Photo by Roland Samuel on Unsplash Ted was a major player in the C-suite of a Fortune 500 company when I got the call from HR to “fix” him. Apparently, he’d rubbed one too many people the wrong way. He was “more than abrasive,” they told me; he was downright rude, controlling, disrespectful and exhaustively […]
Photo by Austin Distel on Unsplash Gregg Ward joins 13 Forbes Coaches Council members chosen to contribute to their Expert Panel, where top business and career coaches from Forbes Coaches Council offer firsthand insights on leadership. Today’s work arrangements are increasingly flexible. Technology allows individuals to do the same caliber of work whether they’re in […]
Gregg Ward joins top business and career coaches from Forbes Coaches Council Expert Panel offering firsthand insights on leadership development & careers. These days, it seems new technologies are developed and released almost daily. Leaders of young businesses may think they need to implement the latest tech immediately to keep up or, if they’re in […]
Gregg Ward contributes to the Forbes Coaches Council Expert Panel where top business and career coaches from Forbes Coaches Council offer firsthand insights on leadership development & careers. No matter where we look, it seems there’s always information of some sort coming at us. Whether we’re browsing the Web, scrolling through social media, listening to […]
Gregg Ward speaks up on the Forbes Coaches Council Expert Panel, where top business and career coaches from Forbes Coaches Council offer firsthand insights on leadership development & careers. Public speaking isn’t easy for everyone. Some get the jitters just introducing themselves to an audience, and even experienced speakers may still get butterflies before stepping […]
Gregg Ward joins other Forbes Coaches Council Members as they contribute to the Expert Panel where top business and career coaches from Forbes Coaches Council offer firsthand insights on leadership. As a business owner, you understand the value of each of your clients. However, not every arrangement turns out to be mutually beneficial, and at some […]
One of my first real jobs after college was working as a temp in a college in New York City. I’d been assigned to a crazy busy office in the adult training department. The boss had me keying printed training manuals into our new Apple IIe computer, which required me to save my work onto […]
Gregg Ward is one of 15 Forbes Coaches Council members chosen to contribute to their Expert Panel, where top business and career coaches from Forbes Coaches Council offer firsthand insights on leadership. Every leader faces trying times, both internally and externally. Those external factors are often the most difficult to contend with, since they’re outside of a leader’s control. In […]
My first real training development and delivery job was for the New York City Police Department in the 1980’s and it was a doozy: use professional actors to help train police officers learn how to manage what they called “EDP”s – Emotionally Disturbed Persons. My responsibility was to cast and direct the actors and help […]
Many of us spend more time with coworkers than we do with our family and friends, so it’s in our best interests to make the most of our work relationships. Your ability to develop positive, supportive liaisons also influences your ability to advance your career. These allies can be your greatest cheerleaders when you are […]