Inspired by the , and past decade, I’ve become obsessed by the implications of neuroscience for the fields of executive coaching, leadership development and experiential learning.
Once you have speech, you don’t
have to wait for natural selection! If you want more strength, you
build a stealth bomber; if you don’t like bacteria, you invent
penicillin; if […]
Have you ever had a performance review conducted simultaneously by 13 people? It may sound terrifying, but I actually consider it one of the perks of my job. As a Leadership Coach at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, once or twice a year I serve as a co-facilitator for teams of MBA students enrolled in […]
How can we communicate more effectively? This question is ultimately at the heart of almost everything I do professionally, but I gave it particularly close thought today after an interaction with someone I’m coaching. He’s seeking to be more influential with someone he described as "low-energy," and the mismatch between their energy levels is posing […]
Much of my work involves encouraging people to talk about their feelings–a process formally known as affect labeling–which can happen in a free-flowing coaching conversation or in a structured environment like a T-group. Experience tells me that this is a useful practice…but why? What happens when we talk about our feelings?
The results of this study […]
NFL Hall of Famer Mike Ditka on tonight’s Monday Night Football broadcast from San Francisco:
Head coaching isn’t about X’s and O’s as much as people think. It’s about dealing with people.
The pic notwithstanding (a cheap shot, I know) Ditka’s offhand comment touches on an important truth: Domain expertise, in football or in finance, gets you […]
