Leader as Coach

December 30th, 2011
The Top 6 Reasons for Coaches to Train in Mindfulness
Mindfulness means paying attention in the current moment and being awake to the experience of your present awareness. Clearly, mindfulness is an essential quality that coaches use in interactions with our clients. It features prominently in the IAC Coaching Masteries® …

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November 15th, 2011
Catalysts Wanted – Are Your Leadership Skills Up to the Challenge?
What kind of leader are you? Are your skills sufficient for success in the highly complex, high pressure world of global competition? Do you have what it takes to lead and influence in order to achieve world-class results?

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January 6th, 2011
Why Develop PQ and SQ
I’ve learned a new way of looking at human capability which is relevant for anyone keen to develop themselves.  I’m sure you’ve heard of IQ, a measure commonly used to assess individual intelligence. And probably you’ve also come across EQ, …

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March 10th, 2009
How to Coach When You Really Want to Give Advice
One of the most common mistakes in coaching is giving advice rather than helping the coachee find their own answers. This is an easy mistake to make because most of us are so keen to help (and show that we are helpful) and because many coachees are used to being given advice and they expect it.

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September 19th, 2008
How to be an Enlightened Leader
I’d like to be able to explain fully and clearly how to be an ‘enlightened leader’ (!!), but since I am only just discovering this possibility myself, I am only going to share what I’m learning these days as I explore leadership and spirituality.

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July 28th, 2008
Get instant coaching results, by focusing on what the client wants
Focusing on exactly what the coachee wants is a powerful tool that can lead to instant coaching results. Obviously, the whole paradigm of modern coaching means focusing on what the client wants. But I'm talking about focusing more deeply on what they really want, not just what they tell you they want. By focusing the conversation in this way, you not only honour your coachee's goals and needs, but you can also find ways to meet those real but often unspoken goals much more easily.Here's an example of how this works...

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May 29th, 2008
The most elegant path to effective leadership
This article explains a way of operating that is much more effective than the conventional wisdom, as inspired by the book Synchronicity, the Inner Path of Leadership, by Joseph Jaworski.Leadership is about collectively creating the future and the most effective way to lead is to use synchronicity, meaning to create the conditions for "predictable miracles"

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December 10th, 2007
How to talk about the money …for the boss.
It's performance appraisal and/or bonus time. Several of my clients are sweating this week over how to make the most of the one-on-one conversations they will have with their staff. Perhaps you are too?

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September 14th, 2007
More on How to Coach the Boss
After my last article on how to coach the boss, one of my readers sent me a few points that can make coaching the boss pretty difficult.KTL said, "I think the most difficult parts are to make the boss openly listen to you and admit there should be something to change (they feel they are superior), build formal coach/coachee relationship (some bosses may not believe in coaching) and spare time for the coaching (bosses are always busy)."

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July 24th, 2007
How to Coach Your Boss
If you have a strong desire to influence your boss (or even your clients, your customers or your spouse), you can use this 4-step coaching model to exponentially increase your influence.

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