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Executive coach, leadership faculty at the State University Of New York, and Founder of TLS Leaders, Loren specializes in developing senior leaders in global organizations. She teaches executive presence, presentation skills and career strategy as Adjunct Faculty for S.U.N.Y. at Stony Brook's Executive Education. She is a tenured physician leadership coach at Einstein College Of Medicine and long-standing leadership coach for women lawyers at global law firm, Baker McKenzie. Previously, Loren coached and taught MBAs and business leaders at Columbia Business School. Select clients include: SAP, Citigroup, Harry’s, UBER, ESPN, JP Morgan Chase & Co., Columbia Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons, Madison Square Garden, Novartis, Stanford University, UNICEF USA, Weill Cornell Medicine, and many high-growth companies. Loren has coached for 20 years and specializes in helping leaders to: • Use emotional intelligence and strategic communication skills to navigate high-stakes work situations. • Balance empathy with directness to better engage teams and create better team cultures. • Rise above limiting beliefs and mindsets that hold them back. • Make key decisions on organizational strategy and execution to lead change and business growth. • Learn how they’re perceived by others and evolve their approach to deepen political savvy and influence. • Build their capacity to lead themselves and others through change and uncertainty. • Onboard to new leadership roles by getting out of the weeds and focusing on higher-level, strategic work. In addition to her own executive coaching practice, Loren leads a dynamic team at TLS Leaders that provides custom leadership development programs and team development solutions. Prior to launching TLS Leaders in 2015, Loren taught and coached MBAs at Columbia Business School. There, she founded and taught Columbia’s Entrepreneurship Development Program, founded the Career Fellows, Columbia's peer coaching program and taught the Presentation Skills course. She led Training & Development for 64 offices in North America at the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, and leadership development for 23,000 employees at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.
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Viewing entrepreneurship as a process of trial and error can help leaders ensure they take the time to reflect on how the business is performing as a whole. While starting business requires a considerable amount of preparation, there’s no substitute for the amount of experience entrepreneurs gain from actually running a business. As leaders begin putting systems in place and setting the general ways of how the business will operate, certain habits become ingrained that cause more harm than good in the long run. Being so directly involved in everything the business does can prevent leaders from seeing the larger picture and the negative impact of these ingrained habits on the business. To help leaders more readily identify and change problematic behavior, 18 Newsweek Expert Forum members each share one seemingly harmless habit in a business leader that might in fact be hindering their success.
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Creating a more imaginative internal culture requires making changes to how your business manages employee ideas and feedback. In business, the most effective initiatives often rise from the bottom up. While leaders are essential in shaping the larger direction of an organization, it takes the combined efforts of team members in every position to carry out set objectives successfully. Creating an internal culture of active encouragement and support for employees to express themselves and devise new ways of thinking results in a truly effective business. Below, 16 Newsweek Expert Forum members each offer strategic approaches business leaders can leverage to build a culture of curiosity and innovative thinking among team members at all levels.
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No matter how much success a company achieves, there will come a time when leaders have to make plans for delivering bad news. No one likes to be the bearer of bad news, but business leaders often have to take on that role in difficult times. How a leader chooses to communicate with stakeholders at all levels in these situations has a direct impact on how the organization will move forward. Therefore, it’s important that leaders carefully consider their every move as they navigate tough conversations and determine next steps for the business. Below, 11 Newsweek Expert Forum members each share one important step a leader should take when preparing to share bad news at a meeting with stakeholders.
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Creating a workplace environment where all employees feel able to communicate their needs is critical to retaining your team. Every business goes through busy and stressful times. While many organizations are able to navigate and overcome these hurdles, it can result in leaders experiencing burnout. This is especially true for mid-level leaders as they tend to direct many different moving parts and interact with individual team members. Fortunately, with the proactive support of the executive team, there are tactics that can be utilized to mitigate or prevent burnout and reinvigorate mid-level leaders. To help, 20 Newsweek Expert Forum members each share one way the executive team can help mid-level leaders get reenergized when they are feeling burned out.
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Cultivating a values-driven environment will help align team members' actions with the core principles of your business. Company values are the guiding principles that shape an organization's culture and define its identity. However, only having values in place is not enough. To truly embed them within the fabric of a team, it is crucial to reinforce and strengthen each member’s understanding and commitment. Below, 19 Newsweek Expert Forum members share effective strategies leaders can use to nurture a values-driven team. These approaches will help solidify the team's understanding of company values and foster a deep sense of commitment.
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Leaders often have many things and people depending on them. When every decision made can have far-reaching consequences, it’s not uncommon for some leaders to be stressed or apprehensive about making the wrong call. Rather than letting their negative emotions get the best of them, and potentially lead to important decisions being delayed, it’s crucial to determine what processes will produce the best decision possible for a given situation. As leaders themselves, the members of Newsweek Expert Forum are well aware of the importance (and downsides) of decision-making. To make the process easier, 14 members offer advice to help leaders better manage the paralysis and anxiety that can occur while making critical decisions.
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TLS Leaders
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We are a global leadership development firm that partners with the world’s most innovative organizations to help their leaders and teams to thrive. We specialize in custom executive coaching, leadership development programs and a highly sought-after team effectiveness series.