Though leadership coaching and DEIB strategy may feel like two distinct services, done well, they support one another and should be considered as complementary in any organization’s leadership development strategy.
Mindful Leadership: How Leaders Can Transform Teamwork
Transformational leaders practice the art of holding space. As a leader, you are no stranger to the challenges of leading a team. Whether guiding a group through a complex project or facilitating a strategic planning session, your ability to bring out the best in your team is critical to your success. The facilitation of important […]
Holding Space: A Guide to Mindful Facilitation
The work of skilled facilitators has never been more necessary or important. Opening up the space for dialogue for all is needed now, more than ever. Holding Space: A Guide to Mindful Facilitation is a starting point, intended to make it easier for coaches, facilitators, and leaders to step forward with confidence. Authors Kate Ebner, CEO of The Nebo Company and […]
Psychological Safety: The Secret Sauce to Creating a Culture of Belonging
As the workforce becomes more diverse, employers are reexamining their practices, policies, and procedures to ensure that their organizations are equitable and foster a culture of belonging. Research shows that a critical factor for employees feeling as if they “belong” at work is psychological safety. Dr. Amy Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at […]
Easing the Pressure in a Stressed System
Over the past 26 months, we’ve witnessed organizations undergoing extraordinary shifts due to the pandemic and other national and global events. These big changes have been stressors for the people within them. This spring, we’re hearing about the toll of this stress on leaders. Inside of coaching conversations and team meetings, people are admitting that they […]
Overcoming Barriers to Women’s Leadership
Recently, in honor of Women’s History Month, I participated in the HR Alliance DC ‘s panel on “Overcoming Barriers to Women’s Leadership.” In preparing for the event, I asked women in my network, including my Nebo colleagues, what they thought the barriers were and what they thought I could uniquely offer (The responses I received […]
Discoveries from the Evolving Virtual Workplace
In the Summer of 2021, Nebo made it official: the company moved out of its comfortable Washington D.C. office and launched its innovative next chapter as a virtual, geographically distributed organization. By August, the company’s 16 employees worked from 10 different states or districts, multiple U.S. time zones, and two different countries. Though the company […]
Greeting the New Year with Intention
As the year 2021 comes to an end, many people will use the metaphorical “turning of the page” as an opportunity to celebrate the finale of another challenging and special year. More than a chance for celebration, the new year also represents an opportunity for professionals and leaders to reflect, take stock and plan ahead. […]
An Organizational Opportunity: Supporting Working Parents During the Pandemic
In early 2020, I was a mother to a toddler, a PhD student, and full-time employee. On March 11, 2020, everything changed. The pandemic sent us all home, and suddenly, my three roles—which had been conveniently compartmentalized over the previous two years—all existed within the confines of my house. For the first several weeks, it […]
The Gestalt Cycle of the Experience (COE): A Coaching Model For Change
Coaching is a significant investment in an individual leader. In Nebo’s nearly two decades of delivering coaching solutions in organizations, we know that effective sponsors – or supervisors – can greatly influence the outcomes of coaching, thus maximizing the organization’s return on investment.