Aligned Leadership Training Blog

“We need to talk.”

I heard that, and my heart sank. I don’t know about you, but for me, those four words might cause more anxiety than any others in the English language.

This time it was my boss who said them, but it definitely wasn’t the first time I had heard them. As always, my heart started p...

Some time ago I was working hard to get my new coaching program off the ground and into revenue when my mentor advised me to offer my program to a beta client, at no charge, as a baby step towards my goal of having paying clients. I really didn’t like the idea, because I wanted to get paid for my va...

One of the biggest challenges leaders face is their ability to control their time and their calendars so that they can focus on the activities that are most important. Because leaders want to support other people, they often say “yes” to too many requests, and then find themselves over-committed, ov...