by Lisa Parker | Feb 8, 2021 | Ask the Coach
January Joy… Regular readers will recall my offer in December for a free coaching session during the month of January. A big “Thank You” to all of you who reached out, reconnected, and ramped up for the new year! What a joy! Speaking of joy, my...
by Lisa Parker | Sep 17, 2019 | Ask the Coach
Dear Coach, Recently I overheard two of my colleagues discussing a project and one person was being openly critical of the other. It was really difficult to listen to what I considered to be a humiliating exchange for the recipient. The speaker was being overly harsh....
by Lisa Parker | Nov 13, 2018 | Ask the Coach
Dear Coach, How do you handle it when you have to talk about something personal with an employee? One of the people on my team seems to have a problem with body odor. It has become a distraction to the team. He’s so sweet and so hard working and I don’t...
by Lisa Parker | Jun 21, 2018 | Ask the Coach, communication skills
Dear Coach, I have a coworker whose voice is very loud. She has been asked by several of our more senior colleagues to please turn down the volume, but it doesn’t last long when she does. I do a lot of phone work and she drowns out the person I’m trying to...
by Lisa Parker | May 8, 2018 | Ask the Coach
Dear Coach, Is it ever OK to correct someone publicly? I was in a meeting with my boss plus two senior sales reps, and my boss made a clear misstatement. I thought it was the right thing to correct the potential miscommunication immediately. My boss was really angry...