
6 Essential Tips To Lead Remote Teams
I recently had a coaching conversation with a client who is leading a global team. Her team is spread across continents and cultures. She loves the diversity and dynamics of this team but finds it challenging to increase trust with the team.
This…

4 Ways To Lead Employees Through Organizational Changes
My phone rings and I pick it up “Hi Simon, I need to talk to you”. The voice was stern and I sensed a level of stress.
“Simon, we’re in the midst of an organizational change and I don’t think it’s going as well as we wanted it to.…

Making the Most Out of Your Coaching Experience
A new year has started and with every new year come new resolutions.
Somehow many of us like to think that we can start again with a clean slate. A blank page. A new chapter. But the truth is there is no clean slate and nothing new to be…

6 Ways to Boost Team Morale
This month I delivered a team and leadership workshop for eight sales and marketing executives.
One of the biggest challenges the team was dealing with was internal conflict and tension. Also, the managers felt that their teams were not engaged…

What Makes Your Executive Team Excel?
I’ve worked with many teams over the years and when asked how they think they are doing, they reply “Good, okay, satisfactory, etc”.
These are all words that we might hear that make us nod our heads and go about our day.
But when it…

How Do You Motivate Employees?
I have heard this many times from managers: “How do I motivate people to get them to do the things I want them to do?”
The answer is: “You don’t!”
It is hard to motivate people because they already are motivated. What we can do is…

Four Organizational Change Mistakes To Avoid
Company's go through organizational changes: implementing a new CRM system, restructuring project for cost cutting, introducing a new product line, expanding into another country, establishing e-commerce business, buying or merging with another…

How to Inspire Your Employees with a Vision?
When it comes down to promoting the vision throughout the organization, one of the most challenging part is engaging the workforce around it. This means creating an emotional connection with the vision for employees—more specifically, creating…

Performance Coaching: Top 3 Questions Good Coaches Ask
How do we turn a person’s talent into performance? This question has been of great debate. Many organizations believe that each person’s greatest room for growth is in his or her areas of weakness.
Yet, others support the idea that it is…

What's Your Vision Statement? A Hard Question for Leaders
The ability to remain competitive and relevant in the financial services industry or any other industry lies heavily in crafting a strategic direction for the future of the company that represents the company's values and goals, which should…