Blog - The Leadership Coaching Lab

“Each individual person is on their own growth trajectory.” — KIM SCOTT

Think about your last three one-on-one meetings with your direct reports.

What did you discuss?

Chances are, you reviewed project updates, clarified priorities, worked through an obstacle, or checked in on an upcoming deadline. Perhaps you add...

“If you want to lead a learning organization, improving the quality of feedback is job one.” — AMY EDMONDSON

Imagine you've spent six months working with an executive coach.

You've gained valuable insights into your leadership style, identified habits that aren't serving you well, and developed new strategies for communicating, delegati...

“What are you good at? What do you love? Both are necessary.” — Julie Lythcott-Haims

You're good at your job. People trust you, depend on you, and regularly turn to you when something needs to get done.

You deliver results. You solve problems. You've built a reputation for being capable and reliable.

So why does so much of you...

“Mutual accountability for shared purpose and goals may be the hallmark of the team discipline.” — Jon R. Katzenbach & Douglas K. Smith, The Wisdom of Teams

Put talented people together and you should get an amazingly high-performing team.

Except we know it doesn't always work that way.

A team can be filled with smar...