onboarding new employees

Six ideas for successfully onboarding new employees

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We’re lucky people here at Padraig. We get to work closely with some of the most amazing leaders and leadership teams across North America (and, indeed a bit of Europe and Asia too). Not only do we get to help these extraordinary leaders become even better at what they do, accomplish even greater things andContinue Reading

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How to be a mentor

How to be an exceptional mentor

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I sometimes get asked, “What’s the difference between a coach and a mentor?” My answer is usually something along the lines of, “a lot and they can both be really helpful.” What is a coach? If you read this blog regularly, you probably have a pretty good sense of what a coach is. We helpContinue Reading

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When your toughest conversations are with yourself

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We’ve written a fair bit and worked with a lot of organizations around Essential Conversations — our workshop program that helps leaders have difficult conversations with others (employees, peers, suppliers, etc). The program works well, has a lot of a-ha moments, and helps leaders figure out how to have the conversations they’ve been avoiding. However,Continue Reading

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ROI of Executive Coaching

When organizations pay to coach their leaders – what’s the ROI of Executive Coaching?

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What’s the real ROI of Executive Coaching? You know, we often get questions from senior leaders in organizations like… “I know coaching is good for the individual being coached, but what’s in it for our company?“ Or.. “I hear of other companies paying for their team to be coached – is that just an executiveContinue Reading

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