The Courage to Trust Your Team

The Courage to Trust Your Team

Leadership is commonly associated with action – trying, doing, achieving. However, there is another side to leadership that focuses on the followers: trust. As leaders, you need to actively trust your team. This may sound simple, but it is often harder for the...
Give Permission to Be Courageous

Give Permission to Be Courageous

Often the most powerful action you can take to provoke courageous behavior is to give people permission to be courageous. Before starting my own company, I worked for Accenture. It was one of the world’s largest and most respected management and technology consulting...
Physician Heal Thyself

Physician Heal Thyself

Bill Treasurer is a fake! I came to that conclusion about a year after I had become a full-time internal executive coach at Accenture. The role itself was perfect. I had a budget, a good deal of latitude to do the job as I saw fit, and although most of my coachees...