Month: August 2020

  • All
  • Blind Spots
  • Books and Resources
  • Burn Out
  • Career Change
  • Confidence
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Feedback
  • Goal Setting
  • Highly Engaged Leader
  • Hiring/Promoting Without Bias
  • How to Make Your One-to-Ones More Powerful
  • Leadership Advice
  • Meeting Madness
  • Networking
  • Obstacles to Delegation
  • Painless Onboarding
  • Procrastination
  • Speaking up and Finding Your Voice
  • Team building
  • Team Retention Strategies
  • Time Management
  • Time Management to Relieve Anxiety
  • Work Stress
  • Working Remotely
Set your goals for 2025
Goal Setting

Set your intentions for 2025

It’s hard to believe I started the Coaching Minute in 2005 and some of you have been subscribed all that time. Thank you! As a ...
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Brenda’s 2024 Reading List
Books and Resources

Brenda’s 2024 Reading List

Apparently I read more fiction than professional development–29 pieces of fiction, 1 memoir, and 10 professional development books. But reading is reading and for me ...
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Emotional Intelligence

An Opportunity for Empathetic Leadership – Post Election

It felt like there were some important thoughts to share in this post-election moment. Hope you find it helpful.
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The Right Way to Communicate Personal Issues
Leadership Advice

What to Say and What Not to Say When Personal Life Affects Work

Having a little surgery? A baby perhaps? Taking care of elderly parents? Convention wisdom tells us to say as little as possible or to be ...
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How to Prevent Meeting Overload and Boost Productivity
Highly Engaged Leader

Breaking the Cycle: How to Prevent Meeting Overload and Boost Productivity

As a leader do you ever feel like no matter what you do, you can’t seem to feel or see the level of success you ...
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Leadership Advice

Determine if Your Team Can Succeed

Nothing is tougher for a leader right now than determining if you have the right people on your team. It all feels complicated and confusing ...
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Career Baggage
Blind Spots

Career Baggage, are you carrying around some?

I recently calculated that I have conducted more than 10,000 one-hour coaching sessions among my hundreds of clients over the years. This realization caused me to reflect ...
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Limiting Beliefs
Blind Spots

Identify and Silence Your Limiting Beliefs

I have always been weirdly fascinated by people who gain a high level of success and then do something really stupid to mess up their ...
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Team building

Harnessing Psychological Motivators for Growth With The Enneagram Assessment

In today’s Coaching Minute, I share my very favorite and transformative assessment that unveils your unique personality traits and leadership style. Understanding these aspects not ...
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Harnessing Time Management to Alleviate Anxiety
Highly Engaged Leader

Harnessing Time Management to Alleviate Anxiety

Anxiety has surpassed depression as the number one issue with mental health. Addressing anxiety, and stress, can be a very personal journey, and as an ...
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Highly Engaged Leader

Unleash Your Voice: Why Speaking Up Matters in Meetings

Maybe your boss asked you to speak up more in meetings or you simply wish you would but just can’t. Today’s Coaching Minute is for ...
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Highly Engaged Leader

Take The Pain Out Of Onboarding

Just the word “onboarding” seems to evoke so many emotions in leaders. It is the thing we all need to do but don’t ever seem ...
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