Leadership Mindset

13 Aug The Feedback Formula

Posted at 05:30h in Career Acceleration, Corporate, Corporate Culture, Leadership, Leadership Mindset by Sarah Hathorn 0 Comments

Effective, insightful feedback is the silver bullet for career success, even for senior executives. Just because you've reached the corner office doesn’t mean you don't need to give and receive helpful feedback. In fact, the most successful C-suite leaders actively seek and provide candid and supportive feedback to...

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11 Jun Leadership Lessons from the Indy 500

Posted at 05:30h in Career Acceleration, Communication, Executive Presence, Leadership, Leadership Mindset by Sarah Hathorn 0 Comments

One thing most people don’t know about me is that I’m an Indy Car fan. For years, when I worked for Macy’s in Indianapolis, I went to the Indy 500 every year. I love Indy 500 or Formula 1 racing.  (I guess you could say...

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30 Apr Agility: Leadership’s Future-Forward Frontier

Posted at 05:30h in Coaching, Communication, Corporate, Leadership, Leadership Mindset, Teams by Sarah Hathorn 0 Comments

In the rapidly evolving landscape of modern business, leaders find that traditional management skills are no longer sufficient to ensure success in the hybrid workplace era. My executive coaching clients who lead large organizations have struggled against the limitations of many of these learned leadership traits...

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26 Mar To Embrace Excellence, Abandon Perfection: A Leader’s Guide

Posted at 05:30h in Corporate, Innovation, Leadership, Leadership Mindset by Sarah Hathorn 0 Comments

The pervasive myth of “Perfection Syndrome” recently interjected itself into a coaching session I had with a high-achieving executive. Like many leaders, this executive was entangled in the pursuit of flawlessness – perfect content, impeccable delivery, and unanimously supportive reception for his upcoming strategy presentation to C-Suite...

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21 Feb Mastering the Art of Leadership: Your Executive Coaching Blueprint for 2024

Posted at 05:30h in Coaching, Executive Coaching, Leadership, Leadership Mindset, Predictable Promotion by Sarah Hathorn 0 Comments

In a corporate landscape that's evolving more rapidly than ever, executive coaching has become paramount in shaping leaders’ adept at managing teams and steering their organizations through the waves of change. Many of my senior executive clients tell me having an executive coach is like...

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19 Dec Reflect on Success: Your annual leadership growth review

Posted at 05:30h in Career Success, Corporate, Leadership, Leadership Mindset, Teams by Sarah Hathorn 0 Comments

As the year draws to a close, leaders in large organizations find themselves at a crucial time for reflection and evaluation. Reviewing the past year is about more than just scrutinizing financial reports, performance metrics, or market trends. This is your chance to analyze personal...

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10 Oct Engage Literally Everyone at Your Next Meeting

Posted at 05:30h in Career Success, Communication, Corporate, Corporate Culture, Leadership Mindset by Sarah Hathorn 0 Comments

You look at your audience and they all have this glazed look in their eyes. No one is asking questions, instead, they keep glancing at their phones. You’ve lost their attention. You could shift the blame and say, “Oh well, the meeting was right after lunch,...

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12 Sep Embrace Fear, Unlock Your Potential

Posted at 05:30h in Career Success, Communication, Corporate, Leadership, Leadership Mindset by Sarah Hathorn 0 Comments

Lately I’ve had many confidential conversations with my C-Suite coaching clients who reveal their lack of self-assurance. Yes, even those perceived as fearless leaders sometimes feel less confident in their capabilities. But what I’ve always found is that the root of the problem is fear,...

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11 Jul Introversion is a Proven Leadership DNA Asset, So Own It

Posted at 05:30h in Career Success, Communication, Corporate, Leadership, Leadership Mindset by Sarah Hathorn 0 Comments

I’m a natural-born introvert, and early in my executive career people kept telling me, “Only extroverts make good leaders.” Obviously, I proved them wrong − because soon I was a Senior Executive of a Fortune 100 company. Not only that, but I was in charge...

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14 Feb Is Your Leadership Held Back by Old Beliefs?

Posted at 05:30h in Career Success, Leadership, Leadership Mindset, Teams by Sarah Hathorn 0 Comments

What you believe is so important to your success in life. But certain kinds of beliefs can hold you back. Whether I’m working with a C-Suite client or a senior-level team, I often uncover old beliefs that impede performance. Leaders may cling to mistaken beliefs...

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