TCA Coach Ronnie Grabon will be speaking at a Greensboro, NC career group event about tough interview questions. Participants will bring their own particular “favorite” difficult question and Ronnie, an experienced HR professional, will help them come up with answers. Ronnie will also discuss why employers and interviewers ask these these challenging questions and what [...]
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“Everyone wants to shoot the messenger!” says Mary, who’s the messenger for a boss who would rather “not get involved.” Here’s her story. It might have familiar ring: Mary is a seasoned executive assistant. She’s able to see what needs doing and gets it done. She thinks on her feet, consistently makes good choices, and [...]
Guest Author: Cody Benoit, TCA Intern Have you run into new leadership challenges due to globalization? Have you found that workers from different cultures require adding new perspectives and skills to your management toolbox? If so, Global leaders coaching-Coaching Across Culture, a paper written by Doudou Fall may be of interest to you. This paper is [...]
Introducing…. After 30+ years in the corporate world, I have left to start my own consulting business. Leaving was something that I had considered for many years. And for the last ten years, I had worked 80% time in the corporate world so that I could devote 20% of my time to consulting. But I [...]
Elon University student, Cody Benoit, was recently awarded a summer 2010 internship at The Coaching Association. Cody is a Leadership minor and a member of the prestigious Isabella Cannon Leadership Fellows program. He will be working on various projects, ranging from personal interviews with the coaches to research for an upcoming book. When asked how [...]
The Coaching Association’s Ronnie S. Grabon has been appointed as the Professor of Practice for the Leadership Assessment and Career Enhancement (LACE) course in the MBA program at the Bryan School of Business at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Ronnie is also an Executive Coach at The Center for Creative Leadership. In her [...]
What’s the most important thing to learn if you want to advance your career? How to foster, develop, and manage relationships effectively. In today’s emerging right-brain economy, the hard skills taught in schools provide only the baseline of what is required in most professions. Professionals who have the edge — those singled out for high-potential programs [...]
Guest Author: Howie Jacobson Ball #1: Jabulani A bunch of the world’s soccer goalkeepers are having fits about the new Adidas Jabulani ball. As the World Cup approaches, the goalies are near-unanimous in their complaints: Too light, too curvy, too sleek, too slippery, too unpredictable. Here are some quotes about the Jabulani from the goalkeepers [...]
Coaching is really about moving valuable people from where they are to where they want to be. It’s simple and powerful. Even individuals at the top of their game can benefit from individual coaching to improve their performance. Athletes have known this as far back as ancient Greece in the original Olympic games in using [...]
A high-wire acrobat crossed Niagara Falls on a cable strung from New York to Canada. He was equipped with only a very long and heavy balancing pole and his courage. During the crossing he occasionally sat on the wire, stood on one foot and actually lay down to take a nap. He even jumped in [...]
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