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Are You Measuring Success Against the Wrong Finish Line?
Earlier this summer, I finished my first triathlon of the season and immediately started thinking about everything I could have done better. After 28 years of racing, you'd think I know better. For much of this spring, I wasn't even...
I still remember the first interviews I did with Darcy ahead of a team retreat. We had 25 minutes with each team member, eight interviews in all. The team retreat...
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Darcy Luoma Coaching and Consulting — two hands reviewing documents during the decision-making conversation every Visionary-Integrator pair needs to have
One of the most important conversations a Visionary and Integrator can have is also one of the easiest to assume is already settled: Who gets the final say? At first,...
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12:27 PM Alt Text Darcy Luoma Coaching and Consulting — two leaders on separate platforms illustrating Visionary Integrator misalignment hiding beneath surface-level success
The most common theme we see when we meet with alignment coaching clients for the first time is that the business is changing faster than the partnership. At first glance,...
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Meetings shouldn't feel like a chore
In a recent coaching session, a client told me that they wanted more time to work with their leadership team and fewer meetings. It felt like a contradiction, but it...
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People working at a table with computers and papers out
During a recent workshop on workplace priorities and time management, I started with a simple question: “What’s most likely to derail your day?” The responses came fast. Emails. Quick questions...
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Darcy Luoma Coaching & Consulting graphic showing icons for time management, ideas, growth, and documentation alongside a magnifying glass focused on a target — representing the intentional focus EOS leadership teams build through Rocks and Level 10 meetings. Text reads: Focus doesn't happen by accident.
When I first started my business 15 years ago, we were constantly chasing new ideas. Every opportunity looked promising, and every conversation sparked something new. We were busy, but not...
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A senior leader said it plainly in a recent training session on accountability: “I feel like I’m constantly chasing people. If I don’t follow up, things just stall.” There was...
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Name what's not being said
How to Reset a Leadership Partnership That's Lost Traction If you read our last post on the five ways leadership duos lose traction, you might be sitting with some new...
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When alignment starts to slip. 5 Ways Leadership Partnerships Lose Traction (And What’s Not Being Said)
5 Ways Leadership Partnerships Lose Traction (And What’s Not Being Said) If you're in a leadership partnership (co-founders, a CEO and COO, a visionary and an integrator, or two leaders...
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