The power of communications leadership coaching - Kademy - chunk 4

of yourself? This is how Julie*, a smart and successful communications manager and Kademy member began our recent coaching call. Julie shared that her first meeting with the Business Unit leader “went great.” I asked her what she did in that meeting and played back what I’d heard and noticed. “You showed a ‘can-do’ energy when you took charge of the leader’s request to meet with you. You anticipated their needs when you prepared ahead of the meeting. You stood in self-authority when you dared to say what was going well, and what wasn’t.