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Read ArticleCan’t Do It All? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, A couple of months ago I received a promotion I was really hoping for. Now I have fifteen direct reports where I used to have seven. Everything I am reading says I should be doing...
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Read ArticleTired of Being Nasty? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, I lead a business for a global company. I am very bright and hardworking, have risen fast, and continue to rise. I will probably end up being a senior leader for the company...
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Read ArticleUse Care When Introducing Coaching Skills to Managers
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Read ArticleYour Boss Expects You to Be Perfect All the Time? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, I am smart, I work hard, and I am a pleaser. These qualities have made me very successful. I am now a senior manager in a fast-paced, high-pressure service business. My problem is...
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Read ArticleBoss Is Having Hot Flashes? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, My boss is amazing. She has been a mentor for me and I admire her and learn from her every day. She has freakish stamina, is extremely bright and creative, and has a ton of...
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Read Article4 Ways To Gain Power And Use It For Good
Power. The word itself evokes a reaction. What thoughts or feelings do you have when you think of power? Perhaps you picture an organizational chart where the boxes at the top are imbued with more...
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Read ArticleYelled at Your Direct Report and Feel Terrible About It? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, I really messed up—and I’m so embarrassed I’m thinking of quitting my job. I yelled at one of my direct reports during a team meeting. I was very tired because I had been up all...
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Read Article3 Keys to Empowering People at Work
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Read ArticleStop Taking on Other People’s Problems—3 Tips from an Executive Coach
“I don’t have enough hours in the day to get my work done.” It’s a common complaint I hear from my coaching clients—especially those who are newer to a management role. Very often when we are...
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Read ArticleBoss Is Over-Promising and Expecting You to Deliver? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, I am at my limit and hope you can help. I am a senior team leader with a very high performing intact team. We have a new, very inexperienced board who is wreaking havoc with the...
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Read ArticleFeel Like You’ve Been Set Up to Fail? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, I have just started a job at a well regarded local firm. I have many years of office experience, but this is the largest firm I have ever worked for. My job is as an admin to a...
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Read ArticleThe Negative Impact of Self-Serving, Controlling Leaders
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Read ArticleFrustrated with Poor Management? Ask Madeleine
Hi Madeleine, I work in a membership organization with a very old-fashioned outlook and a hierarchical structure. I am not a manager, but I did have one direct report at a previous employer. I am...
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Read Article5 Characteristics of Servant Leaders
Let’s imagine for a moment that you are a scientist running a grand experiment on leadership. Your laboratory is an organization with hundreds of leaders at varying levels, and with technology,...
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Read ArticleCan’t Keep Covering for a Direct Report? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, I am a regional VP for a global services company. I get excellent performance reviews, have been promoted regularly, and have had some employees tell me I’m the best boss they’ve...
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Read ArticleIs Your Organization High Performing? A Quick Quiz
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Read ArticleStepping into a Big Mess as a New Manager? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, I started a new job as a senior leader for a large manufacturing firm about four months ago—and I still haven’t gotten to the bottom of the disaster I’ve walked into. All I heard...
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Read ArticleCrafting Your Own Personal SWOT Matrix
During my time as a coach, I have often utilized SWOT analyses to help teams analyze their organization’s Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. This is a simple, user-friendly method...
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Read ArticleConcerned about a Difficult Employee? Ask Madeleine
Dear Madeleine, I have an employee who hates me. I have been supervising and managing people for 25 years and this has never happened to me before. I’ve been to training classes, attended...
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Read ArticleLeading Effectively from Start-up Growth to Maturity: Identifying the Four Stages of Development
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