by Terri Klass | Dec 7, 2025 | Career Development, Empowerment, Executive Coaching, Leadership Coaching, Leadership Development, leadership qualities, Storytelling
During my coaching sessions with leaders, a topic that often comes up is how they can deal with a difficult boss. I then begin our conversation with a powerful question and one that usually stirs some deep thinking in their minds: Think of a leader you have met along...
by Terri Klass | Oct 26, 2025 | Building Trust, Career Development, Creative Leadership, Executive Coaching, Leadership Coaching, leadership qualities, Storytelling
Leaders spend a lot of time in their heads. Strategy, decisions, stakeholder pressures, team conflict. It all stacks up quickly. When everything feels tangled, the typical response is to analyze more, think harder, and push through. The trouble is that many leadership...
by Terri Klass | Jul 6, 2025 | Difficult People, Empowerment, Executive Coaching, Influential Leader, Leadership Coaching, Leadership Development, leadership qualities
When we were kids, we knew that someone didn’t care for us if they put out their foot and tripped us while we were walking. It is a game that children do to each other which can be frustrating and hurtful. This game playing can continue into adulthood and in our...
by Terri Klass | Jan 20, 2025 | Building Trust, Coaching, Core Values, Empowerment, Executive Coaching, Generosity, Influential Leader, Leadership Coaching, Leadership Development, leadership qualities
Each year we honor the great leader, Martin Luther King Jr. for his courage and contributions to humanity. He had a vision about equality and care for one another that still rings true today. Leaders can learn so much by looking at the empowering actions and...
by Terri Klass | Jul 28, 2024 | Curiosity, Empowerment, Evaluating Leaders, Executive Coaching, Gifts and Strengths, Leadership Coaching, Leadership Development, leadership qualities, Management Development
As I ask this question, I’m wondering how many leaders are trying to wrap their heads around this. Are you one of these leaders? If someone were to pose this to you, could you rattle off your top three strengths? For some leaders it may seem quite simple to share...
by Terri Klass | Jun 2, 2024 | Career Development, Core Values, Leadership Development, leadership qualities, Management Development, Myers-Briggs MBTI, Problem Solving
I recently coached a leader who had strong technical skills but kept getting stuck on one specific procedure that they performed daily. They possessed all the background needed to master their challenging tasks but repeatedly became overwhelmed when they reached a...
