The world is experiencing a staff shortage; people are starting their own businesses, pursuing new careers, or simply looking for fresh air. Among the varied valid reasons someone decides to leave us, the leading cause is always poor leadership. It can be that the company's culture isn't...
Our employees take much more than guidance and instructions from us; they also perceive and get affected by our energy. Whether we are conscious about it or not, our interactions with our teams can be either energy draining or energizing. However, we can have a couple of things in mind to...
For a very long time, visiting a psychologist or a therapist was seen as a sign of madness, mental weakness, or worse. It took time until people realized that one thing had nothing to do with the other. With executive coaching, it happens something similar. Many people believe that a leader...
All of us have new year resolutions, and, depending on the statistic we look at, we'll find that half of them or even more are abandoned and forgotten. The end of a cycle and the beginning of a new one are attached to emotional components that compel us to set goals and plan big changes. The...
When we see a successful leader, it is common to forget about the challenges they overcame to get to that refined point of leadership. What we see in those cases is the final result of a process that perhaps lasted for years or even decades.
In this episode, I'm joined by a frequent...
Spending more time with our co-workers than with our families is some sort of universal truth applicable to almost every country in the world. In some cases, this statement might lead to a distorted meaning of our work's purpose, which is supporting our lives in whatever we choose to do with...
Blind spots are something every person behind the wheel learned to deal with. We can't escape the fact that even though we maximize the precautions, they are there and represent great danger. Still, apart from being dangerous, the concept of blind spots fascinates me. Thinking about massive...
Vulnerability is often associated with weakness when in reality, it is quite the opposite. From a leadership perspective, showing vulnerability could encourage people to be more open about their own struggles and find quicker and more effective solutions.
Today, I have the pleasure of...
Today's episode was inspired by Spencer Johnson's excellent book, Who Moved My Cheese? The book's parable perfectly fits the current situation in the world, where changes no one predicted put everyone's lives upside down.
In this episode, we talk about change, fear of the unknown,...
Adaptability is one of the main attributes of human beings; the ability to adapt and overcome virtually any challenge imposed by nature is one of the main reasons we still walk the earth. But the evolution, the growth is not free; there is a price to pay for it. We can either pay with suffering...
Storytelling is as old as humankind; people would tell stories to entertain, deceive, or explain things that happened, amongst many other reasons. With time, people created legends; these stories were passed down from generation to generation to teach and inspire others. These stories would...
This week, as I saw my kids getting ready to go back to school, I caught myself thinking about the imminent routine changes we'll experience at home. I believe it is an excellent opportunity to surf on those changes' momentum and make adjustments in other areas of our lives. It is also a great...
