If the term “executive coach” immediately causes you to think of “fixing a problem”, we’ve got news for you: today is the day your view is going to change. Why? Because its time that executive coaches move out of the remedial perspective and into the spotlight, alongside key specializations and professional coaches, as the true […]
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The Case for Executive Coaching | Talent Sequencing Vision Series
Coaching. A phrase oft wrought with the distinction of self-improvement and positive enhancement. Considered “mission critical” across the realms of sports, entertainment and the like, it is understood to be a key piece of strategy when discussing performance potential and capability. Yet, when included in the business context, the idealization surrounding coaching swiftly takes on […]
Surprising Improvement in Culture Health with This Heat Map
How can you tell if your company’s culture is healthy? It might be hard to answer that question, but there is one thing that you should know for sure: it’s not enough to simply ask the employees–especially not in the age of distributed, remote workforces. That’s why we created the Distributed Culture Heatmap – a […]
Top Coaching Recommendations for Executives | Talent Sequencing Vision Series
When Individual Executive Coaching Should Be Considered While onboarding a new executive hire into a new organization When existing high performance executives are looking to move to the next level of learning & performance When existing executives are require new skills as the company moves from one stage of growth to another Individual executive coaching […]
ELIMINATE FIRST DATE BEHAVIORS | 2021 Talent Sequencing Success Series
FACT #5: Interviewing & assessing executive candidates in 2020 got a whole lot more difficult when forced to do so remotely For many, it felt like 2 out of 3 legs of the interviewing stool got cut off, leaving the interviewer precariously teetering on one spindle, off balance and unable to trust what they were […]
DIGITIZE ONBOARD MONITORING | 2021 Talent Sequencing Success Series
FACT #3: Onboarding new talent in 2021 just got a whole lot harder. In May of 2020, Harvard Business Review felt it important enough to feature this important issue in that month’s issue, https://hbr.org/2020/05/onboarding-a-new-leader-remotely. Not far behind, Forbes picked up the thread in August, https://www.forbes.com/sites/tracybrower/2020/07/12/onboarding-during-the-pandemic-how-to-give-new-employees-a-running-start/ Resolution #3: Deploy a digital onboarding monitoring progress tool like the Executive Integration Assessment to […]
MEASURE COMPANY CULTURE | 2021 Talent Sequencing Success Series
FACT #2:Company cultures during Covid-19 in 2020 was a “tale of 2 cities”—some companies actually IMPROVED their cultures across the pandemic. Yet others saw massive deterioration (see article and analytics of 1.4 million employees and their sentiments around their company’s cultures by MIT Sloan Review published in October 2020, https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/how-companies-are-winning-on-culture-during-covid-19/ ). The difference between companies who were […]
ENGAGE EXECUTIVE PERFORMANCE | 2021 Talent Sequencing Success Series
FACT #1:Going into the 2018 season, the average number of coaches on an NFL team staff is 22.3. Five years ago, the average was 21.5 – a subtle difference, but the trend is clear: In 2013, two teams had as many as 24 coaches on staff. In 2018, 11 teams had at least 24 coaches, including five that have more than 24. If coaching is proactive in athletics, consider its […]
STATE OF THE MIDDLE MARKET & PRIVATE EQUITY, PRE-COVID (PC) TO JUNE 2020
The annual ACG Intergrowth conference is a “must attend” for our Principals every year. As is the case still sweeping the world, this year’s late spring event was cancelled due to COVID-19. The Association for Corporate Growth (www.acg.org) quickly pivoted and introduced the ACG Member Summit, a virtual 3-day event, held during the week of […]
Mental Toughness Webinar Recap
Our Wartime Leadership Series cultivates the most relevant and helpful information to bring to you as videocasts, webinars and more. Thanks to the more than 180 who registered for our first webinar in our Wartime Leadership Series. The first topic was about mental toughness, and had as panelist noted psychometrics expert, Dr. Ryne Sherman from […]