The Ally Co.

Recently Co.CEO Jeff Couillard joined Dr. Amanda Aguilera, Executive Director of the Right Use of Power Institute™, on the Power Dynamic Podcast to talk about power dynamics in professional spaces. It’s a wide-reaching conversation that explores: ✅ The importance of making power visible ✅ Why change needs to start with leadership ✅ The problem with hyper-individualized approaches to power ✅ The shift in power dynamics when you move from “doing to” to “doing with” teams Tune in and let us know what you think! You'll find the link in the comments 👇 #RUPI #RightUseOfPower #Podcast #TheAllyCo #LeadershipDevelopment #LeadershipCoaching #Leadership

The underlying dynamics and forces at play in all of our interactions with others is the phenomenon of power. We believe that a deeper understanding of power — what it is, how you get it, and how you use it well — can transform your leadership and your life. How are you using your power? Answer these five questions to get quick insight. #RightUseofPower #Leadership #LeadershipDevelopment #LeadershipCoaching #TheAllyCo https://lnkd.in/dS7PU_Ci

We love the Powerful Questions tool we use with our clients, because it’s a great starting point – for self-talk and with others. These short questions help you focus on the person first, and not the symptomatic problems (that can detract us from meaningful dialogue). They’re also open-ended, which helps us to lead with curiosity instead of trying to guide the conversation in a certain way. Try it out and let us know if powerful questions are changing your conversations! #Leadership #LeadershipCoaching #LeadershipDevelopment #TheAllyCo #PowerfulQuestions https://lnkd.in/gbF_K7-8

Asking powerful questions is an essential leadership skill. By approaching important conversations with compassionate curiosity, we create meaningful dialogue that often leads to deeper connection, trust, and valuable insight for real change. In this video, The Ally Co.CEO Pablo Romero shares 3 core principles to remember when you’re asking powerful questions. https://lnkd.in/g972CYGH #Leadership #LeadershipCoaching #LeadershipDevelopment #TheAllyCo #PowerfulQuestions

Our Leadership Impact 360°s are powerful experiences designed to support both professional and personal development through a combination of useful feedback, meaningful review, and focused action. We’ve had a lot of interest in these lately at #TheAllyCo, so we wanted to share our perspective on why and how these can be so valuable to leaders and teams. In this episode, Co.CEOs Pablo Romero and Jeff Couillard take us through the Leadership Impact 360°client journey, exploring how intentional design and facilitation can help participants: 🌟 Engage in feedback discussions that (truly) help 👉 Identify alignments and gaps that currently exist in different relationships 🔎 Focus in on what’s most important to them 🚀 Take action to make measurable progress 🤝 Deepen connection and trust in their relationships 🔗 Check the link in the comments to listen. 🔗 #LeadershipCoaching #Leadership #360assessments #360feedback  #ProfessionalGrowth 

As #AmyEdmonson says so perfectly: “The biggest misconception is that psychological safety is about being nice.” We’ve seen leaders and teams spend a lot of time either avoiding conflict (creating an environment of artificial harmony) or engaging in unproductive, unhealthy conflict (creating an unsafe or even abusive environment). They often miss the sweet spot in the middle. We help people embrace and own this productive-tension sweet spot where they can use conscious communication to explore goals and perspectives in a way that creates connection rather than disconnection. #ConscousCommunication #ConsciousTeams #LeadershipDevelopment #LeadershipCoaching #TheAllyCo

Burnout can be normalized in the systems we’re a part of. The solutions we’re given often focus on the individual — who doesn’t love a good massage? — but they don’t address the underlying problem in the system. In this conversation from the Leaderful Podcast, Co.CEOs Jeff Couillard and Pablo Romero share their personal stories of burnout that highlight what it can look like and some of the reasons it can show up. #Burnout #Leadership #LeadershipCoaching #LeadershipDevelopment #TheAllyCo https://lnkd.in/g_Q8ruiu

Trust. It’s easily the most important ingredient in high-functioning and performing relationships of all kinds, and likely the hardest one to find. In this post, we explore the two primary dimensions of trust — performative and relational — and what happens when leaders focus too much on one or the other. https://bit.ly/3MF1Vbe #trust #Leadership #LeadershipDevelopment #LeadershipCoaching #TheAllyCo

Many leadership 360°s use generic (or flavour-of-the-year) surveys and second-hand feedback to produce individual scores with unclear meanings and little to no action or accountability. Our Leadership Impact 360°s help leaders deepen their awareness and skill—individually and collectively—by exploring variances between intention and impact within different relationships, so that they can use their power more consciously to affect positive change. If you’re curious to learn more, book a walkthrough session here: https://bit.ly/4cVSnDp #LeadershipCoaching #Leadership #TheAllyCo #360assessments  #360feedback #ProfessionalGrowth 

🎙️ New podcast episode is out! 🚀 In this episode, we talk to Erin Smith and Saphina Benimadhu Waters, MSc., CCIP, co-founders of The Debut Co., about parental bias in the workplace. We found a lot of common ground with our work at TACO, especially around the impact power dynamics have on bias. Here are some takeaways from our conversation:  🧠 Biases can show up in small, unintended ways that have a huge impact on people and teams.  💡 Creating a neutral space can help people feel heard and get to the heart of an issue or to find alignment.  🔄 It’s important to operationalize this work – that’s where people and organizations will see meaningful change! ⚖️ A truly equitable workplace is one where a person of any gender can be a caregiver and earn equal pay for equal work. Listen to the episode and let us know what you think! https://lnkd.in/gXuEETAk #LeadershipCoaching #Leadership #TheAllyCo #Equity #WorkplaceEquity