by Alida Zweidler-McKay | Jan 27, 2020 | Blog
Have you ever butted heads with someone so badly at work that it made you kind of crazy? Every time you meet with them it seems you’re coming at the issues from opposite points of view. The conversation circles around, going nowhere until you’re ready to give up in... 
by Alida Zweidler-McKay | Jan 20, 2020 | Blog
Having the support of your boss and other mentors in the company who are looking out for your development can make a huge difference in your career. You feel like people are paying attention to your development. They give you assignments that help you grow. They... 
by Alida Zweidler-McKay | Jan 9, 2020 | Blog
This weekend Tom Hanks accepted the Cecil B. deMille Award at the Golden Globes. His acceptance speech included some important career advice – not just for actors, but for all of us. This advice, he said, was given to him by the director of his first professional... 
by Alida Zweidler-McKay | Dec 2, 2019 | Blog
Recently I was working with a client who was facing a challenging situation. Her boss had asked her to take on a new project, but she couldn’t see how she could possibly get it done in the time he had asked for it. She wanted to be able to do a good job and deliver,... 
by Alida Zweidler-McKay | Oct 21, 2019 | Blog
Several years ago in my first consulting job, I experienced the true cost of burn out. It was one of those “fly out to the client every week” kinds of jobs. At first, I had loved the adventure of it – seeing new cities, working with great people, tackling interesting... 
by Alida Zweidler-McKay | Oct 10, 2019 | Blog, Case Studies, Client Results, Coaching
Ashley (not her real name) is a senior executive at a leading healthcare organization. Before working with Alida, she was struggling at work. This was her first time on an executive team and she had been hired into a brand new role, to lead a part of the organization... 
My coaching builds on over 20 years of experience helping leaders and teams to take their performance to the next level. I’ve consulted for major corporations like Chevron and Shell on some of the largest projects in the energy sector worldwide. On those projects, I supported leaders with team building, conflict resolution, and coaching to ensure their teams worked well together and could perform at their best.