The Brazen Leader

Musings on Leadership, Business, and Things that Make You Go Hmmmm

We Need Reinforcements — Send in the Leaders!

March 22, 2022 By D. Kevin Berchelmann

In my many years of experience growing, coaching and training leaders, I’ve discovered that it’s seldom talent... or training... or give-a-shit... that makes a leader successful, at all but the senior-most (the senior-most) level. It’s … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business Strategies, Change, Coaching, Leadership, leadership development, Management, Performance

My Cheese has Wheels!!

March 29, 2021 By D. Kevin Berchelmann Leave a Comment

https://youtu.be/B7LQDfskny0 My Cheese Has Wheels! Sometimes change is just a little too "in your face." We need to help people get past -- and accept -- change. Spencer Johnson's book is a great metaphor. And remember -- there's only two … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Change, Coaching, Leadership, leadership development, Management, Performance

Top 10 Client Lessons from 2019

December 18, 2019 By D. Kevin Berchelmann Leave a Comment

Another year in the books (or the cloud, or wherever we store history these days). In 2019, we worked with executives in healthcare, technology, contact centers, financial services, higher education and more, and we’ve helped them become better … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business Planning, Change, Coaching, Goals, Leadership, leadership development, Performance Tagged With: ceo, coach, executive, executive coach, leadership, management

The times, they are a’changin’

July 30, 2019 By D. Kevin Berchelmann Leave a Comment

Change is simple; just close your eyes, hold your breath, and wait. It happens. Effective change management, on the other hand, takes some skill. From my view of the world, 3 things are necessary for senior executives to successfully drive … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business Strategies, Change, Leadership, leadership development, Management, Misc Business Topics, Performance Tagged With: change, change leadership, executive coaching, leadership

Needing Leaders… The “make” or “buy” decision…

May 29, 2019 By D. Kevin Berchelmann Leave a Comment

So, do you grow your own leaders from within, or hire someone new with – presumably – the leadership skills you need are unable to find inside your organization?  What do you tell yourself to justify not developing those skills from within your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business Strategies, Change, Human Resources, Leadership, leadership development, Management, Performance Tagged With: change leadership, change management, coach, coaching, development, executive coaching, leadership, leadership training, performance management, promotion, succession

The Missing Leader

February 11, 2019 By D. Kevin Berchelmann Leave a Comment

Someone recently asked me, "What's missing in leaders today?" As I've said 1,000 times, "leadership ain't rocket surgery." Here's what seems to be commonly lacking in unsuccessful leaders today. Any or all of these can impact a leader's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Change, Leadership, leadership development, Management, Misc Business Topics, Performance

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