by CQ Master Coach MarilynOh | Sep 12, 2023 | Bias, Coaching, Communication, Leadership, Mentoring, Supervision, Team
We were smiling, laughing, enjoying a relaxed catching up time together around the table, with cups of tea, my two bright adult daughters and I. Shifting to national news, I said in a “this is driving me crazy” tone, “Can you believe these fear based commercials and...
by CQ Master Coach MarilynOh | Sep 5, 2023 | Coaching, Communication, Culture, Leadership
Take a lesson from Goldilocks. You do not want your Communication Directometer™ to show too direct (her porridge “too hot”), getting burned (losing business); or too indirect (“too cold”), also risking losing business. How do you discover what is the cultural...
by CQ Master Coach MarilynOh | Jun 27, 2023 | Coaching, Communication, Culture, Leadership, Mentoring, Supervision, Team
Ego! “I want to know how to convince them of the truth! (they are wrong)!” the leader told me in our initial coaching session, when I asked him to give me an example of his goals of improved negotiation and partnerships. Alarms sounded in my head. This...
by CQ Master Coach MarilynOh | Jun 20, 2023 | Coaching, Communication, Leadership
“You seek a culture of trust, yet you do not trust yourself. How will you establish trust with yourself?” Startled to hear “you do not trust yourself”? I delivered this “Compassionate Edge” Direct Communication Feedback to a Leadership Coaching Client....
by CQ Master Coach MarilynOh | Jun 6, 2023 | Bias, Coaching, Communication, Culture, Leadership
Hi Marilyn O’Hearne asking are you unlocking or limiting potential and innovation? Read on for five scorecard points. Research tells us we spend more time talking with people who are like us. We know the damaging effects of that not only on profitability but also,...