AI can be an incredible tool for executive coaches and leaders. By leveraging an AI notetaker, I have learned to be a better coach. Turning the AI to provide me feedback on the way I engage with my clients has been an amazing use case. This same approach can help leaders run more effective meetings, improve engagement and create a learning culture in any organization.

I like to ask leaders to share the most powerful piece of feedback they have ever received. My own answer to that question goes back 20+ years and reframed the entire way I view leadership.

The majority of executives polled are supportive of using AI Notetakers for executive coaching. This marks a major shift in the way AI tools are being seen and trusted for highly sensitive conversations.

An interview with Groove Management’s Brian Formato on CEO coaching and what it takes to turn a good CEO into a great CEO.

5 ways to lead with positive reinforcement. The carrot can both motivate and prod. It is a much more effective tool that the stick. Learn to incorporate the philosophy of “Sharpening your carrots” into your leadership style.

The goal of executive coaching is to help the executive, but the goal of the executive is to help the team and organization, therefore executive coaching’s overall success is incumbent upon helping the team. To do this effectively the executive coach must extend the relationship beyond the leader to also include the team.

A sauna might provide the oasis you seek to free your mind from technology while also benefitting your body. In this post I explore my challenge of tapping into my creativity and the benefits I have found in using a sauna.

Groove Management’s Brian Formato recently appeared on The Leadership Experience Podcast with Paul Findlay.

Brian shares his people-focused perspectives on business growth through leadership that focuses on strengths.

Brian discusses the importance of identifying and dissecting success and using it as a model to grow and scale up.

Striking the right balance between praise and punishment with employees is a challenge for most leaders. The term to sharpen your carrots is Groove Management’s way of helping leaders to remember to strike the right balance.

For the past several years Groove Management’s founder, Brian Formato has been a columnist for HR Insights Magazine. This is a compilation of his articles.