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The 4 META Questions: How to Plan Any Difficult Conversation

Most hard conversations fail before they begin, because no one planned them. Ten minutes and four questions change the outcome.

By Dan Allinger, PCC, MNLP  ·  AGL Coaching

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Unplanned hard conversations fail not from lack of intelligence or intent, but because leading with the problem triggers the other person's threat response. A ten-minute planning framework changes that.
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Leadership · Employee Engagement

The Real Reason Employee Engagement Is Dropping, and What Leaders Can Do About It This Week

Your people still care. What has changed is how much they have left to give, and what you do next determines whether that changes.

According to DDI's 2026 Global Leadership Forecast, engagement dropped from 88% to 64% in a single year. This article explains the neurological reason behind that gap and gives leaders three specific moves to start closing it this week.

By Dan Allinger, PCC, MNLP  ·  AGL Coaching
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Leadership · Behavior Change

Practice Makes Permanent: How Leaders Rewire Behavior That Sticks Under Pressure

Knowing what to do differently is not the problem. Here is why leadership behavior changes when it does, and what actually makes it permanent.

Most leadership development stops at insight and wonders why behavior does not change. This article explains the neuroscience of habit formation and gives leaders a precise practice method that builds new behaviors that hold under real-world pressure.

By Dan Allinger, PCC, MNLP  ·  AGL Coaching
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Leadership · Conflict

The PACT Method: Coaching Two People Through Conflict

When two people stop working together, the instinct is to step in and settle it. That instinct is the problem. Here is a four-step way to make them resolve it, and to make the resolution hold.

Conflict does not make people difficult. It makes them threatened, and a threatened brain cannot think clearly about another person's point of view. This article explains the neuroscience of conflict escalation and gives leaders a structured four-step method to facilitate resolution that holds.

By Dan Allinger, PCC, MNLP  ·  AGL Coaching
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