Over the past few months I have been shifting my attention to the Hi-Tech industry. I have this sense that there is a need for executive and leadership coaching in this sector, but it really is just a sense right now – unsubstantiated with any facts or data. Those of…
Soft Skills and the Hi-Tech Sector: A Growth Industry
My coaching practice focuses on helping individuals, usually senior and emerging leaders in organizations, to become more effective leaders. In most cases this centres on the so-called Soft Skills, which are those skills required to “help people work and socialize well with others.” In 2015 I wrote a 26-part series…
How Does Self-confidence Drive Success?
March 2017: Last year I completed a blog series on Soft Skills development. The series generated a lot of attention and over the past several months I have had several organizations contacting me to ask permission to either use or republish for their internal use. I have also had requests…
Do We Need Followers To Be a Leader?
Do we need followers to be a leader? How do we position ourselves as a leader in any given context? Over the past couple of weeks I have been confronted again with the question about what leadership looks like in the context of there being no organization to lead. Can…