Leadership
Break With the Past to Create an Impossible Future
In my (seemingly) endless quest to discover new paths that point toward the future of leadership, I recently found myself pulsing friends and colleagues on critical leadership moments that influenced them the most. One friend stated that although most of his critical leadership lessons came directly from his father, he also learned invaluable lessons from those…
Read MoreTrust… The Coin of the Realm
A friend of mine owns a creative services company that has enjoyed tremendous growth in both market position and revenues over the past decade. In the last few years, however, they’ve struggled. While the creativity and talent level of individual contributors have continued to evolve, their market position and profitability have eroded. To make matter…
Read MoreMobilizing Greater Philadelphia’s Middle Market
In the fall of 2016, McKinsey & Company was asked to collect and evaluate middle market data in the Philadelphia Region. Middle market is defined here as companies earning between $10M – $1B in annual revenue. According to the Chamber of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia report (sponsors of the study), this segment accounts for 27% of…
Read MoreWhat You Thought You Knew About The Future Of Work.
In a recent presentation on the future of work, Josh Bersin, Principal and Founder of Bersin by Deloitte, an HR research firm and consultancy, serves up 11 predictions for 2017 that he believes will improve workplace productivity into the next decade. The message here, especially for traditional hierarchical organizations, is to abandon old paradigms, and…
Read MoreAnnouncement
We are pleased to announce that Mare Rosenbaum has joined The Curci Group, an Executive Coaching and Facilitation firm located in Center City, Philadelphia. Mare’s primary responsibilities will include facilitating meetings and retreats for our regional, national and international clients. With the new association, in addition to Ms. Rosenbaum’s proprietary executive relocation program, she will be…
Read MoreFrom Physician to Organizational Leader
According to recent data, close to *90% of healthcare organizations currently use coaches as a preerred developmental approach for senior and high potential leaders. While coaching topics like internal communication, building relationships, succession planning, managing conflict and emotional resilience are common, increasingly organizations are also leveraging one-on-on coaching to help transition physicians into new leadership…
Read MoreCoaching?! Why Would I Need Coaching??
This might sound familiar… You hired him because he’s smart. He’s quick on his feet. In fact, his intellect and analytical skills have placed him two steps ahead of everyone else, and his output shows it. He sizes up situations fast, takes the right course of action, and gets results. His confidence and assertiveness have…
Read MoreDeveloping a Strategic Mindset
Coaching high-potential managers and directors to become senior leaders can involve changing some fundamental behaviors that have made them successful in their current role. When you’ve been rewarded on the basis of your tactical skills, and have executed well by sweating the details, then adopting a broader, more strategic approach might require an uncomfortable mind-shift.…
Read MoreIn Gratitude….
I’ll forever be indebted to Marvin Weisborg. Marv is a brilliant organizational theorist and OD consultant (and an amazing jazz musician) who has helped transform companies, organizations and communities the world over. He has advanced the body of knowledge around organizational change through, among other things, his research on self-organizing groups. Marv has written and…
Read MoreBuddhist Parable
“There is a story in Zen circles about a man and a horse. The horse is galloping quickly, and it appears that the man on the horse is going somewhere important. Another man, standing alongside the road, shouts, “Where are you going?” and the first man replies, “I don’t know! Ask the horse!” This is…
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