Executive Coaching & Leadership Development Blogs
How Being ‘Real’ Can Backfire for Leaders — and What True Authenticity Looks Like
Authenticity isn’t a license to overshare or a directive to reveal every doubt. It’s not about being unfiltered or emotionally raw. Instead, it’s about something more nuanced and powerful: Letting your values guide how you show up and communicate consistently, while still remaining empathetic.
When Your Team Says The Unthinkable, Don't Shrink Their Vision
I've seen many organizations struggle to move from strategy to execution, in part because the boldest ideas are filtered out by leaders who fear being accountable for an uncertain path or lack the confidence to translate vision into action.
Rethinking Safety Nets: The Growth Power of 30-Day Accountability
High-performing organizations aren’t defined by long-term contracts—they’re shaped by short-term accountability that reinforces daily value delivery. CEOs who embrace structured pressure build resilient teams, encourage honest feedback, and foster partnerships rooted in trust, not terms.
Why The Best Leaders Must Train Like Elite Athletes
While we celebrate athletic champions with medals and multimillion-dollar contracts, society often hesitates to laud business leaders with the same enthusiasm. Leadership excellence requires grit, experience, and spirit no less demanding than an Olympic-level performance. And it’s time we started viewing it that way.
How to Rewrite the Mental Scripts That Are Quietly Sabotaging Your Success as a Leader
Even top-performing executives are held back by silent internal scripts — learn how to spot them, rewrite them and lead with renewed clarity and confidence.
College Graduates Lack This One Specific Skill Your Business Needs — Here’s How to Get It Anyway
Most graduates are told not to use AI, then show up to jobs built around it, and it’s on founders to close that gap before it drags the business down.
Make This Counterintuitive Move to Become a More Effective Leader
In business cultures obsessed with speed and decisiveness, restraint can be one of the smartest forms of strategy.
The Power Move Most Leaders Overlook — and How It Wins in High-Stakes Moments
When neutrality is practiced intentionally, it becomes a quiet superpower for steady leadership and smarter decisions.
Closing The Feedback Gap: Building Trust For Honest Conversations
In high-performing teams, honesty doesn’t come just from feeling safe. It stems from trust and respect; trust means believing that others have good intentions, and respect means caring enough to deliver truth thoughtfully. Together, they form a foundation where candor can live.
Leaders Aren’t Judged on Effort — They’re Judged on Their Judgment. Here’s How to Sharpen Yours.
The higher you go, the less you know — and the more every call can define your career. At the top, judgment is no longer about efficiency. It’s about impact. And it’s harder than ever.
The Surprising Strategy Smart Leaders Use to Outpace Disruption
In a world where AI is reshaping industries overnight, agility is a leader’s greatest asset. The companies thriving aren’t the fastest or the biggest, but the ones built to adapt.
Want to bring momentum into your life? Focus on Action and not perfection
In my work as an executive coach, I meet many bright, capable, ambitious leaders who still hold onto the opposite mindset. They’re carrying around the weight of things people said to them years ago. Whether that’s “I’m not ready,” I’m not qualified enough,“ or “Someone else can do it better.” But most of the messages have little merit, and I encourage people to focus on taking action instead.
Why EQ, not IQ, makes or breaks leaders
Leaders rarely fall short because they lack intelligence, but because they lack emotional intelligence. Research supports this: High emotional intelligence in leaders is linked to stronger team communication, performance, and innovation, while low-EQ environments see more burnout, conflict, and turnover. The good news? Emotional intelligence is a muscle you can strengthen with feedback and practice.
When a President Can’t Pick Their Own Team: The Hidden Cost of Corporate Control
There’s a quiet, growing frustration among division presidents, particularly those running billion-dollar businesses within larger enterprise ecosystems. They carry full P&L responsibility, are expected to drive innovation, culture, and bottom-line performance, yet often don’t get to choose their own team.
The Energy Audit Is In: Why Executive Burnout Puts Strategy—And The Whole Business—At Risk
We’ve probably all seen it too many times. A once-vibrant CEO, sharp and decisive, starts stalling. Vision becomes vague. Decisions grow reactionary. Innovation flatlines. Everyone else sees the symptoms, but the leader—the very person meant to set the pace—is running on empty and doesn’t even realize it. And yet, despite the massive impact, the energy levels of top leaders are almost never treated as business-critical. That needs to change.
How To Create An Inclusive Culture That Thrives In The Hybrid Workplace
In the last two years, the challenge of building and maintaining a strong company culture has exploded. It is now a complex product of intentional digital communication and empathetic leadership. The shift to hybrid offers entrepreneurs a chance to expand their talent pool and skyrocket innovation. However, it also creates the critical risk of employee isolation.
The Challenge Of Leadership: Power Without Ego, Humility Without Weakness
Throughout my career, I’ve often told my teams: “Leadership matters.” But great leadership is rare. Why? Because the strongest leaders live in the tension of dissonant qualities. As Jim Rohn once said: “The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.”
Rebuilding Trust: Regaining Credibility After Organizational Shakeups
When we experience significant organizational disruptions—whether it’s a merger, a major restructuring or the difficult decision to implement layoffs—employee trust is often the first casualty. I’ve seen this pattern repeat countless times in my work as an executive coach.
Why Coaching Every Employee Is A Smart Talent Strategy
Coaching shouldn’t be reserved only for executives. When organizations invest in coaching across all levels, they unlock hidden potential, boost engagement, and build a stronger culture of growth. By empowering every employee, companies set the stage for long-term success and retention.
CxO In the Spotlight: Culture starts at the top
Michel Koopman notes that as we navigate the complexities of global business, learning the art of expressing ourselves effectively and empathetically is not merely a skill to be acquired—it’s essential.