Coaching Reflections

I am a firm believer in continuous improvement. I have spent years telling teams that almost anything we build can be made better once we start using it. We can refine the process, change the tool, simplify the workflow and learn from what is working. But there is a prerequisite that is easy to overlook. There has to be something there to improve. I am finding myself having this conversation with clients more and more. I may come into an organization to help with communicatio

Last night I sat in a middle school gymnasium watching my oldest son’s seventh grade band concert. He plays percussion, which means I can usually pick his part out immediately. Snare, cymbals, the instruments designed to cut through the noise. One of the groups that played was the jazz band and I loved it. I stayed completely locked in the entire time and my kid wasn’t even playing. By the second song, I had a thought I have not been able to shake since. It is not really abou

In my experience, layoffs are rarely what damage an organization’s reputation. How they are handled is. Most of the individuals impacted understand the business reality. They know decisions have to be made. What they do not accept is being treated as if their contributions did not matter. And that is where organizations create risk they did not anticipate. What I am seeing right now is not a communication issue. It is a failure of leadership alignment and consideration. Emplo

A reflection after my Kelley MBA alumni event. Earlier this week I attended an MBA alumni event. I saw former classmates, professors and a current student who is about to graduate. To be honest, I expected it to be nice and chance to say hello briefly. Instead, I have been reflecting on it at much deeper level. I cannot believe that it has already been fifteen years since I was balancing a more than full-time job and the IU Kelley School of Business Evening MBA program. I wa

Before I launched TGG Confidence Coaching, I wrote a post that marked a turning point in my professional journey. It was called “Coaching with Clarity: Why I’m Expanding My Practice,” and it still captures the heart of what led me here. In that post, I shared this: “I’m not leaving strategy behind. I’m bringing it with me.” That line continues to ring true. My work in strategic communications taught me how to help leaders find the right words. Coaching taught me how to help t

The Communications Gap That Big Firms Can’t Close Many leaders hire large communications firms believing that scale equals expertise. They expect deep strategy and personalized attention but often receive rotating account teams, templated advice and a massive overhead bill. They assume a global firm can handle complexity, but they overlook the one thing those firms can never buy: loyalty. I am not just a vendor who completes deliverables. I am a vested partner. For companies