By: Dave Popple, PhD Summary “I know it is a cult, but I miss feeling like I was part of something significant.” Former Scientologist and Rock Star I heard this from a friend who was somewhat famous in the 80s. Once his fame subsided, so did his feelings of significance. His loss of fame made … Read the article →
Matching Coaching Style with the Client: A Key to Effective Leadership Development
Coaching has emerged as one of the most powerful tools for personal and professional development, especially in leadership. As with any development method, the effectiveness of coaching depends heavily on the fit between the coach’s style and the client’s needs. This alignment can be the difference between meaningful progress and stagnation in leadership development. This … Read the article →
Leadership in Biotech: Navigating the Pitfalls of Dysfunctional Leadership
Introduction In the fast-paced and innovation-driven world of biotech, effective leadership is crucial for maintaining a culture that fosters collaboration, mission-aligned progress, and regulatory adherence. The unique pressures of the industry can give rise to dysfunctional leadership styles that hinder rather than help. Leaders in biotech, who often deal with high financial stakes, regulatory hurdles, … Read the article →
Why Companies Hire Premier Executive Coaching: Insights from Psynet Group®
Author: Dr. Dave Popple, Images by Dalle The coaching industry is expanding exponentially, resulting in a wide variety of skill levels and quality among coaches. Parallel to the increase in coaches is a deepening crisis among high-functioning professionals and executives. A growing body of data exposes this leadership trend, characterized by burnout, turnover, and a … Read the article →
Incoherent Leadership – A New Perspective on Leadership Derailers
Incoherent leadership occurs when a leader holds contradicting beliefs and values arising from the presence of two contracting self-states: the true and pseudo-selves. This article describes what incoherent leadership is (and is not), what it looks like, where it comes from, what its impact on an organization can be, and what is required on the … Read the article →
The Order of Change
Embracing Transformation: Navigating First-Order and Second-Order Change in the Era of AI and Digital Disruption Psynet Group is often brought into a company to help change it so that it can improve performance or address new opportunities and challenges. What becomes crucial in our work together is to understand if the need is to improve … Read the article →
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Minor Derailers: Are They Just Annoying? In brief encounters with people, minor derailers are either not noticed or mildly irritating. This is why interviewers rarely pick them up. But what happens when they are part of our daily work life? What about their impact on the team? I learned early in my career how toxic … Read the article →
Minor Derailers: Are They Just Annoying?
I was in my mid-20s, interviewing a candidate to be my assistant. She would be my first, and I had yet to develop my interviewing skills. I welcomed her into my office and asked her the first of a series of prepared questions. She answered the first question and then stared at me sideways. As … Read the article →
What Happens When I Hire a Coach? An Example of How the Three Stages of Coaching Changed a Man’s Life
Everyone’s coaching experience will differ, but all coaching candidates have one thing in common, an expectation of change. I have observed the overlap of three different coaching approaches, each of which can be useful depending on the candidate’s needs and the nature of their request. These requests fall into three categories: Line-of-Sight Coaching I once … Read the article →