We are experiencing truly unprecedented times. The impact of the coronavirus pandemic is changing with each day and hour. Our hearts go out to all those who are affected directly and indirectly by the virus, and we are grateful to all who are serving to make a difference. Over the
Oft Asked Question: Our employees are just not engaged. What can we do? This question is one many organizations pose regularly. Why does leadership care whether employees are engaged? The lack of engagement costs real money, which negatively impacts the bottom line. Disengaged employees cost U.S. companies between $450-$550 billion a
by Leah Moon, Consultant and Executive Coach with Parrish Partners As a high achiever in the workplace – whether you are a managing director in a corporate setting or an entrepreneur who has built a business – there is a high likelihood that a healthy dose of anxiety was a
by Norman Lanier, Ph.D, Corporate Psychologist & Executive Coach PART I How would you know? Last year, I shared a true story about John Ray, a southern gentleman who helped me learn the secret of relationships—how someone feels about herself in your presence has a phenomenally direct impact on how she feels
by Mark A. Parrish BLUF-ing someone refers to the discipline of providing a single sentence, summarizing the call to action for a recipient, and ideally negating the need to read any further. DETAIL Routinely, business communiqués begin with a back story, meandering along at times in serpentine fashion, until a
Autumn is a Time for Change…Out with Tired Attire! By Jacqueline Nieberding Change is in the air. Visual change comes with the new season, as in the autumnal light that washes over the land flooding the once forest greens with a muted rainbow of yellows, reds, oranges & browns.
by Norman Lanier, Ph.D, Corporate Psychologist & Executive Coach Ranking right up there near the age-old question, “Why do bad things happen to good people?” is a somewhat similar and equally puzzling question, “Why are people resistant to change?” Rabbi Harold Kushner, in preparing to write When Bad Things Happen to Good
by Norman Lanier, Ph.D, Corporate Psychologist & Executive Coach John Ray was a Southern gentleman, colorful entrepreneur, race car driver and chef who I met when he was catering an Employee Appreciation Day event in Talladega, Alabama. He was friendly and easy to get to know, and he told me most of
By Michele Parrish, Editorial Contributions by Norm Lanier, Ph. D. A couple of years ago I started articulating the work I do as an executive coach as “helping brilliant people shine brighter.” Yes, even the most brilliant people can grow. Our strengths are what make us shine, and there has been
A new year is a “temporal landmark” (a phrase coined by social scientists)—a point in time for a fresh start and a chance to begin again. In our businesses, we build new budgets, refresh/add to strategic plans, and hopefully, look at our own resources and skillsets to think about
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