Being clear is essential to lead, to feel connected and energized, and to help your team feel you are safe—they know what your expectations are and how to fulfill them. So why is being clear sometimes hard? Because being truly clear means we need to take the time to discover what we need, to articulate it clearly, and to be sure the other party understood our communication. Continue reading
Posted in Business Acceleration, Business Coach, Christine Comaford's Blog, Executive Coach, Executive Coaching, Executive Mentor, leadership | Tagged CEO Coach, ceo coaching, effective leadership, Executive Coach, executive coaching, Leadership, leadership effectiveness | Leave a commentNext on the Leadership Effectiveness Pyramid is Be Accountable. Level 3: Be Accountable What does accountability mean to you? Are your team members taking on TOO much accountability? How can we be more accountable and inspire our teams to be … Continue reading
Posted in Business Coach, Christine Comaford, Christine Comaford's Blog, Executive Coach, Executive Coaching, Executive Mentor, Human Resources, leadership, needle movers, team | Tagged corporate leadership, effective leadership, Leadership, leadership structure, teambuilding | 1 CommentI’ve found in my 30+ years growing businesses that every leadership growth opportunity or challenge can be diagnosed by a pyramid of qualities, each building upon the level below it. We call this the Leadership Effectiveness Pyramid. Continue reading
Posted in Business Coach, Christine Comaford, Christine Comaford's Blog, Executive Coach, Executive Coaching, Executive Mentor, Human Resources, leadership, team | Tagged Leadership, leadership effectiveness, team Building, team management | 2 CommentsHuman 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. Continue reading
Posted in Business Coach, Christine Comaford, Christine Comaford's Blog, Executive Coach, Executive Coaching, Executive Mentor, Human Resources, leadership, team | Tagged Leadership, leadership effectiveness, team management, teambuilding | Leave a commentYes, it can be tough out there, in some industries, in some markets, in some companies. But I am highly optimistic, and so are many of our executive coaching clients. Why? Where’s the pony in the proverbial pile of poop? I’ll tell you. Continue reading
Posted in Christine Comaford, Christine Comaford's Blog, Executive Coach, Executive Coaching, Executive Mentor, Human Resources, leadership | Tagged accountability, board member conflict, communication, conflict resolution, executive coaching, hiring, human assets, human resources, Leadership, navigating rapid growth, next generation of leadership, partner conflict, resource management | Leave a commentMeetings… love them or hate them? We love them when they have an agenda, an outcome or intention, and they’re short, sweet and high energy. We hate them when they’re not. So what’s the difference? For starters make sure you’re … Continue reading
Posted in Business Coach, Christine Comaford's Blog, Executive Coach, Executive Mentor | Tagged CEO Coach, effective meetings, Executive Coach, executive coaching, executive communication, meeting effectiveness | Leave a commentAccountability and execution don’t happen without communication. Communication is the glue between them—with communication we know what we are accountable for, we know it matters, and thus we can then execute with confidence and commitment. How is your company’s communication … Continue reading
Posted in Business Coach, Christine Comaford, Christine Comaford's Blog, Executive Coach, leadership | Tagged CEO Coach, communication, Executive Coach, executive coaching, Leadership, meeting effeciency | 1 CommentEvery CEO knows that the biggest challenge with change is resistance. But what most CEOs miss is that resistance is simply the first stop on the quest for the holy grail: a new standard. From my work with hundreds of … Continue reading
Posted in business model, Christine Comaford, Christine Comaford's Blog, Executive Coach, leadership | Tagged CEO Coach, change adoption, Executive Coach, executive coaching, Leadership | 1 CommentYPO-WPO: How did you get involved with speaking to YPO-WPO? Christine: I received a call from a YPO member asking me to speak at G2: Gathering of Giants. I received a standing ovation. Everyone just kept clapping! Finally the program chair … Continue reading
Posted in Christine Comaford, Christine Comaford's Blog, Executive Coach, Executive Mentor, Motivational Keynote Speaker, Q&A | Leave a commentI was recently asked this question by a business consultant: “I interviewed a potential COO that has awesome experience, dresses well. The problem is he doesn’t ‘feel’ right. Nothing big, just little things (some of his mannerisms bug me, etc). … Continue reading
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