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18 Sep

It is not the workload. Stop calling it the workload.

By salomons.coach
In Blog

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Ask a leader why the team is stressed and you will hear one word: workload. But research on 788,000 employees shows that unclear expectations and colliding demands often do more damage than volume. Five misreadings of workplace stress, the data behind them, and five better questions to ask your team.

11 Sep

Responsible for Everything, in Charge of Almost Nothing

Karin ran three plants and carried every number, yet controlled almost none of them. It is the most common trap in senior management: full accountability, borrowed authority. Here is why the gap opens as you rise, the mistake that deepens it, and how to close it without working yourself into the ground.

05 Sep

What Am I No Longer Hearing Because of the Power I Hold?

Executive power changes more than decisions. It changes what people are willing to say, what leaders are able to hear, and how easily confidence can turn into certainty. Strong executives do not just welcome dissent; they organise it, protect it and build boundaries around their own authority.

28 Aug

High performance can hide overload

High performers can continue delivering while their capacity quietly declines. Learn how leaders can recognise the early signals, ask better questions and act before overload affects performance, the team and business continuity.

17 Aug

Why Conversations Get Stuck

By salomons.coach
In Blog, Self & Personal Growth, Tools & Methods, VUCA & Leadership

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When leadership conversations become repetitive or defensive, the real problem may not be the content. This post explores how relationship and structure shape communication—and how leaders can use the three-layer communication model to create greater clarity, trust and more productive dialogue.

17 Aug

The Leadership Iceberg

By salomons.coach
In Blog, Organizations & Culture, Self & Personal Growth, Tools & Methods

What leaders say and do is only the visible tip of the iceberg. This post explores the assumptions, emotions, values and beliefs beneath leadership behavior, and how coaching helps leaders turn deeper awareness into deliberate communication and lasting change.

08 Aug

Power Deafens: Here is How to Avoid it

Dark blue stage scene showing a gold executive chair on a circular pedestal, facing gold-framed panels and glowing circuit lines, with the headline “Power Deafens: Why Leaders Stop Hearing the Truth.”

Authority buys you access to everything except the truth. The more senior you become, the more information reaches you and the more it is edited on the way. Here is why leaders stop hearing candor, and a practical playbook for building it back.

07 Aug

Time Management

By salomons.coach
In Blog, Self & Personal Growth, Tools & Methods

7 proven time management techniques for leaders

07 Aug

The Drama Queen/King On Your Team: A Manager’s Playbook

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Almost every manager has that one person — every molehill a mountain, every meeting hijacked. Labelling them a "drama queen" puts you in the passenger seat. This is the practical playbook I walk managers through: stop funding the drama, redirect to ownership, and lead with a steady hand.

07 Aug

The Drama Triangle is Quietly Killing Your Team’s Results

Blame that circles the table, a colleague who "can't," a manager who fixes everything and resents it — the Drama Triangle rarely looks like a crisis, but it stalls decisions and drains your best people. Here's how leaders spot it, step into the Winner's Triangle, and take the wheel.