Suzanne was a human resources manager at an east coast consumer packaged goods company. Why was she always exhausted? Let’s find out. We had Suzanne start a tally. Within the first week nine victims came to Suzanne for rescue. Their … Continue reading
Posted in Christine Comaford's Blog | Tagged Outcome-focused, Persecutor, Problem-focused, Rescuer, Role in company, Victim | Leave a commentAn internet infrastructure company couldn’t crack the Fortune 1000. So they brought a former CIO of Cisco onto their advisory board. Within 6 months their software was in trial at 5 Fortune 1000 companies. 18 months later the company was … Continue reading
Posted in Business Coach, business model, Christine Comaford, Christine Comaford's Blog | Leave a commentHave you ever noticed that handshakes speak their own secret language? If you pay attention you’ll hear them whisper, yell, fret, or fawn. And handshakes of the rich and famous—they’re amplified. I’m at a soirée in New York when I … Continue reading
Posted in Business Acceleration, Business Coach, Christine Comaford's Blog, Executive Coach, Executive Coaching, Executive Mentor, leadership | Leave a commentWarren Buffett doesn’t normally invest in technology stocks. So why did he recently buy over $10 billion of IBM? Over the course of nine months Warren bought over 5% of the company. Then two weeks after IBM’s announcement of their … Continue reading
Posted in Christine Comaford's Blog, financing | Leave a comment“This place is killing me,” the CEO said to me. “I need 35%+ growth this year and my executives are expert finger pointers.” He had a Crushed Culture. Continue reading
Posted in Business Acceleration, Business Coach, Christine Comaford's Blog, team | Leave a commentWant someone to change? Want them to change faster? Then have your company follow the same model used for effective personal change. The result will be faster and more effective change. Change happens in levels. Einstein knew this, per his … Continue reading
Posted in Christine Comaford's Blog, Uncategorized | Leave a commentAre your team members highly accountable? Do they have a “Thank God It’s Monday” attitude? Do they take tons of initiative? If not, you’ve likely got Crushed Culture. It’s a disease. And it’s going to become an epidemic if we … Continue reading
Posted in Christine Comaford, Christine Comaford's Blog | Leave a commentOriginally posted on Forbes.com I was a young CEO and I needed answers. Steve Jobs had them. There was only one thing to do. So I sent a FedEx letter. Then I sent another. Then I started calling. Then I … Continue reading
Posted in Christine Comaford's Blog, Uncategorized | 4 CommentsToday let’s have a mini-primer on human behavior. Human beings are fascinating in that we delete, distort, and generalize our world every day. We delete what we don’t want to see, hear, feel, deal with. Perhaps you have an aging … Continue reading
Posted in Christine Comaford, Christine Comaford's Blog, Executive Coach, Executive Coaching, Executive Mentor, leadership | Leave a commentSustainability is about creating win-win agreements with ourselves and others.
Being sustainable is essential to lead, to feel balanced and not burned out, and to help your team feel you are their protector. So why is being sustainable sometimes hard? Because being truly sustainable means we can no longer self-sacrifice or expect our team members to. Sustainability prevents burn-out. Continue reading
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