by Dr. Jeff Kaplan | Jul 22, 2022 | Blog Posts, Coaching
When you’ve exhausted all your options with an employee in your business, it may be time to fire them. This is a difficult conversation to handle in the workplace. As a leader in a business, if you have to fire someone, it needs to be done with compassion. Dr....
by Dr. Jeff Kaplan | Mar 21, 2022 | Blog Posts, Coaching
Jeff Kaplan, 3/20/22 An employee complain to you as their manager about another employee and say, “But you can’t say anything. I don’t want them to know that I told you.” Ever happen to you? My response to this employee is, “Really? Grow up.” You’re not childhood...
by Dr. Jeff Kaplan | Jan 20, 2022 | Blog Posts, Coaching
Developing Leadership Confidence is a Myth Unless you`re a narcissist, you have experienced a lack of confidence at some point in your career, likely during a transition to a new role. Coaching clients and their managers often ask for ‘’developing confidence’’ to be...
by Dr. Jeff Kaplan | Dec 10, 2020 | Blog Posts, Coaching
Contrary to popular belief, the goal of a parent is not to raise children. The purpose of a parent is to raise happy, independent, productive adults. What gets in the way? “Overparenting”. That is, the parent gets caught up in a...
by Dr. Jeff Kaplan | Aug 17, 2020 | Blog Posts, Coaching
If you work in a medium to large sized company that has been around awhile, it’s fair to assume you are in the middle of, have recently gone through, or will shortly go through a turnaround situation. Managers and leaders are sometimes asked to “retire” in...
