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Kate Ebner Partners with The Performance Institute

Kate Ebner, Founding Director of the Institute for Transformational Leadership at Georgetown University and founder of The Nebo Company, will participate on Thursday, March 8th in a collaborative research-based Executive Briefing on Workforce Optimization in the federal government in partnership with The Performance Institute. This session will focus […]

The Growth Mindset and the ‘Era of Amazon’

Amazon had a big year in 2017. With its $13.4 billion acquisition of Whole Foods Markets; fierce competition for its new HQ2 and accompanying promise of 50,000 new jobs; reaching $500b in market capitalization, rivaling Facebook, Google, and Apple, and potential to reach $1 trillion in the next year; capturing almost 50% of U.S. online retail sales and […]

How the Simple Act of Gratitude Can Improve Your Leadership

We know that a good leader needs to remain cool, calm, and collected to handle the stress of a fast-paced working world. People reach towards different things to maintain their resiliency at work: spending time with family, exercise, setting aside time for hobbies. Yet, research suggests that the simplest way to feeling happier, healthier, and prepared […]

Do you have analysis paralysis about choosing your coach?

As the Director of Coaching Services at Nebo, I interview leaders and recommend coach matches based on an individual’s specific goals and aspirations. But when it comes time for a leader to select a coach, leaders will often “disappear.” So, what makes this choice so hard?

Work Smarter, Not Harder: Be More Strategic With Your Time

In our work with leaders, we often hear things such as, “I am so busy – there is simply not enough time in a day,” and, “I was busy all day and I still didn’t get to the important items on my list,” and, “We are no closer to achieving our goals today than we were six months ago.” These leaders are often looking for a way to manage their time so that it […]

Re-thinking Corporate Purpose in 2018

Financial Outcomes Are Not Longer Enough As corporate leaders lookout across the economic, social, technological, and environmental landscape in front of them in 2018, Larry Fink, founder and CEO of Blackrock, has given them something to think about.

Think Like a CEO and Develop Your Top Team

In recent years, I’ve coached many CEOs in both the commercial and non-profit sectors. Like most coaches, I often begin coaching conversations with the simple question, “What would you like to talk about today?” I’m no longer surprised that the consistent answer is: “My team.” Usually, what happens next is that the CEO runs through key senior […]

Another Good Reason to Ask More Questions

This morning on NPR, I listened to Shankar Vedantam, the host of Hidden Brain, an award-winning podcast about the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior. Shankar invited Karen Huang, a researcher at Harvard, to share her research findings – that people like us better when we ask them questions!

2018 Leadership Development Insights

As we move into the final months of 2017, we decided to peer into the not-so-distant future to identify important leadership development issues for 2018. We tapped three top leadership coaches and facilitators, Emma Kiendl, Garry Sanders, and Nancy Lamberton, for their insights. Three key observations emerged.