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How Neuroscience Proves That Connection Transforms Leadership and Coaching
“We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.” – Galileo Galilei At CO₂ Coaching, that truth is what we live by. Every transformation we’ve witnessed in a leader, team, or organization has started with presence, not a plan. Today, neuroscience confirms what great coaches and conscious leaders have always... More -
How Executive Leadership Coaching Transforms Feedback
You’ve probably given feedback that landed with a thud. You said something helpful. They heard something hurtful. You both walked away frustrated. In executive coaching for leaders, we see this pattern daily — and we know it’s not about what you said, but how you began. The Power of Framing Feedback In a 2013 study,... More -
The Executive Coaching Advantage for Transformational Leaders
The Power Shift Every Leader Eventually Faces At a certain point in every leadership coaches’ climb, the air thins. The technical mastery, strategic precision, and drive that once propelled success no longer get you further up the mountain. You reach a point where what got you here won’t get you there. This is the crossroads... More -
ASCENT Leadership Model: Executive Leadership Assessment
Stop scoring leaders and start transforming them Most assessments compress complex executive leadership assessments into a single number. That looks neat on a dashboard—but it rarely changes behavior. The ASCENT Leadership Model replaces generic scoring with shared definitions and a clear development path. It organizes performance into six domains, 67 specific elements, and a descriptive... More -
Accountability and the Pitfall of Permission-Seeking Culture
In many organizations, the most common phrase you’ll hear is some version of “Is it okay if I…?”It sounds harmless — even polite — yet it signals something deeper: a culture where initiative must be approved rather than assumed. When every decision requires validation, leaders become bottlenecks, and teams learn that safety lies in compliance,... More -
Finding and Using Leverage Points in Business Coaching
Introduction: What Are Leverage Points in Business Coaching In systems thinking, leverage points are the places within a complex system where a small shift produces outsized results. As Donella Meadows described, they are the “places of power” in a system—hinges, trim tabs, or keystones that, when adjusted, ripple through the entire structure. For executives transitioning... More -
Why Smart Leaders Keep Solving the Wrong Problems — and How Double-Loop Learning in Leadership Fixes It
Why Leaders Keep Solving the Wrong Problems Many smart leaders fall into the same trap: solving problems quickly without questioning the assumptions behind them. This is what Harvard psychologist Chris Argyris called “single-loop learning.” But the leaders who thrive long-term practice something different: double-loop learning in leadership. Instead of just fixing issues, they reframe them—challenging... More -
The Key to Effective Leadership – The Leadership Project Podcast
Managing Partner Gary Cohen joined The Leadership Project podcast to explore a deceptively simple idea: leaders don’t need to have all the answers—they need to ask better questions. In other words, the key to effective leadership In this conversation, Gary shares why “answer-driven leadership” creates bottlenecks and dependency, while curiosity-driven leadership unlocks ownership, self-sufficiency, and... More -
Walking the Ridgeline – Manya Chylinski Podcast
Managing partner, Gary Cohen, spoke about what it’s like to walk the ridgeline. As a special guest on Manya Chylinski’s podcast, he offers insights about balancing humility and ego within leadership. Gary introduces us to the powerful metaphor of walking the ridgeline – the delicate balance leaders must maintain between excessive ego on one side... More
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