Coach-on-Demand Podcasts™

How to Come Aboard and Not Rock the Boat.

How to Avoid Hitting a Brick Wall in Your First Month in a New Role or New Job.

It is very important to get off to a great start when coming into a new company or a new position within your current company. Making the right moves in your first few months can lay the groundwork for long-tern success. On the other hand making the wrong moves can derail you permanently.

No Really, I’d Rather Do It Myself.

Managing Up with Your Micromanaging Boss.

You know what it’s like. You’re giving it your best, you know what you’re doing, really, things are under control, but your boss just seems to be having trouble letting go and letting you run with your responsibilities. Whatever the reason none of us really likes being micromanaged nor can we do our best work under the microscope. Learning how to manage up with that micromanaging boss is key to your success as at one time or another we all find ourselves in this situation. Want to learn how to get a handle on it? Listen in.

How To Deal With Someone Whom You Believe Might be Trying to Sabotage You

Sometimes it’s difficult to determine if a coworker is out to sabotage you or if something else entirely is going on. In many situation our preconceived notions about someone can completely color the way we see them and their actions in an unfair and inaccurate way. That’s called prejudice. Remember, it’s a quantum world and before you conclude that someone is engaging in sabotage you owe it to yourself and the other person to do your best to determine the reality of what’s going on before your own actions contribute to evoking the very behavior from the other that you desperately do not want. Listen in and we’ll give you three action steps you can take to deal with a potential saboteur.

Learn How Your Relationship Building skills (Networking by any other name) Are as Important as Your Subject Matter Expertise.

Most people think of networking as something you do when you’re looking for a job, and an activity where you’re looking for others to help you. Further, I’d say that when most people think about networking images of being a phony and using others come to mind. The truth is, networking is one of the key skills you need to succeed at work today. As we’ve discussed in another podcast your technical or subject matter expertise can get you in the door and establish your credibility, but aside from doing a good job it is your ability to build strong internal and external relationships characterized by high levels of trust and commitment that makes the difference in your overall success. Listen in to learn how to make networking a part of what you do everyday in the normal course of your work.

How to Become a More Conscious Leader and Create a Healthy, Energetic Culture for Your Team or Organization.

My guest today, Rebecca Watson, has spent nearly 20 years coaching senior leaders on how to create high performing teams and a healthy, vibrant culture in their workplaces. She is a master coach, author, speaker and online trainer hoping to share her knowledge as widely as possible so people don’t suffer under poor leadership. Her most recent book is entitled “Conscious Leadership - And The Power Of Energetic Fields.” Rebecca is based in London, England.

What Do Emotions Have to do with Leadership?

Why Your Success Depends on Your Leadership EQ and Your Business Skills

Talking about emotions at work has traditionally been discouraged. Dealing with feelings was often dismissed as “touchy-feely” or soft—certainly not in the same category as hard business skills. At best, it was considered fluff; at worst, a nuisance.

But that thinking is changing. Research now shows that the most effective leaders consistently demonstrate something called emotional intelligence—or EQ—alongside strong business acumen and smarts.

Curious? Want to know how to build your own EQ and boost your leadership impact? Listen in—we’ll give you the lowdown on how to develop emotional intelligence and lead with greater effectiveness.

The Key to Working With Difficult People is Not to Focus On How You’d Like Them to Change, But Rather on How You Need to Change to Be Successful.

No matter what walk of life we choose we are always going to run across individuals whom we find difficult to successfully work with. Now just because we find someone to be difficult doesn’t necessarily mean that we can write them off as a jerk, and if we do we’ve learned nothing about how to deal with people in these situations. When we label someone as just being a difficult person it leads us to the belief that they own 100% of the problem, and as we’ve talked about in other podcasts, we always have some part of the responsibility when interactions and relationships become problematic. The real key to success in situations like this is entirely dependent upon where we focus our attention. If you’d like to learn where to focus your attention so that you can successfully work with people whom you experience as difficult just give a listen.

What to do when you’re a good ways into a collaborative project and you realize in your gut that you're just not into it?

Your ability to be truly honest with others is dependent upon your ability to be honest with yourself about your feelings. Taking your feelings into consideration when making important decisions and commitments gives you the capability to make better decisions and avoid making commitments that your heart just can’t make. If you’d like to learn how to get better at including your feelings in major decisions and commitments give a listen.

You’re leading a high profile change effort and despite the fact that all of the key players say they’re totally on board you keep running into resistance. In this cast we show you how to identify the source of that resistance, but more importantly how to overcome it with grace and style. What more could you ask for?

How To Do Training and Development Right In An Online, Zoom Work World.

Whether you’re a provider or consumer of online training it’s important to understand how the online learning experience vastly differs from that of the in-person classroom. Taking material developed for the in-person classroom and just pushing it online doesn’t work and bores your learners to tears. Want to learn what makes for successful and engaging online learning? Give a listen to my interview with Curt Dowdy, CEO of InnerProfessional on what works and what to look for in your next online learning experience.