The Brazen Leader

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

Performance Appraisals: Pain in the ass, or panacea??

June 25, 2019 By D. Kevin Berchelmann Leave a Comment

Oh, crap! Another performance review… How many times have we heard--or uttered ourselves--this common lament? I’m guessing “lots” is a fairly accurate response. The better answer, however, is “way too often.” The performance management process … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Misc Business Topics Tagged With: coaching, conflict, development, employee retention, engagement, executive coaching, high performer, leader development, leadership, management, performance appraisal, performance management, performance review

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

Leading: Changing behavior or winning?

March 5, 2019 By D. Kevin Berchelmann Leave a Comment

Do you want to win, or to change behavior? This is a question I frequently ask clients when discussing how best to approach someone in a (usually) tough conversation or conflict. As leaders, if we want to "win" the discussion, we simply flash our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Misc Business Topics Tagged With: change, change leadership, change management, coaching, conflict, empowerment, engagement, executive coach, executive coaching, feedback, management, performance management, relationships

Some Coaching Advice — Gratis

July 27, 2017 By D. Kevin Berchelmann Leave a Comment

I coach several individuals; most at a fairly senior level, some in mid-management. Some are remedial efforts; in other words, we're trying to get an otherwise-valuable employee to step it up a bit in performance. These are challenging, but it's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business Strategies, Change, Goals, Human Resources, Leadership, leadership development, Management, Performance Tagged With: coach, coaching, executive coach

“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Does Leadership Development

July 12, 2017 By D. Kevin Berchelmann Leave a Comment

Leadership development that works This is always an interesting and pertinent topic to me, as the beginning stages - creation, if you will - of leadership development efforts are where success/failure is determined. Implementation is simple, as is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business Planning, Human Resources, Leadership, leadership development, Management, Performance Tagged With: coaching, leader development, leadership training

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