Adding Value 2/6

Feb 8, 20163 min read

Driving Alignment: 10 Best Practices Leaders Can’t Ignore

One of my coaching clients (we’ll call her Cindy) was in trouble. Cindy’s department was responsible for delivering content marketing for...

Avoid a Leadership Coaching Fumble: 3 Game-Changing Rules

Susan Shapiro

Feb 1, 20163 min read

Avoid a Leadership Coaching Fumble: 3 Game-Changing Rules

Are you among the millions of people who love to watch the Super Bowl? Office chatter in the weeks leading up to the event often focuses...

Leadership 2016: Prepared to Feed Your Creativity?

Susan Shapiro

Jan 12, 20163 min read

Leadership 2016: Prepared to Feed Your Creativity?

“Everything is raw material. Everything is relevant. Everything is usable. Everything feeds into my creativity. But without proper...

When Recognition Backfires: Are Leaders and Teams Seeing the Same Thing?

Susan Shapiro

Dec 7, 20153 min read

When Recognition Backfires: Are Leaders and Teams Seeing the Same Thing?

It happens all the time: two people look at the same image but see something different. In a business setting, that phenomenon can pave...

Lessons for Leadership: Moving Past the Hurdles to Happiness

Susan Shapiro

Dec 1, 20153 min read

Lessons for Leadership: Moving Past the Hurdles to Happiness

“Happiness doesn’t always make you feel happy. Often, happiness requires you to do things that make you feel anxious, resentful,...

Communicating a Powerful Vision: Is Your Team Committed? Or Just Involved?

Susan Shapiro

Nov 3, 20153 min read

Communicating a Powerful Vision: Is Your Team Committed? Or Just Involved?

Ever heard this saying? When it comes to breakfast, chickens are involved but pigs are fully committed. So what’s the business connection...

Why Celebrating Success Today Boosts Performance Tomorrow

Susan Shapiro

Oct 27, 20153 min read

Why Celebrating Success Today Boosts Performance Tomorrow

During my years working at HP, Manuel Diaz was VP of Sales for the Computer Systems Division. During a training event, he spoke to the...

Increasing Your Productivity by…Being Unproductive?

Susan Shapiro

Oct 13, 20153 min read

Increasing Your Productivity by…Being Unproductive?

Yes, you read that correctly. Instead of kicking into high gear to increase your personal efficiency and get more done, try doing the...

The Dangers of Office Gossip: Pope Francis Weighs In

Susan Shapiro

Oct 6, 20153 min read

The Dangers of Office Gossip: Pope Francis Weighs In

Pope Francis may not have specifically preached about the evils of office gossip during his recent U.S. visit, but he has often discussed...

Helping a Job Seeker? Skip the Advice, Start Coaching!

Susan Shapiro

Sep 29, 20152 min read

Helping a Job Seeker? Skip the Advice, Start Coaching!

Even if you don’t work in HR, it’s safe to bet that someone will eventually ask you for job advice. How to find a better position. How to...

Susan Shapiro

Sep 21, 20153 min read

What Color is Your Decision-Making Hat?

Face it, decision making can be hard. We sometimes get into the same old thinking patterns, which may not serve us in every type of...

Business Advice from Albert Einstein: Get to the Point!

Susan Shapiro

Sep 19, 20153 min read

Business Advice from Albert Einstein: Get to the Point!

The lesson here is delightfully summed up by Albert Einstein: “If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” Many...

Relationship Mapping: Because Coffee with Bob is Not a Strategy

Susan Shapiro

Aug 25, 20153 min read

Relationship Mapping: Because Coffee with Bob is Not a Strategy

You check your Enterprise System to get real-time inventory numbers and up-to-the-minute sales figures. But how do you track your...

3 Management Lessons from the Baseball Park

Susan Shapiro

Jul 15, 20152 min read

3 Management Lessons from the Baseball Park

Use clear, concise communications That’s a pretty good lesson for all of us, whether we are on the baseball field or in the conference...

Susan Shapiro

Jun 23, 20154 min read

Your Brain: The New Competitive Edge

In this week’s blog, I interviewed Tony Pottle about the business implications of advances in neuroscience. Tony is the Chief Business...

Susan Shapiro

May 26, 20152 min read

Order Up! Serving Internal Stakeholders

Stakeholder vs. Steak Holder: just another quirky homophone or perhaps an insightful business reminder? I believe it’s the latter,...

Susan Shapiro

May 19, 20153 min read

Moving Your Career to Center Stage

As I work with my coaching clients, I often use the stage as a metaphor for managing career progressions. Some people step into the...

Susan Shapiro

May 5, 20152 min read

Break Out Of Your Reading Rut!

As professionals, many of us spend our days reading. The morning news. An endless stream of emails and text messages. Social media...

Susan Shapiro

Apr 28, 20152 min read

Positivity: Had Your Daily Dose?

In the workplace, negativity is like quicksand. It drags people down. It keeps them stuck in a toxic place, usually without any idea of...

Susan Shapiro

Apr 14, 20152 min read

5 Ways Mentors Can Boost Your Career

Over the years, I’ve provided executive coaching for a wide range of clients, but I usually ask each one of them the same question: who...

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