Executive Coaching

Educational articles geared towards enhancing leadership, influence, and self-management at the executive and management levels.

20 11, 2015

How to Improve Employee Retention

By |2016-11-18T19:44:54-06:00November 20th, 2015|Categories: Employee Selection, Executive Coaching, Team Building|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

When we talk about employee retention, we're talking about the specific length of time a given employee (or group of employees) stays in their job. Here are some facts: Average annual turnover across all industries was 15.7% in 2014. Employee turnover has been gradually increasing every year since 2011. The American Management Association (AMA) estimates the [...]

13 11, 2015

Why You Need to Make Employees Feel Important

By |2016-11-18T19:44:54-06:00November 13th, 2015|Categories: Executive Coaching, Team Building|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

How to Win Friends and Influence People. One of the most instructive books I've ever read on human relations is How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. Mr. Carnegie developed this book over the course of many years, having done an incredible amount of research and experimentation. Throughout the book, the famous Mr. Carnegie provides [...]

9 11, 2015

Train Employees In Leadership

By |2016-11-18T19:44:54-06:00November 9th, 2015|Categories: Executive Coaching, Team Building|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Leadership skills for your employees Some are born a leader, some learn how to be a leader, and some are put in a position of leadership whether it was their choice or not. Whatever the case may, leadership is needed in every organization and at every level, from CEO to regular employee. Like a highly [...]

21 10, 2015

DISC Personality Test – What does it measure?

By |2016-11-18T19:44:55-06:00October 21st, 2015|Categories: Employee Selection, Executive Coaching, Team Building|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |3 Comments

You might have heard of a DISC Personality Test or "DISC Profile" before. In this post, we will explain what a DISC assessment actually is - and is not. DISC tests do not actually measure personality! This is the most common misunderstanding with DISC assessments. Many people assume they measure personality, but this is not [...]

1 10, 2015

What is Job Benchmarking?

By |2016-11-18T19:44:55-06:00October 1st, 2015|Categories: Employee Selection, Executive Coaching, Team Building|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Job Benchmarking Defined Job Benchmarking is the process of creating a point of reference against which a particular job may be compared or assessed. Most human resources departments perform job benchmarking on some level, and this generally precedes the writing of job descriptions. Most of us are familiar with reviewing such job descriptions. They generally describe how the job is done and [...]

6 05, 2015

Company Culture and Why Yours Needs to Change

By |2016-11-18T19:44:55-06:00May 6th, 2015|Categories: Executive Coaching, Planning & Execution, Team Building|Tags: , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Company Culture Can Have the Biggest Impact on Your Long-Term Business Goals When a company grows, the company culture needs to evolve with it. Whether it's adding new customers, revenue, employees, executives, or products to your company, the company culture will be important for sustaining growth and high performance. Many executives will often neglect building [...]

8 03, 2015

Time Management Skills Developed in 3 Easy Steps

By |2016-11-18T19:44:55-06:00March 8th, 2015|Categories: Executive Coaching, Self-Management|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

Time Management Skills. Time Management - most of us have a love-hate relationship with these two words, and for good reason: time management is important yet difficult. When we properly manage our time and things go as planned, we can feel as though we are on top of the world. On the other hand, when we don't it [...]