Look at any HR discussion forum, and you’ll find some version of this question: How can HR get a “seat at the table” and become a strategic business partner? For two decades we have heard about the need for HR to become a strategic partner to the business. The fact is, it still hasn’t happened. […]
Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team™ Roadshow Events
THE FIVE BEHAVIORS OF A COHESIVE TEAM™ SHOWCASE – Plan ahead, register today for an upcoming showcase! Our showcase calendar for 2017 is filling up fast. You are invited to join us for a Live Event or if you’d prefer to attend a virtual event, skip to here to view our webinar dates. Upcoming 2017 […]
Developing the Inner Game of Leadership
For organizations today, the most challenging part of growing leaders is developing their inner game so they will thrive in highly competitive and uncertain futures. Leaders today are under pressure to respond well to rapidly changing demands that were unknown in previous quarters. Almost all businesses we consult with here at Turnkey Coaching Solutions know […]
In Search of More Authentic Leaders
While virtually every leader has a sense of what “authenticity” means, few know how to develop it as a skill. As a result, leadership teams espouse it as a value, but it ends up as a lofty word on a mission statement. Authentic leadership is more important than you might think. From what our coaches […]
Getting to Know Everything DiSC
Everything DiSC® is a personality assessment that helps you build more effective working relationships based on an understanding of different behavioral styles. The research-validated tool helps you understand yourself and others, saving you time, energy, and money. Better employee communication means efficiency on both individual and company levels. See also our brochure. Getting to Know […]
Forget Hired Mercenaries. Leadership Development Coaching is Where It’s At
Organizations that hire outside CEOs to fix problems and issues often don’t succeed. Find out why leadership development coaching is a better tactic. What do today’s organizations do when they get into trouble with productivity? More and more, they are hiring “professional CEOs” to come and bail them out. The idea is that these “hired […]
Local Executive Coaching And Leadership Development Services
Turnkey provides local corporate services all around the US. Our executive coaching programs are custom-designed for each client and may include include 360s, assessments, telephone, skype, or in-person coaching, shadow-coaching, team coaching, manager-as-coach training, board-development and more. The current availability of our in-person coaches will vary depending upon your leader’s location and your program’s requirements […]
A Proven Formula For Improving Employee Retention – Quick Video
Yes, you really can increase retention and enhance performance with a proven, science-backed process. You want high-performance and less turnover, but the problems of disengagement, non-performance, and ongoing hiring/onboarding/training challenges continue to interfere with the success you can see so clearly! Problems: Low morale, poor motivation, and sub-par performance – What’s the solution?!?! And, […]
Emerging Leaders & Leadership Coaching: Making the Most of High-Potential Employees
Avoid high-potential employee turnover with leadership development coaching. Lately, there’s much talk about high-potential employees—employees who are highly intelligent and ambitious with good leadership qualities. The question around the water cooler is, “How do we treat our high-potential employees to ensure we get the most out of them?” But when you look at the statistics […]
Stand Out on the Playing Field with Executive Coaching
Executive coaching helps you improve your performance and win. The Williams sisters are known as two of the most formidable female tennis players in history. But they didn’t get there by accident. Initially coached by their father, they have since worked with a variety of coaches who have helped them refine their games, stay […]
Coach Your Way to Dynamic Job Descriptions
Use executive coaching to create real and relevant job descriptions In today’s fast-paced business environment when duties and responsibilities seem to change as quickly as the wind, how relevant is the job description? Lately, I’ve had more than a few clients tell me they were thinking about abandoning them altogether. I’ve always cautioned my clients […]
How to Hold on to Top Talent without Spoiling Them Rotten with Executive Coaching
Executive coaching helps organizations get the most out of their high-potential programs. One strategy for developing good leadership is to identify “high-po” employees, and to enroll them in programs designed to help them reach maximum potential. But are “high-potential” programs really good for your organization? Or do the negative effects of such programs outweigh […]
Learn to Embrace Chaos with Executive Coaching
Help your organization thrive in a constantly changing business environment with executive coaching. I recently came across Robert Safian’s thought-provoking article in Fast Company titled The Secrets of Generation Flux. The article explored how chaos, when properly managed, can lead to overwhelming success. Safian highlighted successful companies such as Nike, Intuit, and Foursquare that thrived […]
Are We There Yet? Finding Your True Calling with Executive Coaching
An executive coach can help you make the type of intentional career choices that ensure you’re doing what you’re meant to be doing. As an executive coach, I often work with people who struggle with their career paths. They wonder why they aren’t happier in their jobs. They wonder if they are doing what […]
How Well Would You Do in the Shark Tank? Need Some Leadership Coaching?
