I’m currently involved in a few reciprocal coaching relationships.

There are certainly moments when my conversation partner and I are giving each other new information or insights. But so often, I’m offering advice that the other person could have given me, and vice versa.

We already know what we should do, but we have a hard time seeing it until it’s reflected back to us.

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In my work with teams, one of the biggest challenges is to get leaders to stick to the meetings that matter.

Especially when the boss is the owner of the company and trying to streamline her schedule, she’ll have a tendency to cancel the weekly check-in meetings with her direct reports once things are under control.

This is a big mistake. First of all, it means that she’s training her team to only communicate (and communicate with her) when there’s a problem.

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Trying to get a new venture off the ground can be lonely at first.

This thing is so new that you barely believe in it. How are you going to get someone else to come along for the ride?

You may have had some life experiences that reinforce the narratives we hear all around us:

“You just can’t find good help.”

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There's a fear a lot of us have when we’re thinking about applying for a job, looking for potential romantic partners, or making a hire.

We are worried that we're going to get stuck with something or someone that is not a good fit.

Our concern is enough to prevent us from taking the necessary action to move forward.

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A leader was looking for ways to get better at her job.

As she explored her options, she discovered that being the boss has a counterintuitive truth built into it.

She realized that the best way to improve was not to teach herself new skills or spend time with her company's SOP binder.

Instead, she needed to get her team to show her how do things.

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