by Jeff Kaplan | Jul 18, 2019 | Blog Posts, Coaching
As an executive coach, I’ve found myself in situations similar to the scenarios I highlighted in my previous blog post: The Reality of Coaching on the Edge – Part 1, as well as many more situations like those. And, like it or not, you will find yourself in situations...
by Jeff Kaplan | Jul 18, 2019 | Blog Posts, Coaching
Organizational leaders essentially want two things when they hire an executive coach: answers and assurance. What they receive extends a little further: non-judging support, challenge, honest feedback, insight & perspective, and a structure. When leaders...
by Jeff Kaplan | Jun 8, 2018 | Blog Posts
Using Role Play in Executive Coaching How many leaders struggle with having difficult conversations? Some leaders struggle with telling their manager what she doesn’t want to hear? Some struggle with giving critical feedback to a direct report? And others...
by Jeff Kaplan | May 31, 2018 | Blog Posts
Coaching is more often than not used for senior leaders and emerging leaders within an organization. It is also used regularly for leaders in the transition to a new organization or role. The purpose of the coaching assignment is to accelerate the development cycle...
by Jeff Kaplan | May 9, 2018 | Blog Posts, What is Executive Coaching
What is Coaching? Much of executive coaching is about identifying different perspectives to a problem or situation that then helps the coachee get unstuck. When we were very young, we realized that each problem has an infinite amount of solutions available to solve...