Seven lessons entrepreneurs can learn from the Shark Tank, and how to refine these lessons through leadership coaching. I love the show Shark Tank. I find it inspiring, shocking, entertaining, provocative, and, above all, instructional. I feel like a business voyeur watching these inventors and budding entrepreneurs parade their sometimes great and sometimes idiotic […]
Mentorship and Coaching: the Breakthrough Key for Up-and-Coming Women Leaders
Harness female brainpower by providing mentorship and executive coaching to women leaders. I was fascinated by an article in the October 15th issue of Fast Company titled Empowered Women Hold the Key to a Business’s Success. According to this article, a study done by Credit Suisse’s research division found that of the 2,400 businesses they […]
Take “Politics” Off Your Dirty Word List
Learn how to successfully navigate office politics with executive coaching. It’s nice to finally turn on the television or radio without being bombarded by campaign ads or election blather. No doubt, this election felt like the longest and most tedious one in my lifetime. Dubbed the “Social Media Election,” we were treated to a […]
Maximize Your Performance through Executive Coaching
With thoughtful steps and good executive coaching, you can mitigate the negative effects of poor performance. A Gallup Poll that shows the majority of American workers are not engaged in their jobs illustrates the negative effects of poor performance. But even people who are engaged can struggle now and again. Do you ever experience inconsistent […]
Brain Science, Executive Training, and Your Success
Rewire your brain with executive training, and increase your chances of success. I recently came across an article in Psychology Today by Ray B. Williams titled How Brain Science Can Change Coaching. The article, which explored how brain science research has significant implications for executive coaching, gave me much to think about. Our brain […]
Building Entrepreneurial Success One Skill at a Time with Leadership Coaching
Entrepreneurs have a set of skills and characteristics that help create not only good ideas, but also good business. Leadership coaching can help develop these skills and characteristics. Every year, Entrepreneur magazine profiles young entrepreneurs under the age of 30 who are highly successful. As I read this year’s article I found myself asking […]
Why You Must Measure the Success of Your Executive Coaching Program
Most executive coaching programs fail because the program’s progress has not been properly measured. This article explores three steps to developing an evaluation framework. Moving forward with a leadership development program is the first step toward helping your organization meet your goals. Yet all too often I see companies spend time and money on […]
The Benefits of Adding Shadow Coaching to Your Leadership Development Training
Make “shadow coaching” a part of your leadership development training, and gain truer understanding of strengths and weaknesses. I’ve always loved this quote about leadership coaching by Betsy Morris, which appeared in an article she wrote a while back in Fortune, about the benefits of coaching: “Coaches are everywhere these days. Companies hire them […]
Want to Be the Best Social Entrepreneur You Can Be? Don’t Forget Your Leadership Development
Social entrepreneurs who are juggling planet, people, and profits can maximize the impact of their organization through leadership development. Like an optimistic virus, the passion for doing good and creating positive transformational change is spreading. We see evidence everywhere of a global shift toward greater awareness and compassion, including in the business world. When Ben […]
Why You Should Use Executive Coaching to Solve Your HR Talent Crisis
Learn how to use executive coaching to improve HR support, resulting in significant improvements to your talent management system. I recently came across an interesting article written by Mike Prokopeak for Talent Management called “The Talent Crisis in Your HR Department.” Basically, the article takes a close look at a study recently done by the […]
Women and Leadership
My entire corporate career was spent in a male-dominated business world. So I was particularly intrigued by Esther Wachs Book’s Why the Best Man for the Job is a Woman: The Unique Qualities of Female Leadership. In it, the author tries to figure out what makes female executives successful. She studies 14 well-known, successful female […]
From Inspiration to Implementation
In today’s uber competitive business environment, you are likely to get some serious points for being creative. Whether you’re creating a new service or product or figuring out ways to differentiate yourself in a crowded marketplace, creativity counts. But what does it mean to be “creative,” and how do you use creativity to your advantage? […]
Keep it to Yourself: Workplace Gossip Begins and Ends with Your Leadership
It seems harmless enough. You share some personal yet titillating information one co-worker told you in confidence with other co-workers. What’s the big deal? According to a recent post by Dan Wisniewski in HRMorning.com, gossip at work is way more common than you think it is. Consider some of the staggering statistics in the article: […]
Are You a Disciplined Listener?
