Marnie Smith
New Partner Nancy Dewar Joins Lighthouse Nine Group
Nancy Dewar will co-lead the Leadership Development and Coaching Discipline. With over 25 years of expertise leading, coaching and training teams of people, Nancy has worked on both the client and agency sides. Nancy creates lasting impact in all her work. She is a Professional Certified Coach who has designed and led several global corporate coaching programs with clients in
The Eggs are Broken – What are you Going to Make?
My family has taken to making a hot breakfast in the morning. This is brand new for us. Eggs for breakfast was not part of our regular run to school, sprint to the office, morning routine. Each morning we get to decide what we are going to make, once we break the eggs. It can be quite interesting what my
Who are you Talking To?
I heard a great joke the other day (see inset) and it got me thinking, with all of the challenges we are facing and how lonely it can be at the top, now more than ever, who are you talking to? If the recent world has never faced a Pandemic such as this, and leaders are now being challenged to
Amplification in a Crisis
Bad to Terrible or Good to Great? I learned a great term the other day, have you heard of the “Amplification Principle”? If you haven’t heard of it yet, I’m sure that you have experienced it in recent weeks. This principle refers to the notion that management skills are amplified in virtual space: a good manager looks excellent in a virtual
Getting the Internal Help You Need to Manage Your Change
Transition monitoring teams are nothing new. William Bridges spoke of them in his book Managing Transitions and Jeannie Duck, author of The Change Monster, also highlighted the value these teams can bring. So why don’t more companies use these highly effective and engaging teams to assist in their organization transformations? I believe there are two reasons at play. Some individuals
What – No Thank You?
Has our obsession with efficiency rendered the thank-you obsolete? How many of you drop a quick thank-you note after a colleague has supported you? How many of you don’t? And how many of you believe that it doesn’t even matter and have never thought twice about it? (Be honest now…) We are all so busy that sometimes a thank-you feels
Building Our Agile Mindset – Growing Our Coaching Skills
Like many of you, Agile has become a hot topic for both ourselves and our clients. Organizations are seeking to reap the quoted benefits of increased collaboration, accelerated speed to market, improved quality, reduced risk, and enhanced transparency, to name a few. There is great value in an Agile approach. At L9, we believe the greatest value of Agile comes
Recurrent Discovery – A Leadership Story
How many leadership assessments have you completed? Have you taken MBTI? Kolbe? Insights? DISC? (I could go on and on). There are a plethora of leadership instruments that exist to help us better understand ourselves. As a leadership development professional and executive coach, I have used many of these tools with my clients, as well as on myself. Pattern of
Think You Are Good at Delegating? Take this Quiz
If you Google “Why is delegation important?” you will get over 11 million hits. Everyone knows that delegation is important. Delegating is a great way of encouraging your team members to develop themselves and for you to develop coaching and mentoring skills. Delegation enhances the empowerment of employees. It is critical to the success of any leader and any organization.
Tapping into Your Most Trusted Resources
Employees – Your Most Trusted Resource We recently attended a conference showcasing the results of the 2017 Edelman Trust Barometer. Most of the results shared focused on a decline in trust across business and government. This is not likely a surprise to you, nor was it to us. However, a key finding that did resonate with us here at Lighthouse