Uncategorized Archives - John Behr Group

27 Dec

Coaching, executive coaching, global Leadership, global leadership challenges, Senior Executives, Uncategorized

Dealing with Bosses Who Pay Only Lip Service to a New Initiative

December 27, 2020
By John Behr

Your boss says they’re in favor of a new undertaking that you see as critical, and they seem to be well-intentioned. But they aren’t ta...

03 Nov

Coaching, executive coaching, global Leadership, global leadership challenges, Senior Executives, Uncategorized

How to Get Your Direct Reports to Be More Candid

November 3, 2020
By John Behr

Most people are careful about what they say to their bosses, and sometimes their reluctance to say what they really think can have nega...

21 Oct

Coaching, executive coaching, global leadership challenges, reinforcement in executive coaching, Senior Executives, Uncategorized

An Article: Four Core Skills for Bosses who Coach

October 23, 2020
By John Behr

A September, 2020 article on the CCL website lists four core skills for bosses who are coaching direct reports. It’s a good list, an...

28 Sep

Coaching, executive coaching, global Leadership, global leadership challenges, Senior Executives, Uncategorized

Looking Beyond Internal Peers for Help

September 28, 2020
By John Behr

Leaders are often reluctant to seek advice and feedback from peers in their own organizations. Even when matters are not overly sensiti...

15 Sep

Coaching, executive coaching, global Leadership, Senior Executives, Uncategorized

5 Ways Organizations Can Get the Most out of an Executive Coach

September 27, 2020
By John Behr

Harvard Business Review published my article on executive coaches on September 14, 2020. You can find it at https://hbr.org/2020/09/5-w...

02 Sep

Coaching, global Leadership, global leadership challenges, Trial, Uncategorized

Communicating During a Crisis

September 2, 2020
By John Behr

A July 2020 article in Harvard Business Review has good advice for communicating with employees during a crisis Among other recommen...

18 Aug

Coaching, executive coaching, mindfulness, Uncategorized

Maintaining Team Cohesion During Covid-19

August 18, 2020
By John Behr

Based on an informal survey of CEOs, a recent McKinsey article entitled “The Toughest Leadership Test” offers eight excellent recommend...

02 Jul

Coaching, executive coaching, global Leadership, Senior Executives, Uncategorized

How to Do Effective Promotion Interviews

July 2, 2020
By John Behr

(This post was first published at www.TLNT.com on May 13, 2020) I’ve conducted executive assessments for 3,000-plus leaders. Many fo...

07 May

Uncategorized

Coronavirus as Catalyst: Changing Professional Services Forever?

October 29, 2020
By John Behr & Jeff Cohen

The trade press is filled with commentary about how the coronavirus epidemic is affecting professional services firms such as Big Law, ...

30 Apr

executive coaching, executive cocaching, global Leadership, Uncategorized

Leaders May Need to Redefine Their Roles

April 30, 2020
By John Behr

During COVID-19 and its aftermath, many leaders will have to take another look at how they define their responsibilities. Organizati...