Darcy Luoma Coaching and Consulting

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Read the Room

As a consultant, reading the room is really important. If I am at a team retreat and notice that everyone is walking in and sitting far away from each other with their arms crossed, I know I’m going to earn my paycheck that day. But if everyone is walking in joking around with a cup of coffee and a smile? My job is going to be much easier!

One of the most important skills for being a leader is to be able to understand what’s happening beneath the surface and help it rise to the top in a productive way.  [Read more…]

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Didn’t See That Coming?

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…]

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The Next Challenge

A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to see Glennon Doyle, author of Carry On Warrior and Love Warrior, speak in Madison. I went in with relatively low expectations. The last speaker I saw was definitely not worth the $65 ticket, and I worried Glennon wouldn’t even live up to her $29 entry fee. But she was fantastic!

For an hour and a half, she told one story after another, in answer to a series of questions. I was tuned in and laughing the whole time, and left completely impressed.

She made it look so easy. [Read more…]

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