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Forbes Council Founding Member 2015-2017
What I did with the Council
I was approached to be a founding member of the Forbes Coaches Council due to my thought leadership and coaching career. This council was the first of it’s kind before the other industry vertical councils were developed. During my time with this group, I provided thought leadership on topics related to leadership, management, and workplace culture.
Forbes: 10 Mistakes You’re Making When Building Thought Leadership
10 Mistakes You're Making When Building Thought Leadership Developing your personal brand through thought leadership takes more than just getting your name to show up in a Google search. Know your purpose for being a thought leader — and make sure it's specific so...
Forbes: 10 Ways To Make Everyone On Your Remote Team Feel Connected
10 Ways To Make Everyone On Your Remote Team Feel Connected Telecommuting continues to be on the rise as more companies realize its various benefits, such as greater productivity, better retention, and lower real estate and overhead costs. However, one aspect of...
Forbes: How To Train Leaders To Think More Strategically About The Future
How To Train Leaders To Think More Strategically About The Future Successful leaders must work more than a step ahead these days. While adopting a multi-perspective approach to strategy that sees in all directions and anticipates the future doesn't come naturally to...
Forbes: Considering Team Building? Here’s How To Prepare Your Employees
Considering Team Building? Here's How To Prepare Your Employees Team building helps team members see each other in a different way by opening up new ways of connecting and communicating — something that can be highly beneficial when working on tough problems in a...
Forbes: How To Compete With The Younger Generation When You Can Only Work 9-5
How To Compete With The Younger Generation When You Can Only Work 9-5 You're a working parent who can only work 9-5, and you're worried about staying competitive against the younger generation who appear not only to have few responsibilities but also a willingness to...
Forbes: 10 Reasons The Smartest Employees Are Underperforming
10 Reasons The Smartest Employees Are Underperforming While the source of motivation at work is different for everyone, there may be some key reasons smart employees are underperforming. Whether it’s time management or an overwhelming amount of tasks, recognizing the...
Forbes: Seven Downsides To The Collaborative Culture Boom
Seven Downsides To The Collaborative Culture Boom According to some research, collaborative activities have increased by 50% or more in the last 20 years. But is collaborative culture all its cracked up to be? After all, who is going to get all the work done while...
Forbes: 10 Unique Ways To Motivate Your Team
10 Unique Ways To Motivate Your Team More than ever, a leader’s job is to do more than shout orders from a corner office. Today, leaders must work hands-on with their teams, understand each person’s unique strengths, and finally, have an engagement strategy in order...
Forbes: 13 Characteristics Of A High-Performing Team (And How Leaders Can Foster Them)
13 Characteristics Of A High-Performing Team (And How Leaders Can Foster Them) Finding the right people to fill roles at your organization isn’t the only thing that matters when it comes to forming high-performance teams. Leaders also have to understand how each...
Forbes: 11 Apps Professionals Can Use To Stay Focused
11 Apps Professionals Can Use To Stay Focused With so many apps to choose from, it can be hard for busy professionals to identify the most beneficial and high-quality ones. To help you get started, we asked 11 members of Forbes Coaches Council to name one app they...
Forbes: 15 Reasons Your Best Employees Quit And How To Stop Them
15 Reasons Your Best Employees Quit And How To Stop Them Employees leave for lots of reasons. A recent Fast Company article argued that employees who change jobs more often get paid more and have higher learning curves. But what about the companies who are left in the...
Forbes: 13 Ways To Deal With Unexpected Career Turns
13 Ways To Deal With Unexpected Career Turns Many people end up with jobs and lives they didn’t expect. If you’re unhappy with the direction your career has taken, however, not all is lost — changing your circumstances can start with a simple mindset shift. We...
Forbes: 13 Ways Leaders Can Better Understand The Unique Strengths Of Their Team Members
13 Ways Leaders Can Better Understand The Unique Strengths Of Their Team Members Understanding the unique strengths of your team TISI +% is the surest way to both help your company achieve its larger goals and help employees feel engaged and motivated. But...
Forbes: 12 Ways Companies Can Create More Trust In Their Leadership
12 Ways Companies Can Create More Trust In Their Leadership Studies have shown that mutual trust within organizations corresponds to stronger financial results — but that’s not all. According to a survey from HCI , it also influences employee retention, engagement and...
Forbes: 11 Strategies Companies Can Use To Overcome The Talent Shortage
11 Strategies Companies Can Use To Overcome The Talent Shortage Rapid and significant changes in all industries mean new skill requirements in employees. But hiring employees with the right backgrounds is proving more and more challenging for companies today. A recent...
