Posts by Karen Jones

When I went back to school for my Executive Coaching Certification after 30+ years of practicing psychotherapy, I had the privilege of studying with Renald (Relly) Nadler, Psy.D.  I have found his book, Leading With Emotional Intelligence: Hands-On Strategies for Building Confident and Collaborative Star Performers (2011) an indispensable resource.  The other day I was perusing my…

Ever wonder why people do what they do?  Ever wonder what influences people to do what they do?  Ever wonder how you might better influence people to do what they do?  After all, what businesses, practices, or corporations don’t have an agenda that involves selling products or performing services?  When I was in private practice…

Continuing from last week’s blog with the concept of social recognition as both a motivator and performance manager as outlined by Mosley & Derek (2021) in Making Work Human: How Human-Centered Companies Are Changing The Future of Work And The World.  Remember, they combine the principles of Positive Psychology with technological advances in crowd sourcing.  They…

I was working with a company recently and wanted to help them update their employee review process to better reflect the kinds of things we focus on in Dare To Lead™.  I was surprised to find so many HR and executive and leadership coaching sites still using the old fashioned annual checklist of qualities and tasks…

Yup, another week of Patrick Lencioni.  Thankfully, no fables!  This week we’ll consider the topic of: organizational health.  At it’s core, organizational health is about integrity, but not in the ethical or moral way that integrity is defined so often… An organization has integrity –is healthy—when it is whole, consistent, and complete… when its management,…

This week, we focus on the remaining three dysfunctions of a team, based on Patrick Lencioni’s seminal work: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable (2002).  Please see the Team Coaching 2 blog for team dysfunctions one and two.  Again, we’ll focus on a positive spin.  What follows is a summary of pages 207 – 218. Dysfunction…