It’s all-too-easy to shift into “action mode” during a crisis and forget that your people are experiencing great uncertainty about their futures. So, even as you experience the powerful impulse to act, temper that with a focus on coaching your people through a potentially crippling period of uncertainty. While the situation may be very difficult, […]
How to Empower Teams in Difficult Times with Coach-like Conversations
In his recent podcast with How to be Awesome at Your Job‘s Pete Mockaitis, Michael Watkins shares the new conversations leaders need to have in order to empower and support their teams during difficult times. You’ll Learn: Michael Watkins Interview Transcript Pete MockaitisMichael, welcome back to the How to be Awesome at Your Job podcast. Michael WatkinsIt’s great to be […]
How Transition Coaches Accelerate Executive Onboarding
Many companies think they are doing a good job of onboarding newly-hired executives when they actually aren’t… In “Onboarding Isn’t Enough,” a recent Harvard Business Review article co-authored with Mark Byford and Lena Triantogiannis from Egon Zehnder, we showed that many companies think they are doing a good job of onboarding newly-hired executives when they actually aren’t. […]
Same Storm, Different Boats: Use a “COVID-19 Stress Index” to Assess Your People’s Energy Reserves
How should the COVID-19 Crisis change the way leaders engage with their teams? This question came into focus for me while I sat in on a “check-in” call with a senior health-care company executive and her reports about COVID-19 impacts on their business. The team openly and authentically shared the emotional challenges that they – […]
Looking for Opportunity in the Midst of Crisis
As the global pandemic forces countries into continued lockdown and entire industries into crisis management, IMD’s survey reveals the range and scale of organizational and personal challenges it has unleashed across the workforce. The novel strain of coronavirus, COVID-19, has created a watershed moment in civic, economic, political and organizational terms. As governments strive to […]
Don’t Waste a Good Crisis
When you are in the midst of a major crisis – and the current situation with the Coronavirus certainly qualifies – the natural tendency is to get consumed with assessing the situation, developing response plans and mobilizing your organization to meet the threats. In the process, it’s easy to forget that the crisis will pass, […]