Ram Charan recently posted a blog in the Harvard Business Review titled “The Discipline of Listening.” In the article, he claims that one in four corporate leaders has a listening deficit, and gives a series of tips that will help improve listening skills. I’m just wondering — do we take listening for granted? Is it […]
Do You Have the “KLT Factor?”
In Webster’s Dictionary, trust is defined as “the firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something.” But while we can package the word “trust” neatly in this definition, it’s rarely so easy to determine why we are or are not trusted, why we trust someone or we don’t. Maybe that’s […]
Social Intelligence: A Necessary Leadership Skill
On Leadership and Conversation
Harvard Business Review recently published an article titled “Leadership is a Conversation” in their June 2012 edition, that discussed the waning of the traditional top-down, command-and-control approach to management. The article cites a bunch of reasons why this model has gone by the wayside, including globalization, new technologies, and the new ways in which companies […]
Surviving and Thriving with Stretch Goals
I recently came across an article in Forbes magazine by Steve Denning, titled “In Praise of Stretch Goals.” If you’re not familiar with stretch goals, these are challenging, difficult goals that you are less likely to meet than, say, your annual performance review goals. Like they sound, stretch goals are meant to streeeeeeeetch your professional […]
Seven Essential Qualities of Successful Women Leaders
What is it that successful women leaders have that others do not? I was pondering this very question when I came across a thought-provoking list put together by the Women’s Leadership Exchange. This made me start thinking about what I would put on my own list, and I came up with the seven traits listed […]
How Can Executive Coaching Impact Your Bottom Line?
The International Coach Federation’s Global Coaching Client study, the first study of its kind, found that coaching clients indicate a high return on investment and immense satisfaction. How high is high? The study found that coaching racks up a whopping 700% ROI for organizations. What does this mean? The study stated that an organization that […]
CEO’s Report Executive Coaching is Essential for Rising to the Top
When it comes to strategies for rising to the top, what is fact and what is fiction? The Wall Street Journal recently published an article that interviewed women CEOs of Fortune 500 firms about how they climbed the ladder, and what they see as the biggest myths and truths about advancement. It didn’t surprise me […]
Coach Your Sales Team to Success: Five Ways to Ensure a Successful Sales Coaching Program Gets Results
Bloomberg Business Week recently published an article that discussed the impact of sales coaching on revenue. According to the article most organizations realize that improving the coaching skills of sales managers has a significant impact on overall sales performance. On the heels of this realization, 90% of organizations have implemented training programs designed to improve the […]
Banish Idea Fear
Whether you’re developing a new product or service, brainstorming ways to solve challenges and roadblocks, or — why not — debating a retirement gift for your department’s long-time senior manager, good decisions can’t be made without a healthy exchange of ideas. But in workplace situations, where diverse groups are the exception rather than the norm, […]
Building a Creative, Innovative Culture One Failure at a Time
Sponsor, Mentor, Coach — You Need Them All If You Want to Manage Your Career the Right Way!
The use of mentors has long been advocated as one of the best training and development tools the business world has to offer. There are countless studies that show those who receive mentoring have better skills sets, are happier and more in tune with their jobs, and are easier to retain and engage. If you’ve […]