When we are trying to build our leadership capacity, the concepts that seem most simple are often not easy to embody. Simple concepts. Recently a client came to a coaching session ecstatic about a book that I had asked her to read (over her vacation, nonetheless). After her vacation, when she returned to work and […]
Sometimes in the drive to get things done, leaders inadvertently run roughshod over people. Yet, these same leaders are horrified to find that others perceive them to be uncaring, not compassionate, or even downright abrasive. They lament that they really do care about people and they hate that they are perceived as they are. Regardless, […]
Ever dream of being a virtuoso singer, having a zero-handicap golf stroke, or cooking like a world class chef? Not in your cards? You just don’t have the natural talent, you say? Not so fast. According to a burgeoning abundance of literature on the topic of talent and performance improvement, talent has, well, little to […]
Leaders have to be strong, don’t they? They have to demonstrate that they are decisive, resolute, and that they have the answers. Don’t they? That’s what we’ve been taught. Especially women, but a fair number of men as well, feel the pressure to wear a certain persona of confidence and competence, to display an unwavering […]
Bestselling author Stephen R. Covey died this week of injuries that he sustained from a bicycle accident in April. (Official Press Release.) We know the great personal loss of his passing to his family and those who knew him. It is a great loss to the rest of us as well, who benefited from his […]
This month, Financial Executive Magazine published an article that I wrote for financial officers. (Click here to read it.) The article was titled “Leading with Personal Mastery,” and spoke to the challenge that CFOs have in fulfilling a dual role. Dual roles to fulfill. On one hand, CFOs are responsible for guarding the financial integrity […]
In the last two weeks, much has been made of a study that claims that women are better leaders than men. In a Harvard Business Review blog post on March 15, 2012, the authors of the study, Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman, wrote that women outperformed men in 12 of 16 leadership competencies, according to […]
In my last post, I talked about the need for leaders to get comfortable with ambiguity. One of the reasons that leaders are often so uncomfortable with ambiguity is that they focus so much on doing, instead of focusing on being. Being is the character, the beliefs, the YOU that you bring to leadership. But […]
Developmental training is a process, not an event. What leaders do to support training initiatives will determine, more than anything else, whether learning is retained after the initial training event. Unsupported, days spent in developmental training quickly turn into enjoyable boondoggles that are quickly forgotten. This week, I presented a proposal to train an organization’s […]
In last week’s post, I tackled the question of whether leadership can be learned (Yes) and I provided five critical skills and practices to cultivate to help build real leadership capacity. I noted that learning to lead is as much about learning to connect with and be in relationship with people as it is about […]
Lessons for leaders in Donald Trump’s surprising win
This week’s US Presidential election represented one of the most stunning political upsets that most of us alive today have ever witnessed.
Regardless of how you...
Marie Peeler of Peeler Associates to Speak at ECCF’s Institute for Trustees, March 25
PEMBROKE and HAMILTON, MA, ISSUED MARCH 10, 2017… Marie Peeler, founder and principal of Peeler Associates, an executive coaching and leadership development firm working with individuals and...
