remain stigmatized. My personal experience with my mental […]

The world is filled with advice and tips and secret recipes on “how to manage millennials” or other cohorts representing the younger generations. Given my work with leader development, I […]

When we discuss the subject of grooming or developing leaders, the role of a sponsor often comes up. Some will mention that “it is important to have a sponsor if […]

When an organization hires a coach and gives the coach a brief, does the work of the coach get restricted to the given brief or does the coach engage with […]

For several decades the world has been obsessed with striking the right balance between the two factors of leadership: task and people. Way back in 1945, researchers spoke about the […]

Leaders in organizations become “eligible” for coaching often based on their level, given that coaching is considered expensive. However, my view is that by the time they become “eligible” it […]

I was in a workshop with a group of Managers trying to impart the skills and tools to be coaching oriented in their style. At the very end of the […]