by Ashley Andersen | Aug 13, 2022 | Articles, Leadership
“We’d like you to start with our managers.” As a coach, I work with people across departments and roles. Sometimes it’s the founder or C Suite executive. Other times, it’s the direct supervisor or the rising next gen leader. And universally, one thing is true. Every...
by Ashley Andersen | Jun 24, 2022 | Articles, Leadership
What’s the Alternative? Almost every leader I work with has one thing in common- a dislike of “hard conversations”. You know what I dislike? The term “hard conversations”. Don’t get me wrong, I still use it because I haven’t found an alternative that makes me...
by Ashley Andersen | Jun 6, 2022 | Articles, Culture, Leadership
What Fitting-In Requires When did you realize the difference between fitting in and belonging? For many, that realization hasn’t happened. And if you’re like me, it feels like it needs to be re-realized over and over again. Not because I don’t understand the...
by Ashley Andersen | May 20, 2022 | Articles, Leadership, Purpose & Impact
Open door policies don’t work. I’m not saying that no one will ever “pop” in, they may. What I am saying is that using an open door policy as your answer to people surfacing issues, questions, uncertainties, and challenges is not only unrealistic, it’s blind and...
by Ashley Andersen | Apr 29, 2022 | Articles, Leadership
One of my clients, who was nearing the end of her work with me, kindly shared how valuable coaching had been to her. “I’ve never been seen and heard and understood like this in my life.” And while I would love to sit here and say, see- that’s...