Forbes: Nine Ways To Incorporate Values-Based Decision Making Into Your Career Choices
Nine Ways To Incorporate Values-Based Decision Making Into Your Career Choices Values-based decision making means understanding what is most important to you and then incorporating this into your life on a daily basis. Knowing exactly what you believe also helps you...
Forbes: 14 Tips For Leading A More Effective Meeting
14 Tips For Leading A More Effective Meeting No one likes meetings for the sake of meetings. They disrupt workflow and leave you with the feeling that the organizer doesn’t appreciate your time. This begs the question, what can leaders do to run more engaging,...
Forbes: 11 Ways Solopreneurs Can Get Over Their Modesty And Build A Stronger Brand
11 Ways Solopreneurs Can Get Over Their Modesty And Build A Stronger Brand As a new solopreneur, you face a daunting challenge. You’re ready to work and may even have years of relevant industry experience, but you need to build credibility to attract customers. Many...
Forbes: 11 Ways To Develop A More Inclusive Communication Style At Work
11 Ways To Develop A More Inclusive Communication Style At Work If it seems like the fight for female equality in the workplace has stalled out, it’s probably because it has. While women make up more than 50% of the workforce, they only make up 14.6% of executive...
Forbes: Seven Ways Companies Can Realign Culture And Vision
Seven Ways Companies Can Realign Culture And Vision Today’s leaders know that culture and vision are what enable a diverse team to work together toward common goals. This means leaders must take steps to shape the culture and enforce the vision in a cohesive way — and...
Forbes: 12 Experts Discuss The Difference Between Leadership And Influence
12 Experts Discuss The Difference Between Leadership And Influence Leadership and influence are related (and even sometimes used interchangeably), but they’re not one and the same. If your goal is to become a leader and an influencer, understanding the difference is...
Forbes: 10 Strategies For Regaining Focus After A Stressful Situation
10 Strategies For Regaining Focus After A Stressful Situation Time pressure may cause professionals to work more to accomplish their daily responsibilities. Oftentimes, this means rushing too quickly from task to task. This can make it especially challenging to be...
Forbes: 10 Coaching Skills Every Leader Should Master
10 Coaching Skills Every Leader Should Master As more and more companies realize the benefits of hiring a coach, they also realize the benefits of incorporating a coaching methodology into the management style of theirleaders. After all, there’s a difference between...
Forbes: 13 Ways To Overcome Negative Thought Patterns
13 Ways To Overcome Negative Thought Patterns You view the world through your mental attitude. If that attitude is predominantly negative, it can impact everything, including health, career, family, and more. Furthermore, negative thinking can have a spiraling effect...
Forbes: Should Culture Be Created Intentionally, Or Should It Be An Evolutionary Process?
Should Culture Be Created Intentionally, Or Should It Be An Evolutionary Process? “Culture” is more than just a buzzword. If you’re a leader in today’s business world, you know culture is a driving force of success. First, a strong culture helps companies attract and...
Forbes: How Managers Can Balance Pushing A Team For Results While Keeping Them Engaged
How Managers Can Balance Pushing A Team For Results While Keeping Them Engaged Setting deadlines for your employees is easy, but keeping them engaged along the way is the real difference between whether they’ll be burned out or hungry for more. As a manager, you have...
Forbes: 13 Ideas To Promote Female Equality In The Workplace
13 Ideas To Promote Female Equality In The Workplace Recent data shows that there is a 21% pay gap GPS +0.40% between female and male workers and a third of businesses have no women in senior management roles. There’s a number of things businesses can do to address...
Forbes: Forbes Coaches Members Share How They Cope With and Overcome Challenges
Forbes Coaches Members Share How They Cope With and Overcome Challenges Learn from Forbes Coaches Council members as they share how they overcome the challenges they face as a professional coach. Read more here on Forbes... My challenge as a coach is doing too...
As Seen In Forbes 2016
As a Founding Member of Forbes Coaches Council, I have to opportunity to be part of various Forbes articles. Listed below are links to those articles: Released January 5, 2016: Seven Strategies To Position Yourself At Work As A...
Forbes: Nine Questions To Get People Thinking Differently About Their Careers
Nine Questions To Get People Thinking Differently About Their Careers As the saying goes, “Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t know.” In other words, people prefer what they know to what they don’t, even if what they know isn’t good for them. This can...
Forbes: 10 Personality Traits That Get In The Way Of Growing Your Business
10 Personality Traits That Get In The Way Of Growing Your Business Demand is high for your product. You just put new processes in place and made several new hires. All in all, you’re on track to grow your business. Under pressure, however, emotions run high and...
Forbes: How Senior-Level Candidates Can Make Their Resumes Stand Out
How Senior-Level Candidates Can Make Their Resumes Stand Out As a senior-level candidate, you have a lot of experience to draw from, and because of this, your resume is in danger of becoming diluted. Writing a functional resume that focuses on your biggest career...
