I really strive to lead with truth in both my personal life and my business. I used to try to portray an image of perfection, but have learned over the years that showing people what lies underneath the surface can be a real opportunity to strengthen relationships and improve my life.
Here are just a few reasons why. [Read more…]
A recent Gallup Workplace article titled Feedback Is Not Enough says that “only 24% of workers strongly agree that the feedback they receive helps them do better work”.
That means that three out of four people do not think the feedback they’re getting is helping them make meaningful change. Not only that, “research shows that it only improves performance one-third of the time, while actually making it worse one-third of the time”.
So clearly it’s time to rethink how you’re giving feedback! [Read more…]
by DLCC Coach Brian Yaucher
According to Merriam-Webster, one definition of blind spot is “an area in which one fails to exercise judgment or discrimination”.
Discovering your blind spots
Is there something in your life that no matter what you do doesn’t seem to change? It might show up in your work, values, finances, relationships or health. Maybe it’s an area where you fail to exercise clear judgment?
When we identify and label our personal blind spots we begin to understand them, and this increases our self-awareness. Discovering our blind spots may be difficult but with the help of a trained professional, such as a life coach, you can begin to recognize and address them. [Read more…]
I am being very honest when I say that I was blindsided by my husband’s arrest in 2016. However, I also have to admit that we had a long and complicated history, and so there were things I knew about him that made the events of that spring more likely. [Read more…]
It takes some bravery to reach out for help, whether for yourself or your team. It can be scary to open yourself up, both to share how you feel about what’s happening in your office, and to hear what others have to say about it. So usually by the time organizations reach out to us to do a team assessment, there are a few things that are really not working.
And inevitably, whenever we start doing interviews as part of a team assessment, there is at least one person that says ‘Everything seems fine to me!’ [Read more…]
