In the echo of a new year, the air is often filled with the resolute declarations of personal and professional transformations – New Year’s resolutions. Yet, despite the initial fervor, these resolutions often fizzle out like short-lived fireworks, leaving us yearning for a more enduring flame. In this blog, we venture beyond conventional resolutions, exploring […]

What Does it Mean To Lead Courageously? In the dynamic landscape of leadership, the role of a courageous leader goes beyond traditional boundaries. Courageous leadership involves taking bold and decisive actions to inspire and motivate your team, even in the face of uncertainty and difficulty. It requires addressing challenges head-on, transcending personal limits and standing […]

Introduction In the realm of leadership growth, we find ourselves engaged in a delicate dance between safety and challenge. As leaders, our pursuit of personal and professional development necessitates stepping out of our comfort zones and embracing new opportunities. However, it is equally important to maintain a sense of security and stability as we navigate […]

The journey of an ordinary leader who overcame the pressure to do things ‘the right way’ and carved an unlikely path to success. How does a shy, precocious, introvert end up building a national consulting firm from nothing?  The journey of Advantage Management Consulting starts with Gil Davidson but gathers momentum as other amazing people […]

Our previous blog was on what it means to be a Coach-Like Leader, and why so many get it wrong.   This month we look at ways in which organizations can leverage and reap the benefits of their investment into developing Coach-Like Leaders. There are a number of steps companies can take when thinking of introducing […]

And Why so Many Get it Wrong… Nowadays, it is widely accepted that good leadership requires us to employ coaching skills. In fact, many have been told that coaching is now required of them as a key responsibility. This is a wonderful thing in theory, however in practice, there are many misconceptions and gaps in the […]

What is coaching and why does it matter? Almost everyone has had experience with something called coaching. While this is great, it can also cause confusion as coaching has many different faces. Coaching, in the corporate world is not the same as the coaching you experienced on your school sports team. Yet, as you’ll see […]

How often have you said or heard one of your managers say, “I would love to be able to increase my teams’ performance?” If increasing your team’s performance is your goal, you may be chasing the wrong target. Performance is a by-product rather than a goal in itself,  as with happiness in a relationship.

Self-deception actually determines one’s experience in every aspect of life…it is the central issue in leadership…To give you an idea of what’s at stake, consider the following analogy.  An infant is learning to crawl.  She begins by pushing herself backward around the house.  Backing herself around, she gets lodged beneath the furniture.

I’m putting away my golf clubs for the season. As I do that, I can’t help but reflect on what a great metaphor golf is for leaders and leadership. In my role as Executive Coach I have engaged this metaphor with clients who are also golfers with some surprising results.Like the complex and changing corporate environment, there are constant unknowns in the game.