Kenning Partner Laurie Burkland Waller speaks with Mike Merrill about leadership versatility, a trait she has found to be especially important for collaboration and effectiveness. Leaders with versatility have a kind of multilingual fluency: they are better able to adapt to stakeholders both inside and outside the organization and meet the needs of a particular person in a specific context.
Kenning Associates Partner Mark Ledden has worked with many coaching clients on problematic behaviors. Speaking with Michael Merrill, he focuses specifically on behaviors where you know you have a problem, but cannot seem to fix it. You may even exhibit the “ideal” behavior in other–typically less pressured–situations.
Kenning Associates Partner Daryl Ogden talks with Mike Merrill about the 4 types of new jobs that he commonly encounters in his coaching practice, and how those finding themselves in transitions to these new roles can best navigate the challenges that await them.
Kenning Partners Jennifer Lachance and Cathy Boeckmann discuss how you can get the most out of your end of year review. They first look at two common but not ideal reflex reactions to feedback in reviews: “Not Me” and “All Me”. Since neither of these stances engage much with what you are hearing, Jen suggests a different one: “Let’s Talk”. Here you approach the feedback with curiosity: you try to truly understand what your reviewer is telling you, and you work to integrate it into your understanding. Jen delineates the power of this approach before, during, and after the review. And she explains how using it at review time can have positive after effects throughout the coming year.
Mike Merrill talks with Kenning Partner Jerry Stauduhar about what Kenning has learned over the past year or so about best practices for virtual training. Jerry talks about how Kenning adapted to the new Zoom realities, and some of the major lessons they learned in the process: Deliver your content in small bites; mix up the modalities you work in; and lean into the performance, especially with your voice. Jerry finishes up by explaining some of the benefits to virtual training, and explores the future of the virtual and hybrid training models.
An Introduction to our podcast, "Knowing Kenning".
This past year has caused tectonic cultural shifts. The same is certainly true within organizations. With the pandemic, many organizations have jumped feet first into remote working, flexible work schedules, and new ways of engaging their teams. At the same time, virtually every organization we’re aware of is seeking to respond to the calls for justice and equity across racial, gender, and sexual identity, both in the U.S. and globally. This reckoning has profoundly impacted organizational thinking about culture – especially as it relates to how healthy organizational cultures can achieve optimal diversity, equity, and inclusion within the workplace.Through our client collaborations, especially our work on culture diagnostics and development , we at Kenning have also been expanding our thinking.
Grace brings more than 20 years of experience in leadership development in both education and health care settings. A certified Co-Active coach, she is passionate about helping people integrate their unique experiences, interests, and talents to reach their full professional potential. In addition to her work as a leadership coach and facilitator, she is the Director of Leadership & Professional Development for the RISE Office of the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, where she designs and facilitates leadership courses and workshops for graduate students.
Bill is an executive coach and consultant and serves as adjunct faculty at the Institute for Transformational Leadership and Leadership Coaching Program at Georgetown University, where was formerly the program director. He is the host of the Transformational Leadership for Transforming Times podcast and speaks often on topics related to leadership and coaching.
Coaching is an investment, and everyone involved wants to get the most out of it, personally and professionally. Similarly, leadership development workshops require participants to commit time and energy, and the payoff should be commensurate. Interestingly, the secret sauce to making all this happen could be investing in one additional element: “pod” coaching.