Forbes: How To Recover From A Job Layoff
How To Recover From A Job Layoff If you work in the corporate world, chances are, at some point, you’ll get laid off. But how do you bounce back quickly and explain the situation during a new job search? Many worry that a layoff, or multiple layoffs, could play poorly...
Forbes: How To Convince Your Employer To Let You Work Part Time
How To Convince Your Employer To Let You Work Part Time Traditional working hours are changing. Not only is it becoming more common for employers to offer flexible work schedules, but many are discovering the benefits, both financially and in terms of productivity, of...
Forbes: Seven Ways To Handle Losing Your Job
Seven Ways To Handle Losing Your Job No matter what the circumstances are, losing a job is a life-altering event. The absence of purpose, routine, personal value — nevermind a paycheck — is terrifying. First, stay calm. Take time to evaluate your finances and form a...
Forbes: Seven Things You Can Do Now To Get Closer To Your ‘Dream Job’
Seven Things You Can Do Now To Get Closer To Your 'Dream Job' You have a job that pays the bills, but at the end of the day, you often feel unsatisfied. You wonder if there is something else you should be doing, if maybe you studied the wrong subject in school. On...
Forbes: Forbes Coaches Council Members Share Their Greatest Accomplishments
Forbes Coaches Council Members Share Their Greatest Accomplishments Learn from Forbes Coaches Council members as they share their greatest accomplishments. Read more here on Forbes... I define my success by the people I truly reach. The real accomplishments...
Forbes: Seven Practices That Distinguish Great Managers From The Rest
Seven Practices That Distinguish Great Managers From The Rest There are plenty of good managers out there. They’re efficient, productive, and ensure employees meet objectives. In other words, they get the job done. Once in a while, however, you’ll come across a great...
Forbes: 10 Daily Work Habits Every Young Leader Should Adopt
10 Daily Work Habits Every Young Leader Should Adopt Everything related to your career is a process, and what you do now will have far-reaching effects on your future. That’s why being intentional about your daily work habits is essential, perhaps even more so for...
Forbes: Forbes Coaches Council Members Share Valuable Business Coach Advice
Forbes Coaches Council Members Share Valuable Business Coach Advice Learn from Forbes Coaches Council members as they share valuable advice all career coaches should know. Read more here on Forbes... Be intentional and choose your yes. Choose what gets you to...
Forbes: Eight Surprising Truths About Leadership That Can Help You Excel
Eight Surprising Truths About Leadership That Can Help You Excel Even if you’re not a leader in your career (yet), you surely work for some strong leaders; it might surprise you to understand just how much they want you to succeed. What’s more, it might surprise you...
Forbes: Seven Strategies To Position Yourself As A Leader At Work
Seven Strategies To Position Yourself As A Leader At Work If you’re new to your job or organization, getting recognition (and perhaps a promotion) as quickly as you would like isn’t always easy. Some companies will have a very traditional hierarchy, requiring that you...
Forbes: Seven Warning Signs Your Current Job Isn’t Right For You
Seven Warning Signs Your Current Job Isn't Right For You The average person has seven careers over his or her lifetime and an even greater number of individual jobs. Chances are, at least a few of them are going to be a bad fit. Rather than dwell on what you’re not...
Forbes: Six Books First-Time Leaders Should Add To Their Holiday Wish List
Six Books First-Time Leaders Should Add To Their Holiday Wish List Unfortunately, there’s no user’s manual for becoming a successful leader. A combination of training, experience and mentorship from other managers is most helpful, but many managers simply learn on the...
Forbes: Forbes Coaches Council Spotlight: Jen Kelchner
Forbes Coaches Council Spotlight: Jen Kelchner Forbes Coaches Council members come from a wide range of backgrounds. And with their wide range of experiences, they have a lot to share with the clients of their successful coaching practices, and with fellow members of...
Forbes: Seven Strategies Introverts Can Use To Become Effective Leaders
Seven Strategies Introverts Can Use To Become Effective Leaders While they’re certainly not the loudest voices in the room, introverts possess unique traits that can make them highly effective leaders, including the abilities to listen well and empathize. A quiet...
As Seen In Forbes 2015
As a Founding Member of Forbes Coaches Council, I have to opportunity to be part of various Forbes articles. Listed below are links to those articles: View 2016 Articles Here Released November 12, 2015: Six Non-Verbal Communication Mistakes That Could Tank...
Forbes: Six Nonverbal Communication Mistakes That Could Tank Your Next Job Interview
Six Nonverbal Communication Mistakes That Could Tank Your Next Job Interview These days, competition for the most desired jobs is steep. With so few openings available, it’s important to make the best impression you can at every stage of the recruiting process, from...