When High Performers Become Toxic Co-Workers
On paper, it looks great. Two peers. Both smart. Both reliable. Both are delivering strong results. If you were building a team from scratch, you’d hire them again…
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Darcy Luoma
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Darcy Luoma, creator of Thoughtfully Fit®, is a Master Certified Coach, dynamic facilitator, and inspiring motivational speaker. She has worked as director for a U.S. Senator, deputy transition director for a governor, and on the national advance team for two U.S. presidential campaigns. As the owner and CEO of Darcy Luoma Coaching & Consulting, she’s worked in forty-eight industries with more than five hundred organizations to create high-performing people and teams. The media has named Darcy the region’s favorite executive-and-life coach four times. Darcy balances her thriving business with raising her two energetic teenage daughters, adventure travel, and competing in triathlons.
Latest Posts by Darcy Luoma
The Cost of Not Talking: Repairing Business Partnerships After a Breakdown in Communication
They arrived in my home office at the same time, but I could feel the distance between these two business partners not communicating immediately. As they stood in…
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Executive Coaching Topics: What Leaders Bring to Coaching Sessions
If you’ve never been inside an executive coaching conversation, it’s easy to imagine it’s all big, dramatic moments. A leader storms in, confesses a career-ending flaw, and the…
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The Hidden Cost of Skipping the Storm: Why Conflict Is Essential for Team Development
I was coaching an executive leadership team that got along really well. Maybe too well. Every meeting was polite, efficient, and pleasant. They complimented each other’s ideas and…
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The Stronger the Trust, the Bigger the Leap
This past weekend, I volunteered at the Ironman Wisconsin. My job was to stand at the edge of the lake and help athletes out of the water after…
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The Vulnerability Dilemma
Have you ever sat in a meeting with your chest tight, heart racing, and wondered, Should I say this out loud? I know I have. More times than…
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Six Difficult Conversations That Are Rarely Easy But Can’t Be Avoided
A few years ago, I had to have a difficult conversation. I had to confront a vendor who completely missed the mark on a big project. The work…
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7 Actionable Strategies for Effective Performance Development in Teams
7 Actionable Strategies for Effective Performance Development in Teams Raise your hand if you’ve ever walked out of a performance review thinking, “Cool, but… now what?” You’re not…
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How to Build an Effective Leadership Team Through Team Coaching
Why Your Leadership Team Needs a Locker Room, Not a Lecture We’ve seen it happen so many times: an organization promotes its smartest, most capable people into leadership…
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