The Brazen Leader

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

Coaching Slugs… What if they just don’t get it??

February 25, 2021 By D. Kevin Berchelmann Leave a Comment

» Light's on, nobody's home. » She just doesn't get it. » How'd he slip through HR? » The 80/20 rule... Or, my personal favorite... » A waste of time. As egalitarian and "fair" as we sometimes hope to be, there's no getting around … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business Strategies, Coaching, Human Resources, Leadership, leadership development, Management, Performance Tagged With: coaching, empowerment, executive coach, executive coaching, leadership, leadership development, management, performance management, training

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 Courageous Leader

October 28, 2019 By D. Kevin Berchelmann Leave a Comment

Courageous Leadership. I’m not talking about hand-to-hand, gun-to-gun, charge the hill type of courage. No, bravery in battle is not the same thing as courageous leadership. And make no mistake about it—leaders need courage to be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Human Resources, Leadership, leadership development, Management, Misc Business Topics Tagged With: change, change leadership, decision making, executive coaching, leadership, management

Weaknesses aren’t Kryptonite, they just aren’t strengths…

September 27, 2019 By D. Kevin Berchelmann Leave a Comment

Not too long ago, I worked with a group of executives for a fast-growing client. Two things struck me as interesting, and somewhat of a paradox: First, they were all reasonably successful in their jobs (and their jobs were substantially the same, … [Read more...]

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

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

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