Case in Point: Letting Go of the Past

Sally was a VP of operations, having been promoted into this role after transferring from the position of an operations director in one of her company's divisions. By the time that I had began working with her as a coach, her performance had begun to backslide. Her manager felt that she had the potential to continue to advance in the organization, but for some reason she was finding herself stuck in a performance rut. My initial conversation with this client was very telling. She spent a lot of time talking to me about how frustrated she was that her current manager didn't seem to have the same degree of respect for her as did her previous boss. She also complained that in her new role she was somewhat removed ...

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