Meet Bob: Just two years after being promoted to a coveted Vice President role at his organization he is struggling…big time. He is always tired, anxious, and overworked. Turnover on his team is way above norms. His manager has met with him twice in two months to express concern about his performance. Bob doesn’t understand […]
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I had a bit of time before a flight the other day so I stopped at a little airport café. Instead of tucked off to one side or another of the terminal, the café sat right in the middle of the hallway directly between gates on either side. One side of the café had a […]
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My daughter turns two very soon. The classic “the days are long, but the years are short” is probably the truest parenting cliché of them all. The hours before bedtime often feel like an eternity (especially during nights like last night where she decided the tub was a fantastic place to poop), but these years […]
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Even as the leader of a coaching company, I still need ongoing support to develop my own leadership capabilities. Even though I talk about leadership principles much of the day, I still need a third party to help me see my blindspots and overcome obstacles. Leading people is hard, messy and things are constantly changing. […]
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Leadership development is an important concept no matter who you are. Which of these scenarios do you identify with? You are a leader that is trying to strategize ways to increase organizational employee engagement and retention. Or maybe you are a manager of teams that wants to enable their employees to continue to advance to […]
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve likely been hearing a lot of conversation around vulnerability and why you need to be a vulnerable leader. So…what is vulnerability? Webster defines vulnerability as capable of being physically or emotionally wounded; open to attack or damage. Well no wonder we tend to avoid this idea of […]
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Our motto here at Ama La Vida is “always be bettering.” It reflects our internal desire to always be learning and growing as individuals and our passion for supporting our clients to improve themselves and their lives. When our Leadership Coaching team developed a new assessment to help individuals identify their leadership style, I couldn’t […]
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