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My dream job is Wendy Rhoades from “Billions”

This scene of Wendy Rhoades as a high performance coach in the US TV show, “Billions,” sums up my dream job, only, naturally, without the hyperbolic storylines & extreme narcissism. Wendy is there to sort your head out so you can be the best you can be at work. She Read more…

By CaronMargarete, 2 months ago
Business

Be the Sun, Not the Wind, says an Ancient Greek fable: A Lesson in Leadership

The North Wind and the Sun were disputing which was the stronger, when a traveler came along wrapped in a warm cloak. They agreed that the one who first succeeded in making the traveler take his cloak off should be considered stronger than the other. The North Wind blew as Read more…

By CaronMargarete, 3 monthsMarch 1, 2023 ago
Business

The Worst Advice to Give Female Leaders: Grow a pair

She spent so much time consumed by what other people thought of her that it never occurred to her that she could spend that mental bandwidth on learning what she thought of herself instead. She sought acceptance from what others said about her. She believed in her heart that her Read more…

By CaronMargarete, 4 monthsFebruary 5, 2023 ago
Business

What it takes to be a global leader

It would be erroneous to put one’s leadership style under an umbrella term, like servant or transformational. As a result of globalisation, a leader isn’t ‘or’, they are ‘and.’ They are servant and transformational, and all other leadership nomenclatures. Global leadership requires the leader to be malleable to those they lead and Read more…

By CaronMargarete, 6 monthsDecember 15, 2022 ago
Business

Want to get good at something? Get a coach, says Atul Gwanda: Just don’t call me nasty

He called me nasty. It wasn’t a mistake, he repeated it several times. My hurt was immediate and evident, I could feel the tears begin to well. I ended the video call promptly with a “can we discuss this later, I need to take a moment?” A go-to tool I Read more…

By CaronMargarete, 6 monthsDecember 1, 2022 ago
Business

3 Questions to answer before someone can be influenced by you

As leaders, we’re challenged to hone in on our effectiveness with the people we lead. Leading requires you to have influence over others. I’d like to think that you’re positively influencing others, but we all know there are people who are in positions of leadership that I personally would not Read more…

By CaronMargarete, 10 monthsAugust 2, 2022 ago
Coaching Moment

Dig Deep into DEI: Study cultural intelligence

I just saw an image produced by TransforMe Learning & Leadership Solutions that showed a row of female icons with the statement, ‘this is not diversity’. Below it, another row with the statement, ‘this is’. That row showed icons of a wheelchair, a female, a male, the rainbow flag and a black Read more…

By CaronMargarete, 11 monthsJuly 22, 2022 ago
Emotional Intelligence

Dispelling the myth of empathy: A case study

Two different employers, same issue with employee’s pay. Two very different ways of handling it. The employee’s pay didn’t hit their accounts as scheduled. Employer A told the employee to check their account, stating it must be a problem with their bank because he was paid. After the employee did Read more…

By CaronMargarete, 12 monthsJune 30, 2022 ago
Coaching Moment

How to make self-improvement easy: 1% better

“If you start out with $100 at the beginning of the year and you were able to increase what you have by 1% every single day, at the end of the year, you would have $3,778.34 = $100 * (1 + 1%) ^ 365. That is 37.78x what you had Read more…

By CaronMargarete, 12 monthsJune 15, 2022 ago
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Business

How to stay motivated to achieve your goals

Like any goal you aspire towards, finding my next client opportunity has required incremental daily momentum. It’s been really hard to stay motivated to persistently keep searching, applying, calling, following up, asking questions, building relationships, establishing rapport & trust. And yet, the only thing that gets me through is knowing why I Read more…

By CaronMargarete, 1 yearJanuary 30, 2022 ago

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