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As a society, have we decided that work is a bad thing? Phrases like ‘working for the man’, and ‘Thank God It’s Friday’ speak to the notion that work is doing little more than using time and [...]

Around this time of year, the gym’s and fitness centre’s that were packed to the walls in early January begin to thin out. Resolutions made become resolutions broken, and the dream of whatever [...]

A common question that comes up in the EQ-I & EQ360 Certification process is how soon is too soon for someone to go through the assessment process again after their initial completion. [...]

One of my good friends and mentors once said to me “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink. If its thirsty, you wont need to.” While most people have heard the first part of [...]

There is a saying that goes something like “feedback is hard to take from a friend, family member, peer, stranger, co-worker, or boss.” Sure there are exceptions – some people are immune to [...]

I’ll never forget the time the client, unhappy with her 360 results, threw almost 40 pages of report high into the air. She stared me straight in the eye and said “that’s what I think of that [...]

In my last blog posting I offered some tips for administering 360-degree feedback tools. In this posting I will cover some of the lessons I have learned from debriefing 360 feedback with clients: [...]

Many coaches I work with are familiar with 360 degree leadership assessments and how they can be used to get feedback from others on an individual’s performance. However many have also not [...]