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

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

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

You’ve got a bad attitude…

April 24, 2017 By D. Kevin Berchelmann Leave a Comment

Yeah? Well, you’re ugly. There. We’re all even now. Here’s my issue — attitude, morale, thoughts… none really matter in our workplaces. Sure, we’d love for everyone to have our version of a good attitude. Yes, I can certainly support “good” … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Change, Leadership, Management Tagged With: executive coaching, leadership, management

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